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Districts 4 and 6 (Southeast Florida) Regional ITS Architecture and Standards | |
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We have chosen to treat the FDOT District 6 and FDOT District 4 workshop regions as one Southeast Florida region because so many of the services cross the boundary between these regions that together, make up the largest "metropolitan" region in Florida. | |
| Architecture Interconnect ("Sausage") Diagram | The Architecture Interconnect Diagram (aka the Sausage Diagram) illustrates the ITS subsystems and terminators present in the regional. Along the perimeter of the diagram are tables for each subsystem and terminator, identifying the specific local stakeholder entities that are instances of the specific subsystem or terminator. | |
| Customized Market Packages | Market Packages represent collections of subsystems and terminators that exchange information (illustrated with architecture flows in the market package diagrams) to do a specific service. The market packages are customized to represent the operational concept for service delivery specific to this region. Each subsystem or terminator in a market package diagram is labeled with both its generic National ITS Architecture name and the name of the local stakeholder instance that participates in the customized market package. In this way the market package identifies the information exchange (using architecture flows) between specific stakeholders elements in the region to effect a particular service or set of services. | |
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Inventory by Architecture Entity
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The inventory of physical elements in the region ("entities") is made up of each local stakeholders instance of any subsystems or terminators that they operate. The inventory can be organized by Stakeholders (so that a stakeholder can easily see each of their assets in the architecture) or by Architecture Entity (so an analyst or other interested person can see all the stakeholder elements in a region of the same type). Each entry in each of these lists is illustrated with a Physical Element Context diagram. This diagram illustrates all the information exchange opportunities in a region for a single inventory element. If that element is going to be a project, then this diagram illustrates all the external information exchange opportunities for that element. | |
| Regional Turbo Architecture Database Model | The regional ITS architecture
was developed using the off-the-shelf software program Turbo
Architecture. Turbo Architecture enables ITS
analysts to build an MS Access 97 model for the regional ITS
architecture. The model for this District (an MS Access 97 mdb
file) can be downloaded by
clicking on the hotlink to the left. The model file has been
zipped, so after downloading, you will have to unzip it. Then you
will need to use Turbo Architecture to make use of the model.
Turbo Architecture can be ordered directly from McTrans, Product No. TURBO.W95, Unit Cost: $190. Contact Ms. Debbie Escalara at (352)392-0378 extension 242. Discounts are available
for multiple and agency licenses. |
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