ISO/TS 26683-2:2012

Intelligent transport systems — Freight land conveyance content identification and communication (FLC-CIC) — Part 2: Application interface profiles

ISO/TS 26683-2:2012 provides application interface profiles for land cargo transport data agglomeration and transfer (within the context and architecture described in ISO/TS 26683-1), using one or more of the reference list of International Standards defined in Annex A of ISO 26683-1:2012. ISO/TS 26683-2:2012 defines a number of application interface profiles for land cargo transport data to provide more land cargo transport visibility by using current technical standards, specifications and technologies related to cargo transport.

Systèmes intelligents de transport — Identification et communication du contenu des marchandises transportées par voie terrestre — Partie 2: Profils d'interface d'application

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 22-Apr-2012
• Withdrawal Date: 22-Apr-2012
• ICS: 35.240.60 - IT applications in transport
• ICS: 55.180.01 - Freight distribution of goods in general
• Technical Committee: ISO/TC 204 - Intelligent transport systems
• Drafting Committee: ISO/TC 204/WG 7 - General fleet management and commercial/freight
• Current Stage: 9599 - Withdrawal of International Standard
• Completion Date: 15-Feb-2013

Relations

• Revised: ISO 26683-2:2013 - Intelligent transport systems — Freight land conveyance content identification and communication — Part 2: Application interface profiles
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2011

Standards Content (Sample)

TECHNICAL ISO/TS
SPECIFICATION 26683-2
First edition
2012-05-01

Intelligent transport systems — Freight
land conveyance content identification
and communication (FLC-CIC) —
Part 2:
Application interface profiles
Systèmes intelligents de transport — Identification et communication du
contenu des marchandises transportées par voie terrestre —
Partie 2: Profils d'interface d'application




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ISO/TS 26683-2:2012(E)
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ISO/TS 26683-2:2012(E)
Contents Page
Foreword . iv
Introduction . v
1  Scope . 1
2  Normative references . 1
3  Terms and definitions . 4
4  Abbreviated terms . 7
5  Context . 9
5.1  General . 9
5.2  Transfer of data from tags to interrogators (Profile level 3) . 9
5.3  Transfer of data from trailers to OBE (profile level 2) . 9
5.4  Transfer of data from OBE to infrastructure (Profile level 1) . 9
6  Freight land conveyance content and communication - Application interface profiles . 10
6.1  General . 10
6.2  Taxonomy of Freight land conveyance content and communication application interface
profiles . 10
6.3  FLC-CIC Profile No.L1-1: ISO15628 DSRC (OPTIONAL) . 11
6.4  FLC-CIC Profile No.L1-2: ISO 21215 CALM M5Hz DSRC (OPTIONAL) . 12
6.5  FLC-CIC Profile No.L1-3: ISO 10374 (OPTIONAL) . 13
6.6  FLC-CIC Profile No.L1-4: GSM/UMTS/LTE/IMS/PDC/PHS (OPTIONAL) . 15
6.7  FLC-CIC Profile No.L1-5: ISO 18000 (OPTIONAL) . 17
6.8  FLC-CIC Profile No.L2-1: Item data agglomeration direct to vehicle OBE using RFID
(OPTIONAL) . 18
6.9  FLC-CIC Profile No.L2-2: Data agglomeration from multiple trailers (OPTIONAL) . 21
6.10  FLC-CIC Profile No.L3-1: Item data agglomeration to trailer interrogator using RFID
(OPTIONAL) . 24
6.11  FLC-CIC Profile No.L3-2: Item data agglomeration to vehicle OBE using short range RFID
and/or bar-code or OCR (OPTIONAL) . 27
6.12  FLC-CIC Profile No.L3-3: Item data agglomeration to vehicle OBE using short range RFID
and/or bar-code where the tractor/truck does not have fixed OBE (OPTIONAL) . 31
6.13  FLC-CIC Profile No.D1-1: ITS consignment in UBL format (OPTIONAL) . 34
7  Security provisions . 38
8  Test and conformance requirements . 38
9  Marking, labelling and packaging . 38
10  Declaration of patents and intellectual property . 38
Bibliography . 39

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ISO/TS 26683-2:2012(E)
Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies
(ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO
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International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards
adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an
International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote.
In other circumstances, particularly when there is an urgent market requirement for such documents, a
technical committee may decide to publish other types of document:
 an ISO Publicly Available Specification (ISO/PAS) represents an agreement between technical experts in
an ISO working group and is accepted for publication if it is approved by more than 50 % of the members
of the parent committee casting a vote;
 an ISO Technical Specification (ISO/TS) represents an agreement between the members of a technical
committee and is accepted for publication if it is approved by 2/3 of the members of the committee casting
a vote.
An ISO/PAS or ISO/TS is reviewed after three years in order to decide whether it will be confirmed for a
further three years, revised to become an International Standard, or withdrawn. If the ISO/PAS or ISO/TS is
confirmed, it is reviewed again after a further three years, at which time it must either be transformed into an
International Standard or be withdrawn.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
ISO/TS 26683-2 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 204, Intelligent transport systems.
ISO/TS 26683 consists of the following parts, under the general title Intelligent transport systems — Freight
land conveyance content identification and communication (FLC-CIC):
 Part 1: Context, architecture and referenced standards
 Part 2: Application interface profiles
The following parts are planned:
 Part 3: Handling of cargo stress information during road transport
 Part 4: Security profile
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ISO/TS 26683-2:2012(E)
Introduction
This Technical Specification is one of a multi-part family of ISO deliverables (ISO/TS 26683).
In a scenario of international land transport and logistics, it is often difficult for a consignor and a consignee to
know the physical real-time location of cargo after consigning the cargo to a transport and logistics service
provider. Where a cargo is transferred from one haulier (i.e. haulage contractor) to another, obtaining
information of the manifest at a detailed level is often difficult. Auditing the actual content of a consignment en
route; and monitoring cargo stress measurement information during road transport; is also difficult, especially
in the case of sealed containers such as sealed ISO intermodal containers. It is a different task from that of
progressing order administration from consignor to consignee.
There is no single organization responsible for standards through the intermodal supply chain. ISO 26683 is a
co-ordinating standard that builds on, uses and may provide data to instantiations which use ISO/TS 24533,
ISO 17687, UN/CEFACT, ISO 7372, EDIFACT, UBL, ISO, ISO 17262, ISO 17263 and other standards.
Even where comprehensive international freight transport systems are in place, they rely on the level of detail
that exists within the central computer system, and without the ability to monitor the actual contents, there is
no possibility to do the following:
a) Audit the actual contents of the consignment. This is particularly difficult in the case of a sealed
intermodal container (ISO 668 and subsequent related standards for freight containers).
b) Monitor the condition of the contents of the consignment (cargo stress measurement information).
The ISO 26683 family of standards are therefore complementary to the context of ISO 24533 and may well
provide sources of data required by such systems, and an electronic auditing capability. ISO 17687 does not
address the means by which its data is collected and ISO 26683 provides several optional means to collect its
data.
The ISO 26683 series envisages that a combination of existing technologies can be used to
agglomerate/aggregate relevant data and use a tractor/truck mounted communications means to realize real-
time cargo visibility of land transport, and is thus not dependent on future technologies (although it will be
suitable for future technical means to deliver its profile data).
ISO/TS 26683-1 specifies the context and architecture, and provides a list of reference standards for the
ISO 26683 range of deliverables. Further details concerning the complementary nature of the ISO 26683
family of Standards to ISO 24533, EFM, ISO 17687, IEEE 1512.3, UN/CEFACT, particularly UN/CEFACT
UMM, ISO 7372, OASIS/UBL can be found in ISO/TS 26683-1:2012, Clauses 5 and 6.
ISO 26683 is designed to present data to end-to-end cargo application systems, it does not provide end to
end system (consignor to consignee) system design.
This Technical Specification (ISO/TS 26683-2) is the second part of a multi-part family of deliverables and
provides optional application interface profiles for ‘Freight land conveyance content identification and
communication’ (FLC-CIC). It is limited to the land aspects of transport.
This part of ISO/TS 26683 defines application interface profiles to agglomerate/aggregate and transfer land
cargo transport data to an interrogator in order to provide improved land cargo transport data and to specify
one or more modes of transfer using available ICT technologies.
 Part 3 will specify the handling of on-board cargo stress measurement information during road transport.
 Part 4 will provide a security profile requirement and definition.
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ISO/TS 26683-2:2012(E)

Intelligent transport systems — Freight land conveyance
content identification and communication (FLC-CIC) —
Part 2:
Application interface profiles
1 Scope
This part of ISO/TS 26683 provides application interface profiles for land cargo transport data agglomeration
and transfer (within the context and architecture described in ISO/TS 26683-1), using one or more of the
reference list of International Standards defined in Annex A of ISO 26683-1:2012.
NOTE: ISO 26683 is designed to present information to end-to-end cargo application systems, it does not provide end to
end system (consignor to consignee) design.
This part of ISO/TS 26683 defines a number of application interface profiles for land cargo transport data to
provide more land cargo transport visibility by using current technical standards, specifications and
technologies related to cargo transport.
2 Normative references
NOTE: The principal list of normatively referenced Standards for this part of ISO/TS 26683 and a summary of their
content is to be found in ISO/TS 26683-1.
The following referenced documents are specifically referenced within this part of ISO/TS 26683 and are
therefore indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited
applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)
applies.
ISO 6346, Freight containers — Coding, identification and marking
ISO 7372, Trade data interchange — Trade data elements directory
ISO 9897, Freight containers — Container equipment data exchange (CEDEX) — General communication
codes
ISO/IEC TR 10000-1, Information technology — Framework and taxonomy of International Standardized
Profiles — Part 1: General principles and documentation framework
ISO 10368, Freight thermal containers — Remote condition monitoring
ISO 10374, Freight containers — Automatic identification
ISO/TS 10891, Freight containers — Radio frequency identification (RFID) — Licence plate tag
ISO/IEC 15418, Information technology — Automatic identification and data capture techniques — GS1
Application Identifiers and ASC MH10 Data Identifiers and maintenance
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ISO/IEC 15394, Packaging — Bar code and two-dimensional symbols for shipping, transport and receiving
labels
ISO/IEC 15420, Information technology — Automatic identification and data capture techniques — EAN/UPC
bar code symbology specification
ISO/IEC 15424, Information technology — Automatic identification and data capture techniques — Data
Carrier Identifiers (including Symbology Identifiers)
ISO/IEC 15438, Information technology — Automatic identification and data capture techniques — PDF417
bar code symbology specification
ISO/IEC 15459-2, Information technology — Unique identifiers — Part 2: Registration procedures
ISO/IEC 15459-1, Information technology — Unique identifiers — Part 1: Unique identifiers for transport units
ISO/IEC 15459-3, Information technology — Unique identifiers — Part 3: Common rules for unique identifiers
ISO/IEC 15459-4, Information technology — Unique identifiers — Part 4: Individual items
ISO/IEC 15459-5, Information technology — Unique identifiers — Part 5: Unique identifier for returnable
transport items (RTIs)
ISO/IEC 15459-6, Information technology — Unique identifiers — Part 6: Unique identifier for product
groupings
ISO/IEC 15459-8, Information technology — Unique identifiers — Part 8: Grouping of transport unit
ISO 15628, Road transport and traffic telematics — Dedicated short range communication (DSRC) — DSRC
application layer
ISO 15961, Information technology — Radio frequency identification (RFID) for item management — Data
protocol: application interface
ISO 15962, Information technology — Radio frequency identification (RFID) for item management — Data
protocol: data encoding rules and logical memory functions
ISO/IEC 16022, Information technology — Automatic identification and data capture techniques — Data
Matrix bar code symbology specification
ISO/IEC 16023, Information technology — International symbology specification — MaxiCode
ISO/IEC 16388, Information technology — Automatic identification and data capture techniques — Code 39
bar code symbology specification
ISO 17261, Intelligent transport systems — Automatic vehicle and equipment identification — Intermodal
goods transport architecture and terminology
ISO 17262, Intelligent transport systems — Automatic vehicle and equipment identification — Numbering and
data structures
ISO 17263, Intelligent transport systems — Automatic vehicle and equipment identification — System
parameters
ISO 17264, Road transport and traffic telematics — Automatic vehicle and equipment identification —
Interfaces
ISO 17364, Supply chain applications of RFID — Returnable transport items (RTIs)
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ISO 17365, Supply chain applications of RFID — Transport units
ISO 17366, Supply chain applications of RFID — Product packaging
ISO 17367, Supply chain applications of RFID — Product tagging
ISO 17687, Transport Information and Control Systems (TICS) — General fleet management and commercial
freight operations — Data dictionary and message sets for electronic identification and monitoring of
hazardous materials/dangerous goods transportation
ISO 18000-6, Information technology — Radio frequency identification for item management — Part 6:
Parameters for air interface communications at 860 MHz to 960 MHz
ISO/IEC 18004, Information technology — Automatic identification and data capture techniques — QR Code
2005 bar code symbology specification
ISO 18185-1, Freight containers — Electronic seals — Part 1: Communication protocol
ISO 21212, Intelligent transport systems — Communications access for land mobiles (CALM) — 2G Cellular
systems
ISO 21213, Intelligent transport systems — Communications access for land mobiles (CALM) — 3G Cellular
systems
ISO 21214, Intelligent transport systems — Communications access for land mobiles (CALM) — Infra-red
systems
ISO 21215, Intelligent transport systems — Communications access for land mobiles (CALM) — M5
ISO 21216, Intelligent transport systems — Wireless communications — CALM using millimetre
communications — Air interface
ISO/IEC/IEEE 21450, Information technology — Smart transducer interface for sensors and actuators —
Common functions, communication protocols, and Transducer Electronic Data Sheet (TEDS) formats
ISO/IEC/IEEE 21451-2, Information technology — Smart transducer interface for sensors and actuators —
Part 2: Transducer to microprocessor communication protocols and Transducer Electronic Data Sheet (TEDS)
formats
ISO/IEC 21451-4, Information technology — Smart transducer interface for sensors and actuators — Part 4:
Mixed-mode communication protocols and Transducer Electronic Data Sheet (TEDS) formats
ISO 22742, Packaging — Linear bar code and two-dimensional symbols for product packaging
ISO/TS 24533, Intelligent Transport Systems — Data dictionary and message set to facilitate the movement of
freight and its intermodal transfer — Road transport information exchanges
ISO 25111, Intelligent transport systems — Communications access for land mobiles (CALM) — General
requirements for using public networks
ISO/TS 26683-1:2012, Intelligent Transport Systems — Freight land conveyance content identification and
communication (FLC-CIC) — Part 1: Context, architecture and referenced standards
ISO 28219, Packaging — Labelling and direct product marking with linear bar code and two-dimensional
symbols
ISO 29282, Intelligent transport systems — Communications access for land mobiles (CALM) — Applications
using satellite networks
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ISO 29283, ITS CALM Mobile Wireless Broadband applications using Communications in accordance with
IEEE 802.20
CEFACT/TMG/N093, UN/CEFACT Modelling Methodology (UMM)
OASIS, Universal Business Language v2 ‘http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/os-UBL-2.1.zip
OASIS, UBL Common Library — transport library — http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/prd1-UBL-2.1/UBL-2.1.xml
(Authoritative)
OASIS, UBL-CommonAggregateComponents-2.1
UN/CEFACT, Core Components Library CCL 10B
UN/DTED, United Nations trade data elements directory
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
3.1
application interface
communication point (typically but not necessarily wireless in the scenarios of ISO 26683) where one part of a
system communicates with another
3.2
application interface profile
series and sequence of behaviour and protocols including, where appropriate, the identification of chosen
classes, conforming subsets, options and parameters of those base standards necessary to accomplish a
defined function at an interface in a particular way such that it can be used interoperably between two parties;
profiles, which define conforming subsets or combinations of base profiles identify the use of particular options
available in the base standards, and provide a basis for the development of uniform, internationally recognized,
interoperability and conformance tests
3.3
audit
methodical examination/verification/evaluation of the information associated with items in a cargo and other
relevant data
3.4
base standard
approved International Standard used as the basis of an application interface or an application interface profile
3.5
cargo
goods or produce transported, generally for commercial gain, by ship, aircraft, train, van or truck; in modern
times, containers are used in most intermodal long-haul cargo transport
3.6
cargo stress measurement information
data collected from sensors associated with an item, container or conveyance that provides information about
parameters that may affect the condition of the cargo
EXAMPLES: temperature, position/attitude [upright cargo], pressure, shock, dampness, etc.
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3.7
carrier
party undertaking or arranging transport of goods between named points
[UN/TDED 3126: UN/CEFACT definition de 1001 code CA]
3.8
consignee
party to which goods are consigned
[UN/TDED 3132: UN/CEFACT definition de 3035 code CN]
3.9
consignment
separately identifiable goods items (available to be) transported from one consignor to one consignee via one
or more than one modes of transport and specified in one single transport document
3.10
consignor
shipper, sender, party which, by contract with a carrier, consigns or sends goods with the carrier, or has them
conveyed by him
[UN/TDED 3336: UN/CEFACT definition de 3035 code CZ]
3.11
container
object used for transport or storage, such as a carton, box or cargo-carrying freight container
[UN/CEFACT definition 8053 code CN: Container]
3.12
conveyance
means of transport
3.13
data carrier
means or function which carries data objects from one point to another point
3.14
freight
goods
any commodity transported
3.15
freight forwarder
party arranging the carriage of goods including connected services and/or associated formalities on behalf of
a consignor or consignee
3.16
goods
freight
any commodity transported
3.17
identifier
unique and unambiguous expression in a written format either by a code, by numbers or by the combination of
both to distinguish variations from one to another among a class of substances, items or objects
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3.18
intermodal freight container
large cargo-carrying object (of various formats) used for transport or storage conforming to ISO 6346;
container designed and constructed to permit it to be used interchangeably in two or more modes of transport
3.19
ISO intermodal freight container
ISO intermodal container
ISO container
large cargo-carrying object used for transport or storage that conforms to ISO 668, Series 1 containers
3.20
international standardized profile
internationally agreed-to, harmonized document which describes one or more profiles
3.21
interoperability
ability of two or more systems to exchange information and to make mutual use of the information that has
been exchanged (sometimes called ‘open systems’)
3.22
ITS station
communication point for ITS system
3.23
land transport
mode of transport that is effected using roads and railways and may, in some cases, include use of inland
waterways
See transport (3.31).
3.24
land transport conveyance
transport means to effect the land transport sector(s) of a cargo
3.25
manifest
specification of all cargo on board the transportation means (all modes) containing details of contents, shipper,
consignee, and other details that may be required by customs or consular authorities
3.26
roller cage
cage with casters for transporting loose items
3.27
security
protection of information and data against danger, damage, loss and criminal activity so that unauthorized
persons or systems cannot read or modify them and authorized persons or systems are not denied access to
them
NOTE: Security has to be compared to related concepts: Safety, continuity, reliability. The key difference between
security and reliability is that security must take into account the actions of people attempting to cause destruction.
3.28
security profile
statement of the security functionality provided by the system often as a subset of the available security
functionality available in the system
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EXAMPLE: A system may provide confidentiality, integrity, authentication, authorisation and pseudonymity services or
may only require an integrity service so its profile will identify the service, the algorithm, the key management and the
protocol.
3.29
shipment
identifiable collection of one or more goods items (available to be) transported together from the original
shipper, to the ultimate consignee (a shipment may be transported in one or a multiple number of
consignments)
3.30
taxonomy
classification scheme for referencing the hierarchical classification profiles or sets of profiles unambiguously
3.31
transport
transportation
movement of people and goods from one location to another; it is performed by modes, such as air, rail, road,
water, cable, pipeline and space and the field comprises the attributes of infrastructure, vehicles and
operations
3.32
transport means
vehicles, trailers, vessels, aircraft, or combination thereof, used for the transport of goods to perform a journey
3.33
visibility
ability to audit the content of a land conveyance while en-route or at strategic points of an overland journey
4 Abbreviated terms
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
3GPP
3rd generation partnership project
AEI
automatic equipment identification
AVI
automatic vehicle identification
CALM
communication access for land mobiles
CEFACT
See UN/CEFACT
CCL
core component library
DSRC
dedicated short range communication
ebXML
electronic Business eXtensive Mark-up Language
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EAN
European Article Numbering Association
EDIFACT
electronic data interchange for administration, commerce and transport
EFM
electronic freight management
FLC-CIC
freight land conveyance content and communication
GSM
global system mobile
HAZMAT
hazardous materials/dangerous goods
IATA
International Air Transport Association
ITS
intelligent transport systems
JTC1
Joint Technical Committee 1
LTE
(3GPP) long term evolution (sometimes called 4G)
OASIS
Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
OBE
on-board equipment
OBU
on-board unit
OCR
optical character recognition
PDC
personal digital cellular (Japanese advanced 2G mobile communications standard)
PHS
personal handy-phone system
RFID
radio frequency identification
SSL
secure sockets layer
TDED
trade data elements directory
UBL
universal business language (OASIS)
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ULD
unit load device
(IATA container)
UMTS
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
UN
United Nations (Organisation)
UN/CEFACT
United Nations, through its Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business
UN/EDIFACT
United Nations electronic data interchange for administration, commerce and transport
UN/TDED
United Nations trade data elements directory
WCO
World Customs Organization
XML
eXtensive Mark-up Lan
...