Task Status

This page is part of the ongoing SWIM communities of interest discussions. The content is working material. It should not be treated as final as it is still subject to review, comment and change.

This task will work on service categories in support of SWIM-SERV-009 Service categories. It will reflect the more flexible approach that will be adopted.

Published service category schemes

The current published service categories are at: https://reference.swim.aero/information-services/service-categories.html

Mature and can be published

No new schemes.

Candidates for service category schemes

Potential service category

Notes

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data formats

Service Category	Value	Definition
CodeDataFormatType		A list of data formats that can be used to exchange information over services.
	XML	Extensible Markup Language. See: https://www.w3.org/XML/
	JSON	JavaScript Object Notation. See: https://www.json.org/json-en.html
	GRIB2	GRIdded Binary. See: https://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/docs/grib2/grib2_doc/
	PROTOCOL_BUFFERS	Protocol Buffers. See: https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/
	HDF5	Hierarchical Data Format. See: http://codes.wmo.int/wmdr/DataFormat/hdf5
	ASN_1_XML	Abstract Syntax Notation One. See: https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-X.680/

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lifecycle stage

This will build upon https://reference.swim.aero/information-services/service-categories/CodeLifeCycleStageType.html to cover other lifecycle stages e.g. draft and experimental.

Service Category	Value	Definition	URL
CodeLifeCycleStageType
	DRAFT	The status indicating that the service is...
	EXPERIMENTAL	The status indicating that the service uses new ideas or methods, and might be modified later if it is unsuccessful. It is made available in order to be assessed for future development.	http://reference.swim.aero/information-services/service-categories/CodeLifeCycleStageType#EXPERIMENTAL

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service providers / organisation

See Best practices to harmonise content of service description fields

Service Category	Value	Definition
Organisation
	Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)	The Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) is responsible for meeting the meteorological requirements arising from all areas of economy and society in Germany.
	direction des Services de la navigation aérienne (DSNA)	The direction des Services de la navigation aérienne (DSNA) is the agency in charge of air traffic control, communication and information for France. It is a part of the Ministry of Sustainable Development and was created by decree in February 2005.
	ENAV	the Italian air navigation service provider
	Met Office	UK National Weather Service
	MetSafe	We design, develop and operate a meteorological webservices platform that allows the aviation industry to integrate weather information into their own applications in a fast and cost efficient manner.
	EUROCONTROL Network Manager	EUROCONTROL is an intergovernmental organisation with 41 Member and 2 Comprehensive Agreement States. EUROCONTROL Network Manager
	Météo-France	Météo-France is the French national meteorological service, an ISO 9001:2015-certified public sector body placed under the authority of the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, in charge of Transportation.
	FMI	FMI is the designated aeronautical meteorological service provider for Helsinki FIR as designated by the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Finland and as certified by Finnish Transport and Communications Agency.
	European Organisation for Civil Aviation Equipment (EUROCAE)	The European Organisation for Civil Aviation Equipment (EUROCAE) deals exclusively with aviation standardisation, for both airborne and ground systems and equipment. It was created in 1963 in Lucerne, Switzerland by a decision of the European Civil Aviation Conference as a European forum focusing on electronic equipment for air transport.
	Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA)	Since its creation in 1964, the main tasks of the Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB) are research and public service in the field of space aeronomy, which includes the study of the physics and chemistry of the atmospheres of the Earth and other planets, and of outer space.
	Slovenia Control

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Information security category

This comes from the final version of the Information Service Overview fields - see Information Service Overviews Handbook v1.1.

Service Category	Value	Definition
Information security category		Categorisation of information and information systems based on the information security impact on safety risk analysis. Information service providers and consumers apply the performance-based information security requirements based on the category.
	None	None.
	Basic	Information security categories shall be reviewed every (2) years based on the latest risk analysis.
	Intermediate	Information security categories shall be reviewed annually based on the latest risk analysis.
	Advanced	Information security categories shall be reviewed monthly based on the latest risk analysis.

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AIRM subjects (the packages within the AIRM also have URIs

This was raised in the context of datasets but is applicable to information service payloads in general and, e.g. tools like semantic NOTAM in particular. At the moment the packages are not published but should be. An AIRM change request has been raised.

The following table is an extract to show the potential result.

Service Category	Value	Definition
AIRM subject		Fields of specific knowledge.
	AirspaceInfrastructure	Information about airspace volumes and infrastructure.
	RouteAndProcedure	Information about the routes and procedures designed for channelling the flow of traffic en-route and while departing and landing.
	BaseInfrastructure	Information about the identity, location, description, and configuration of the infrastructure assets including physical facilities and systems, and obstacles.
	AerodromeInfrastructure	The aerodrome including any installations and equipment.

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More refined ATM Capability list

The EATMA Service Overview organises the services by ATM Capability.

The first level is reflected in CodeBusinessActivityType. It is possible to add more levels from the ATM Capability Model. The table below includes the second level. Definitions are taken from https://www.eatmportal.eu/working/data/capabilities.

Service Category	Value	Definition
	Aerodrome Operations
	Information from/to Airport Landside Operations	The provision of information to/or reception of information from airport landside with which airport airside interacts.
	Airport Situational Awareness Provision	The ability to know about the current state of airport facilities, traffic situation (vehicles, aircraft) and events at airport, and anticipate future changes and developments that may impact on aerodrome ATM operations.
	Surface Guidance & Routing	The ability to provide guidance and routing to aircraft and other vehicles moving on the surface of an aerodrome.
	Airspace Organisation and Management
	Airspace Design	The ability to design airspace structures to accommodate the different types of air activity, volume of traffic, and differing levels of service and rules of conduct.
	Airspace Management	The ability to maximise the use of a volume of airspace against the differing demands of users.
	Airspace User Operations
	Flight Prioritisation	The ability to determine and allocate priorities in which flights will be handled by the ATC system.
	Execute Trajectory	The ability to execute Trajectory from TTA at origin or entry into ECAC Airspace to On Blocks at airport or exit from ECAC airspace.
	Conflict Management
	Separation Management	Separation of Airborne Aircraft from other Aircraft, Airspace Infringements, Weather, Terrain.
	Collision Avoidance	The avoidance of collisions due to loss of separation of aircraft
	CNS
	CNS Resource/Asset Management	The ability to make CNS assets/resources available in support of the ATM network, ensure scarce resources are equitably shared among stakeholders, and rationalise / optimise infrastructure (e.g. number of assets) and/or its usage when network performance is at stake.
	CNS Infrastructure Performance Management	The ability to monitor and report on the performance of CNS infrastructure.
	CNS Integration	The ability to combine and integrate Communication/Navigation/Surveillance techniques to deliver performance-based CNS services with required availability, integrity, safety, security requirements.
	Communication	-
	Navigation	-
	Surveillance	-
	Demand and Capacity Balancing
	Demand and Capacity Balancing (airport)	The ability to evaluate airport demand and adjust airport assets to allow airspace users to meet the needs of their operating schedules.
	Demand and Capacity Balancing (airspace)	The ability to evaluate traffic flows and adjust airspace resources to allow airspace users to meet the needs of their operating schedules.
	Information Management
	Aeronautical and Meteorological Information Management	The ability to provide accredited, quality assured and timely aeronautical information in support of ATM operations.
	Information Infrastructure Management	The ability to provide an information infrastructure (incl. support/utility services) which enables information exchanges through services.
	Information to/from Other Essential Services	The provision of information to, or reception of information from other essential activities with which the ATM system interacts (e.g. search and rescue).
	ATM Data Management	The ability to provide accredited, quality assured and timely aeronautical information in support of ATM operations.
	Service Delivery Management
	ATM Service Management	The ability for all parties to collaborate and agree a flight trajectory based upon the users wishes, constraints and opportunities, and to manage conformance to trajectory agreement.
	Trajectory Management	The ability for all parties to collaborate and agree a flight trajectory based upon the users wishes, constraints and opportunities, and to manage conformance to trajectory agreement.
	ATC Team Resource Management	The ability to set ATM performance requirements, and measure/monitor performance outcomes.
	Traffic Synchronisation
	Sequencing & Merging	The ability to sequence and merge traffic.

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Service Categories

Published service category schemes

Mature and can be published

Candidates for service category schemes