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= NeTEx overview =
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'''NeTEx''' has been developed under the aegis of CEN (Comité Européen de Normalisation) and is the most recent development stage in over fifteen years work to systemise and harmonize European passenger information data.
= NeTEx overview 🔍 =
== What is NeTEx? ==


NeTEx provides a means to exchange data for passenger information such as stops, routes timetables and fares, among different computer systems, together with related operational data. It can be used to collect and integrate date from many different stakeholders, and to reintegrate it as it evolves through successive versions.
[[File:NeTEx.png|250px|right|]]


NeTEx is intended to be a general purpose XML format, designed for the efficient, updateable exchange of complex transport data among distributed systems. This allows the data to be used in modern web services architectures and to support a wide range of passenger information and operational applications.
NeTEx (Network Exchange format) is a standard for exchanging public transport network, schedules, and related data. It is a general-purpose XML format designed for the efficient exchange of complex transport data among distributed systems.


To find out more about the '''NeTEX data model''', visit the [http://netex-cen.eu/ NeTEX website].
It has been developed under the aegis of CEN (Comité Européen de Normalisation) and is the most recent development stage in over fifteen years work to systemise and harmonize European passenger information data.


= Providing NeTEx as open data on a National Access Point (NAP) =
NeTEx can be used to collect and integrate data from many different stakeholders, and to reintegrate it as it evolves through successive versions. It is used by public transport operators and IT providers across Europe to support a wide range of passenger information and operational applications.


Ideally all member states will provide NeTEx files according to the European Passenger Information Profile (EPIP) on their respective National Access Point.
== Benefits of using NeTEx ==


Data4PT provides some artefacts to simplify producing and quality assure such information.
NeTEx offers a number of benefits, including:


First of all a simplified and EPIP-adapted version of the full NeTEx XML schema has been produced.
* '''Flexibility''': NeTEx can be used to represent a wide range of public transport data, including networks, schedules, fares, and real-time information.
* '''Extensibility''': NeTEx can be extended to support new types of data and functionality.
* '''Interoperability''': NeTEx is a standard format, which means that data can be exchanged between different systems without the need for custom development.
* '''Support for modern web services architectures''' : NeTEx can be used to develop modern, web-based passenger information and operational applications.


A graphic and interactive technical presentation of the adapted schema is available.
== Examples of NeTEx in use ==


Download the EPIP adapted XML-schema here
NeTEx is used in a variety of ways across the public transport industry. For example:


Download an EPIP example file here
*'''Passenger information''': NeTEx can be used to provide real-time arrival and departure information to passengers, generate timetables and journey planners, and develop mobile apps for passengers.
*'''Operational applications''': NeTEx can be used to manage fleet operations, integrate public transport data with other systems, such as traffic management systems and navigation apps, and support planning and analysis.


== Graphic interactive documentation of NeTEx XSD adapted to EPIP profile ==
You will be able to traverse the XSD by clicking in the diagrams and on underlined texts.
Use the browser's back button if you wish to return to a previous diagram.


<pre>Tips: Observe that you need to click in the middle of the object (on the name of it) that you wish to expand.
ℹ️ To find out more about the NeTEX data model, visit the [https://netex-cen.eu/ NeTEX website].
It will not work if you click on the '+'</pre>


Start browsing the schema online by clicking HERE
⚙️ To verify your NeTEx data, use our '''[https://greenlight.atomite.io free validation tool]'''.


= NeTEx European Passenger Information Profile 🇪🇺 =


{| class="wikitable"
!
! Description
! Documentation
|-
|width="150px" style="text-align:center |'''NeTEx EPIP'''|| Ideally, all member states will provide NeTEx files according to the European Passenger Information Profile (EPIP) on their respective National Access Point. Data4PT provides some artefacts to simplify producing and quality assure such information. EPIP-adapted version of the full NeTEx XML schema has been produced. || Browse the '''graphic and interactive''' technical presentation and download the relevant artefacts and available example [https://data4pt.org/NeTEx/GraphicKit/Documention_of_XSD_for_EPIP.html here].
|-
|width="150px" style="text-align:center |'''NeTEx EPIP Light''' || The official NeTEx schema is too large and complex for C# code generation tools to handle, so a simplified version was created for application development. This schema has been reduced to only match the scope of the EPIP Profile (European Passenger Information Profile). It is compliant with the main NeTEx schema, but does not contain constraint checks and should not be used for validation. || The '''graphic interactive technical presentation''' and the technical artefacts are available [https://data4pt.org/NeTEx/GraphicKit/Documention_of_reduced_XSD.html here].
|-
|}


Or download the graphic presentation for off-line browsing


= Software & tools 🧰 =
Download XSD - the NeTEx XSD adapted to EPIP profile


Download an example XML-file for the EPIP profile
An ecosystem of NeTEx XML tools is under development, including both open-source and commercial products.


The following list of software is known to support NeTEx. We distinguish between different categories that may later receive a list of key performance indicators.


This presentation should not be interpreted as being normative.
== XML tools ==
General purpose XML tools can be used to work with the NeTEx XML schema and XML documents that conform to it.


For GML parts please see ISO/DIS 19136 8.2.
{| class="wikitable" style="width : 10%"
GML is an OGC Standard.
|-
Copyright (c) 2007, 2010, 2016, 2018 Open Geospatial Consortium.
!  width="80px"|XML tools
Copyright (c) 2007,2010 Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
!  width="80px"|Description
To obtain additional rights of use, visit http://www.opengeospatial.org/legal/ .
|-
See also https://www.ogc.org/standards/gml and http://schemas.opengis.net/gml/3.2.1/
|[http://www.altova.com/xmlspy.html XML SPY] || commercial
|-
|[http://www.oxygenxml.com/ Oxygen]|| commercial
|-
|[http://www.garshol.priv.no/download/xmltools/ List of tools] || open-source
|-
{| class="wikitable"


For NeTEx parts note that this documentation relates to a simplified schema that represents a subset of the full NeTEx-schema covering the European Passenger Information Profile.
== Conversion tools ==
That XSD file should not be interpreted as being normative. Neither does that XSD replace the offical NeTEx XSD schemas. It should be used in addition to the offical NeTEx XSD schemas and not instead of.
 
The official NeTEx XSD schema and basic examples are available at Github https://github.com/NeTEx-CEN/NeTEx (note that this is the only source for NeTEx latest official schema) Note that parts of the content in this file consists of extracts from files in the official NeTEx XSD schema and therefore are covered by Copyright CEN, Crown Copyright 2009-2020. Any such copyrights still apply.
{| class="wikitable" style="width:80%"
! colspan="1" | Name
! Availability
! width="40%" | |Description
! colspan="1" |Profile
!width="20%"| License
|-
| style="text-align:center |'''[https://github.com/entur/netex-protobuf netex-protobuf]''' ||style="text-align:center |✅ || NeTEx to protobuf converter || All ||EUPL
|-
|style="text-align:center | '''[https://github.com/CanalTP/transit_model/tree/master/gtfs2netexfr gtfs2netexfr]''' || style="text-align:center |✅ ||Export GTFS data to NeTEx. ||French    ||   
|-
| style="text-align:center |'''[https://github.com/skinkie/hastus hastus]''' || style="text-align:center |✅ ||Giro Hastus OIG script to export NeTEx from a system, in addition can export crew operations. ||Dutch, Nordic(?) || AGPL-3.0
|-
| style="text-align:center |'''[https://gitlab.com/labiangashi/josm-plugin-netex-converter/ josm-plugin-netex-converter]''' ||style="text-align:center |✅ || Export OpenStreetMap pedestrian routing information into NeTEx.||    || GPL 2.0 
|-
| style="text-align:center |'''[https://github.com/entur/netex-gtfs-converter-java netex-gtfs-converter-java]''' ||style="text-align:center |✅ || Export NeTEx data to GTFS ||Nordic ||EUPL
|-
|style="text-align:center |'''[https://github.com/cefriel/chimera Chimera]''' ||style="text-align:center |✅ || Chimera is a framework for semantic data transformation pipelines. A converter between GTFS and NeTEx has been implemented adopting an intermediate Transmodel representation. ||Nordic (ready), EPIP/Italian (ongoing) || Framework – Apache License 2.0, Mapping GTFS-NeTEx – Proprietary license
|-
|style="text-align:center |'''[https://www.openmove.com/ OpenMove ATLAS]''' || style="text-align:center |✅ || The management platform OpenMove ATLAS allows import and editing of data in GTFS format and export also in GTFS or NeTEx format (currently the Italian Profile is supported, other profiles can be implemented on request). || EPIP Italian ||Proprietary license
|-
|style="text-align:center |'''[https://developers.italia.it/it/software/a4c48ddf-7156-4327-a62b-66fc15f1c6f3 GTFS2NeTEx-converter]''' ||style="text-align:center |✅ || Converts GTFS data in NeTEx Italian Profile. || EPIP Italian Profile  ||EUPL 1.2
|}


= NeTEx software details =
== Data validation tools ==
The following list of software is known to support NeTEx. We distinguish between different categories that may later receive a list of key performance indicators.


==Conversion of NeTEx between other formats==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:40%;"
{| class="wikitable"
! width="25%" | Name
!colspan="1"|Name
!width="10%" | Availability
!colspan="1"|Availability
! width="40%"| Description
!colspan="1"|Description
!width="10%" | Profile
!colspan="1"|Profile
!width="10%" | License
!colspan="1"|License
!colspan="1"|URL
|-
|-
!style="text-align:left;" rowspan="1"|[[gtfs2netexfr]]
| style="text-align:center |'''[http://www.xmlsoft.org/ XMLlint]''' || style="text-align:center |✅ ||XML syntax validation, XSD schema validation and constraint checking. ||All ||MIT 
|Available
|Export GTFS data to NeTEx.
|French
|
|https://github.com/CanalTP/transit_model/tree/master/gtfs2netexfr
|-
|-
!style="text-align:left;" rowspan="1"|[[hastus]]
|style="text-align:center | '''[https://github.com/ITxPT/DATA4PTTools Greenlight - The Data4PT Validation tool]''' ||style="text-align:center |✅||Validating NeTEx data. ||All ||
|Available
|Giro Hastus OIG script to export NeTEx from a system, in addition can export crew operations.
|Dutch, Norwegian(?)
|AGPL-3.0
|https://github.com/skinkie/hastus
|-
|-
!style="text-align:left;" rowspan="1"|[[josm-plugin-netex-converter]]
| style="text-align:center |'''[https://github.com/entur/netex-validator-java NeTEx validator java]''' ||style="text-align:center |✅|| Validation library for NeTEx data, analyzing and reporting schema compliance. ||Nordic ||
|Available
|Export OpenStreetMap pedestrian routing information into NeTEx.
|
|GPL 2.0
|https://gitlab.com/labiangashi/josm-plugin-netex-converter/
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center |'''[https://github.com/entur/antu Antu]''' ||style="text-align:center |✅|| Validate NeTEx datasets against the Nordic NeTEx Profile. ||Nordic ||
|}
|}


==Data Validation tools==
== Language bindings ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 45%;"
!colspan="1"|Name
! Name
!colspan="1"|Availability
! Availability
!colspan="1"|Description
! Description
!colspan="1"|Profile
! Profile
!colspan="1"|License
! License
!colspan="1"|URL
|-
| style="text-align:center |'''[https://github.com/entur/netex-java-model netex-java-model]''' || style="text-align:center |✅ ||NeTEx XML bindings for Java, with additions to map temporal types to native objects. ||All ||EUPL
|-
|style="text-align:center | '''netex-csharp-model''' ||style="text-align:center |❌ || NeTEx XML bindings for C#. Currently being researched with a variety of tools.<br>Contact DATA4PT if you have questions or have found the golden egg. ||All ||
|-
|-
!style="text-align:left;" rowspan="1"|[[XMLlint]]
|style="text-align:center | '''[https://github.com/entur/netex-parser-java netex-parser-java]''' ||style="text-align:center |✅||Parse NeTEx files and lookup entities in an index ||Nordic ||EUPL
|Available
|XML syntax validation, XSD schema validation and constraint checking.
|All
|MIT
|http://www.xmlsoft.org/
|-
|-
|}
|}


==Language bindings and software development aids==
== Editing /Management & visualisation tools ==
{| class="wikitable"
 
!colspan="6"|NeTEx XML bindings
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 75%;"
! Name
! Availability
! Description
! Profile
! License
! URL
|-
| style="text-align:center | '''Nplan''' ||style="text-align:center | ✅|| Java backend / TypeScript frontend for create/edit/export of NeTEx data (Support both Timetable based and On-demand polygon based services) ||Nordic ||EUPL ||backend - https://github.com/entur/uttu <br> frontend - https://github.com/entur/enki
|-
|style="text-align:center |'''NSR''' ||style="text-align:center | ✅|| Java backend / JavaScript frontend for import/creation/edit/export for NeTEx stops data. (Act as a National Stops Register for the whole of Norway) || Nordic ||EUPL ||backend - https://github.com/entur/tiamat <br> frontend - https://github.com/entur/abzu
|-
| style="text-align:center |'''Chouette'''|| style="text-align:center |✅|| Java backend / Ruby frontend for import/validation/edit/export of NeTEx data. Highly modified version of the old AFIMB version of Chouette. NOTE: Legacy software not recommended for new implemetations ||Nordic ||CeCILL-B ||backend - https://github.com/entur/chouette <br> frontend -  https://github.com/entur/chouette2
|-
|style="text-align:center |'''[https://enroute.mobi/produits/chouette/ Chouette]''' ||style="text-align:center | ✅|| Java based NeTEx tools, transforms between profiles and standards (NeTEx, GTFS, Neptune). ||EPIP ||Apache 2.0 ||
|-
|style="text-align:center |'''[https://mobilitx.diginext.fr/ mobilitx]''' || style="text-align:center |✅|| || || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center |'''[https://www.lumiplan.com/produit/mobiref/ mobiref]''' ||style="text-align:center | ✅ || || || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center |'''NeTEx Reader''' ||style="text-align:center | ⏳ ||C# based XML tool based on Giro Hastus XSD || Dutch || ||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpb_1Y9uR5k
|-
|style="text-align:center |'''netexconv2''' || style="text-align:center |⏳ ||Java based NeTEx tools, transforms between profiles and standards (NeTEx, DINO, HAFAS, KV1, GTFS). || Dutch, EPIP, Nordic, VDV462 || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center | '''[https://www.ivu.com/news/news/article/delfi-successfully-migrates-to-ivucloud.html IVU.cloud]''' || style="text-align:center |✅|| ||EPIP || ||
|-
|style="text-align:center |'''[https://www.pluservice.net/it/soluzioni/gestione-rete-e-turni Motus]''' ||style="text-align:center | ✅|| 4Motus is the Fleet Scheduling Management System provided by Pluservice. The application is designed by independent and integrated modules which can be activated according to specific operational needs. <br> One of the latest module created and already available is the generation of NeTEx datasets starting from the operational data collected by public transport operators. For this purpose, Motus receives the input data starting from a GTFS and it is able to enrich  these data with further relevant information such as contracts, vehicles. Then Motus transforms these data into the NeTEx Italian profile.<br> '''Data model:''' the database is designed according to Transmodel specifications, European reference standard (EN12896) for public  transport. ||Italian || ||
|-
|-
!colspan="1"|Name
|}
!colspan="1"|Availability
 
!colspan="1"|Description
== Journey planning engine ==
!colspan="1"|Profile
 
!colspan="1"|License
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 60%;"
!colspan="1"|URL
!  Name
! Availability
! Description
! Profile
! License
|-
|-
!style="text-align:left;" rowspan="1"|[[netex-java-model]]
| style="text-align:center | '''[http://docs.opentripplanner.org/en/dev-2.x/Netex-Norway/ OpenTripPlanner]''' || style="text-align:center |✅||Timetable and shortest path journey planner supporting reading various input formats including GTFS and NeTEx. || Nordic || Apache 2.0
|Available
|NeTEx XML bindings for Java, with additions to map temporal types to native objects.
|Any
|EUPL
|https://github.com/entur/netex-java-model
|-
|-
!style="text-align:left;" rowspan="1"|[[netex-csharp-model]]
| style="text-align:center | '''[https://openmove.com/technology/trip-planning/ OpenMove]''' ||style="text-align:center | ✅ ||Multimodal, intermodal trip planner with real-time capabilities, step-by-step instructions, fare system, and compatibility with market standards. || ||
|Not Available
|NeTEx XML bindings for C#. Currently being researched with a variety of tools.<br>Contact DATA4PT if you have questions or have found the golden egg.
|Any
|
|
|-
|-
|}
|}


==Editing /Management  & visuallisation tools for  NeTEx data==
==Planning system supporting native NeTEx export ==
{| class="wikitable"
 
!colspan="1"|Name
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 25%;"
!colspan="1"|Availability
!Name
!colspan="1"|Description
!Availability
!colspan="1"|Profile
!Developped by
!colspan="1"|License
!Profile
!colspan="1"|URL
!Additional documentation
|-
|style="text-align:center | [https://www.giro.ca/en-ca/our-solutions/segments/public-transport/ Hastus] || style="text-align:center |✅ || Giro || Nordic <br> Dutch || Dutch patch: https://github.com/skinkie/hastus
|-
|style="text-align:center |  [https://www.trapezegroup.com.au/solutions/intelligent-transport-systems-bus Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) for Bus]  || style="text-align:center |✅|| Trapeze  ||EPIP Nordic  || Blog post: https://www.trapezegroup.com.au/blog/its-netex-bus-data-transfer-exchange
|-
| style="text-align:center | [https://www.datagrafikk.no/?tag=dgbuss  DG Buss] || style="text-align:center |✅ || Datagrafikk  || Nordic ||
|-
| style="text-align:center | [https://www.trapezegroup.com.au/solutions/planning-and-scheduling-rail  Planning & Scheduling for Train]  ||style="text-align:center |✅ || Trapeze ||Nordic ||
|-
| style="text-align:center | [https://www.ivu.com/solutions#c4826  IVU.suite] || style="text-align:center |⏳ || IVU for public transport ||Nordic ||Blog post: https://www.ivu.com/all-references/references/delfi-migrates-to-ivucloud
|-
|-
!style="text-align:left;" rowspan="1"|[[Chouette]]
| style="text-align:center | [https://turnit.com/ Turnit Ride] ||style="text-align:center |✅ ||Turnit for public transport ||Nordic ||
|Available
|Java based NeTEx tools, transforms between profiles and standards (NeTEx, GTFS, Neptune).
|EPIP
|Apache 2.0
|https://enroute.mobi/produits/chouette/
|-
|-
!style="text-align:left;" rowspan="1"|[[mobilitx]]
|style="text-align:center | Nplan ||style="text-align:center |✅ ||Entur for public transport ||Nordic || backend: https://github.com/entur/uttu  <br> frontend: https://github.com/entur/enki
|Available
|
|
|
|https://mobilitx.diginext.fr/
|-
|-
!style="text-align:left;" rowspan="1"|[[mobiref]]
| style="text-align:center | [https://www.hacon.de/en/portfolio/timetable-construction-disposition/  TPs Suite] ||style="text-align:center | ✅ ||Hacon ||Nordic ||
|Available
|}
|
 
|
= NeTEx part 5 for 🆕 modes =
|
 
|https://www.lumiplan.com/produit/mobiref/
NeTEx Part 5 is an extension to the NeTEx data exchange format that is specifically designed for publishing data about "alternative modes" of transportation, such as car sharing, cycle sharing, carpooling, and car/cycle rental. It is primarily oriented towards static data, such as the service that is offered and the associated infrastructure.
 
''NeTEx Part 5 is now available as '''CEN/TS 16614-5:2022 (E)'''''
[[File:NeTEx-part5.png|400px|right|]]
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 50%;"
|-
|-
!style="text-align:left;" rowspan="1"|[[NeTEx Reader]]
!
|In Development
!Description
|C# based XML tool, based on Giro Hastus XSD.
|Dutch
|
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpb_1Y9uR5k
|-
|-
!style="text-align:left;" rowspan="1"|[[netexconv2]]
| '''[https://github.com/NeTEx-CEN/NeTEx/tree/master/xsd/netex_part_5 Technical artefacts]''' || The XML schema (XSD) for NeTEx Part 5 New Modes. Examples are also provided, along with other useful documentation.
|In Development
|Java based NeTEx tools, transforms between profiles and standards (NeTEx, DINO, HAFAS, KV1, GTFS).
|Dutch, Norwegian
|
|
|-
|-
!style="text-align:left;" rowspan="1"|[[IVU.cloud]]
| '''[https://data4pt.org/w/images/5/5b/Canonical_mapping_-_NeTEx_and_SIRI_new_modes_with_GBFS.pdf Canonical mapping with GBFS]'''
|Available
| The EU-funded project DATA4PT and MobilityData experts have released a high-level mapping between the General Bikeshare Feed Specification (GBFS) and Transmodel to support better interoperability of shared mobility data feeds.
|
|EPIP
|
|https://www.ivu.com/news/news/article/delfi-successfully-migrates-to-ivucloud.html
|-
|-
|}
|}


==NeTEx data enabled==
= References =
{| class="wikitable"
 
!colspan="1"|Name
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 35%;"
!colspan="1"|Availability
|-
!colspan="1"|Description
!Name
!colspan="1"|Profile
!Description
!colspan="1"|License
|-
!colspan="1"|URL
| '''[https://github.com/NeTEx-CEN/NeTEx NeTEx-CEN GitHub]'''
| Find xsd, examples and relevant documentation on NeTEx schema
|-
| '''[https://github.com/NeTEx-CEN/NeTEx-Profile-EPIP NeTEx EPIP profile GitHub]'''
| Find xsd and relevant documentation dedicated on NeTEx EPIP schema
|-
|-
!style="text-align:left;" rowspan="1"|[[OpenTripPlanner]]
| '''[https://netex-cen.eu/ NeTEx Website]'''
|Available
| Find general information on NeTEx project
|Timetable and shortest path journey planner supporting reading various input formats including GTFS and NeTEx.
|Norwegian
|Apache 2.0
|http://docs.opentripplanner.org/en/dev-2.x/Netex-Norway/
|-
|-
|}
|}

Latest revision as of 10:39, 10 October 2024

NeTEx overview 🔍

What is NeTEx?

NeTEx.png

NeTEx (Network Exchange format) is a standard for exchanging public transport network, schedules, and related data. It is a general-purpose XML format designed for the efficient exchange of complex transport data among distributed systems.

It has been developed under the aegis of CEN (Comité Européen de Normalisation) and is the most recent development stage in over fifteen years work to systemise and harmonize European passenger information data.

NeTEx can be used to collect and integrate data from many different stakeholders, and to reintegrate it as it evolves through successive versions. It is used by public transport operators and IT providers across Europe to support a wide range of passenger information and operational applications.

Benefits of using NeTEx

NeTEx offers a number of benefits, including:

  • Flexibility: NeTEx can be used to represent a wide range of public transport data, including networks, schedules, fares, and real-time information.
  • Extensibility: NeTEx can be extended to support new types of data and functionality.
  • Interoperability: NeTEx is a standard format, which means that data can be exchanged between different systems without the need for custom development.
  • Support for modern web services architectures : NeTEx can be used to develop modern, web-based passenger information and operational applications.

Examples of NeTEx in use

NeTEx is used in a variety of ways across the public transport industry. For example:

  • Passenger information: NeTEx can be used to provide real-time arrival and departure information to passengers, generate timetables and journey planners, and develop mobile apps for passengers.
  • Operational applications: NeTEx can be used to manage fleet operations, integrate public transport data with other systems, such as traffic management systems and navigation apps, and support planning and analysis.


ℹ️ To find out more about the NeTEX data model, visit the NeTEX website.

⚙️ To verify your NeTEx data, use our free validation tool.

NeTEx European Passenger Information Profile 🇪🇺

Description Documentation
NeTEx EPIP Ideally, all member states will provide NeTEx files according to the European Passenger Information Profile (EPIP) on their respective National Access Point. Data4PT provides some artefacts to simplify producing and quality assure such information. EPIP-adapted version of the full NeTEx XML schema has been produced. Browse the graphic and interactive technical presentation and download the relevant artefacts and available example here.
NeTEx EPIP Light The official NeTEx schema is too large and complex for C# code generation tools to handle, so a simplified version was created for application development. This schema has been reduced to only match the scope of the EPIP Profile (European Passenger Information Profile). It is compliant with the main NeTEx schema, but does not contain constraint checks and should not be used for validation. The graphic interactive technical presentation and the technical artefacts are available here.


Software & tools 🧰

An ecosystem of NeTEx XML tools is under development, including both open-source and commercial products.

The following list of software is known to support NeTEx. We distinguish between different categories that may later receive a list of key performance indicators.

XML tools

General purpose XML tools can be used to work with the NeTEx XML schema and XML documents that conform to it.

XML tools Description
XML SPY commercial
Oxygen commercial
List of tools open-source

Conversion tools

Name Availability |Description Profile License
netex-protobuf ✅ NeTEx to protobuf converter All EUPL
gtfs2netexfr ✅ Export GTFS data to NeTEx. French
hastus ✅ Giro Hastus OIG script to export NeTEx from a system, in addition can export crew operations. Dutch, Nordic(?) AGPL-3.0
josm-plugin-netex-converter ✅ Export OpenStreetMap pedestrian routing information into NeTEx. GPL 2.0
netex-gtfs-converter-java ✅ Export NeTEx data to GTFS Nordic EUPL
Chimera ✅ Chimera is a framework for semantic data transformation pipelines. A converter between GTFS and NeTEx has been implemented adopting an intermediate Transmodel representation. Nordic (ready), EPIP/Italian (ongoing) Framework – Apache License 2.0, Mapping GTFS-NeTEx – Proprietary license
OpenMove ATLAS ✅ The management platform OpenMove ATLAS allows import and editing of data in GTFS format and export also in GTFS or NeTEx format (currently the Italian Profile is supported, other profiles can be implemented on request). EPIP Italian Proprietary license
GTFS2NeTEx-converter ✅ Converts GTFS data in NeTEx Italian Profile. EPIP Italian Profile EUPL 1.2

Data validation tools

Name Availability Description Profile License
XMLlint ✅ XML syntax validation, XSD schema validation and constraint checking. All MIT
Greenlight - The Data4PT Validation tool ✅ Validating NeTEx data. All
NeTEx validator java ✅ Validation library for NeTEx data, analyzing and reporting schema compliance. Nordic
Antu ✅ Validate NeTEx datasets against the Nordic NeTEx Profile. Nordic

Language bindings

Name Availability Description Profile License
netex-java-model ✅ NeTEx XML bindings for Java, with additions to map temporal types to native objects. All EUPL
netex-csharp-model ❌ NeTEx XML bindings for C#. Currently being researched with a variety of tools.
Contact DATA4PT if you have questions or have found the golden egg.		 All
netex-parser-java ✅ Parse NeTEx files and lookup entities in an index Nordic EUPL

Editing /Management & visualisation tools

Name Availability Description Profile License URL
Nplan ✅ Java backend / TypeScript frontend for create/edit/export of NeTEx data (Support both Timetable based and On-demand polygon based services) Nordic EUPL backend - https://github.com/entur/uttu
frontend - https://github.com/entur/enki
NSR ✅ Java backend / JavaScript frontend for import/creation/edit/export for NeTEx stops data. (Act as a National Stops Register for the whole of Norway) Nordic EUPL backend - https://github.com/entur/tiamat
frontend - https://github.com/entur/abzu
Chouette ✅ Java backend / Ruby frontend for import/validation/edit/export of NeTEx data. Highly modified version of the old AFIMB version of Chouette. NOTE: Legacy software not recommended for new implemetations Nordic CeCILL-B backend - https://github.com/entur/chouette
frontend - https://github.com/entur/chouette2
Chouette ✅ Java based NeTEx tools, transforms between profiles and standards (NeTEx, GTFS, Neptune). EPIP Apache 2.0
mobilitx ✅
mobiref ✅
NeTEx Reader ⏳ C# based XML tool based on Giro Hastus XSD Dutch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpb_1Y9uR5k
netexconv2 ⏳ Java based NeTEx tools, transforms between profiles and standards (NeTEx, DINO, HAFAS, KV1, GTFS). Dutch, EPIP, Nordic, VDV462
IVU.cloud ✅ EPIP
Motus ✅ 4Motus is the Fleet Scheduling Management System provided by Pluservice. The application is designed by independent and integrated modules which can be activated according to specific operational needs.
One of the latest module created and already available is the generation of NeTEx datasets starting from the operational data collected by public transport operators. For this purpose, Motus receives the input data starting from a GTFS and it is able to enrich these data with further relevant information such as contracts, vehicles. Then Motus transforms these data into the NeTEx Italian profile.
Data model: the database is designed according to Transmodel specifications, European reference standard (EN12896) for public transport.		 Italian

Journey planning engine

Name Availability Description Profile License
OpenTripPlanner ✅ Timetable and shortest path journey planner supporting reading various input formats including GTFS and NeTEx. Nordic Apache 2.0
OpenMove ✅ Multimodal, intermodal trip planner with real-time capabilities, step-by-step instructions, fare system, and compatibility with market standards.

Planning system supporting native NeTEx export

Name Availability Developped by Profile Additional documentation
Hastus ✅ Giro Nordic
Dutch		 Dutch patch: https://github.com/skinkie/hastus
Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) for Bus ✅ Trapeze EPIP Nordic Blog post: https://www.trapezegroup.com.au/blog/its-netex-bus-data-transfer-exchange
DG Buss ✅ Datagrafikk Nordic
Planning & Scheduling for Train ✅ Trapeze Nordic
IVU.suite ⏳ IVU for public transport Nordic Blog post: https://www.ivu.com/all-references/references/delfi-migrates-to-ivucloud
Turnit Ride ✅ Turnit for public transport Nordic
Nplan ✅ Entur for public transport Nordic backend: https://github.com/entur/uttu
frontend: https://github.com/entur/enki
TPs Suite ✅ Hacon Nordic

NeTEx part 5 for 🆕 modes

NeTEx Part 5 is an extension to the NeTEx data exchange format that is specifically designed for publishing data about "alternative modes" of transportation, such as car sharing, cycle sharing, carpooling, and car/cycle rental. It is primarily oriented towards static data, such as the service that is offered and the associated infrastructure.

NeTEx Part 5 is now available as CEN/TS 16614-5:2022 (E)

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Description
Technical artefacts The XML schema (XSD) for NeTEx Part 5 New Modes. Examples are also provided, along with other useful documentation.
Canonical mapping with GBFS The EU-funded project DATA4PT and MobilityData experts have released a high-level mapping between the General Bikeshare Feed Specification (GBFS) and Transmodel to support better interoperability of shared mobility data feeds.

References

Name Description
NeTEx-CEN GitHub Find xsd, examples and relevant documentation on NeTEx schema
NeTEx EPIP profile GitHub Find xsd and relevant documentation dedicated on NeTEx EPIP schema
NeTEx Website Find general information on NeTEx project
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