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Requirement

Title

Operational needs

Identifier

SWIM-SERV-011

Requirement

A service description shall

  • include information about the operational needs fulfilled by the service;
  • indicate whether information exchange requirements (IER) were used in the identification of the needs for the service; and if so
  • include or refer to the information exchange requirements (IER).

Rationale

Operational needs relate to the operational context in which the service is used. IERs reference the requirements that are at the origin of the service.

This requirement supports decision making in terms of service suitability within a particular operational context.

Verification

Completeness: Verify that operational needs are included; verify that the indication on whether IERs were used is included.

Consistency: If IERs were used, verify that the IERs and the source(s) are included.

Correctness: if a source is included, verify that the IERs are available in the referenced source.

Examples/Notes

Example operational need:

  • “The Flight Management service fulfils the need to retrieve information about flights and flight plans and the need to provide information about changes in flights”.

Note: When describing operational needs, it is best practice to add a reference to an operational concept document, or contextual description.

Example IERs:

  • “It shall be possible for the end user to access up-to-date network weather forecasts (up to D-10) in the specified geographical areas (regional/sub-regional/local) or airports (e.g. snow situation), with variable granularity levels depending on the time horizon. (reference REQ-07.06.01-OSED-WX01.0010; source SESAR 1 OSED 07.06.01)”;
  • “To allow the Aircraft Operator or Ground Handler to set, update or delete the value of the Target Off-Block Time of a departing flight, in accordance with the operations involving Target Off-Block Time that take place between A-CDM Milestones 2 and 11 (derived from: Airport CDM Implementation Manual v4)”.

Level of Implementation

Mandatory

Guidance

Examples

See the Operational Needs section within the Donlon TOBT Setting Service Description.

Guidance for JSON service description 

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JSON Schema

The guidance concerns JSON Schema v0.0.3 (see Schema releases).

		"ServiceGeneralDescription" : 
		{
			"description" : "Description of the service in terms of what it provides, the purpose and under which conditions and quality levels the service is provided.",
			"type": "object",
			"additionalProperties": false,
			"required": ["operationalNeed", "functionality", "qualityOfService", "accessAndUseCondition", "validation"],
			"properties":
			{
			...
				"operationalNeed":
				{
					"description" : "The operational need fulfilled by the service [SWIM-SERV-011]",
					"type" : "array",
					"items" : { "$ref":"#/definitions/OperationalNeed" },
					"minItems": 1
				},
			...
			}


		"OperationalNeed" : 
		{
			"description" : "A statement of the operational attributes of a system needed for the effective and/or efficient provision of air traffic services to users. [SWIM-SERV-011]",
			"type": "object",
			"additionalProperties": false,
			"required": ["name", "description"],
			"properties":
			{
				"description":
				{
					"description" : "Description of the operational needs fulfilled by the service. Includes or refers to information exchange requirements [SWIM-SERV-011].",
					"type" : "string",
					"minLength":1
				},
				"name":
				{
					"description" : "The name of the operational requirement.",
					"type" : "string",
					"minLength":1
				}
			}
		},

Rules expressed for the cases as defined in Registry URD.

caserules
COMPLIANTmandatory
CANDIDATEsame
DEFINITIONsame

JSON Guidance

Within field operationalNeed (itself within field "informationService" field serviceGeneralDescription) fill in one or more occurrences of type OperationalNeed.

Operational Need - Mandatory

attribute namedescriptiontyperuleguidance
providerThe full official name of the organisation. [SWIM-SERV-008]stringMandatory

Rationale: Knowing the service provider is essential to business experts.

Guidance: Provide the name of the organisation responsible for the service

providerDescriptionDescription of the organisational unit responsible for the service. [SWIM-SERV-008]stringMandatory

Guidance: Provide a small description of the organisation and/or the unit responsible for the service

Note: Consider including information on provider certification when relevant for the service being described (e.g. for a Meteorological service).

providerTypeThe type of service provider.CodeStakeholderTypeMandatory, minItems=1Guidance: Select one or more code values
dateInOperationDate at which the service version went into operation (or is planned to become operational.)stringMandatory,
format is "yyyy-mm-dd"

Guidance: Provide the date at which this service version became operational.

Note: The date at which the service became operational for the first time may be mentioned in the service abstract.

serviceSupportProvision of material and guidance necessary for the use of the information service.stringOptionalA description of the support a provider is offering to consumers on all relevant aspects related to the information service. Rationale: Consumer needs will vary and may require different levels of provider support.
Guidance: Specify days and hours the information service provider can be contacted by users requiring support for the provided service.
pointOfContactA person or group within the service provider organization, suitable for making a human contact for any purpose. [SWIM-SERV-008]PointOfContactMandatory, minItems=1Provide one or more points of contact where additional information can be obtained, including name, contact information and role.


JSON example

        "serviceGeneralDescription": {
            "operationalNeed": [
                {
                    "name": "Operational and Business context",
                    "description": "The context is the Airport Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM) concept as defined in Airport CDM Implementation Manual v4. In A-CDM it is important to allow A-CDM Partners to set the value of some milestones when necessary. The classical example is to allow the Aircraft Operator or the Ground Handler to set the Target Off-Block Time (TOBT) that indicates what is the target time for the aircraft to be ready for off-block. Setting the TOBT value is possible at many stages during the A-CDM process, as early as Milestone 2 (EOBT-2hr) up to and including Milestone 11 (Boarding starts).\n\r The Business Logic may involve validations such as: not accepting values in the past; not accepting a new value too close the existing one (there is a minimum change involved); Limiting the number of changes after TSAT has been issued."
                },
                {
                    "name": "Information Exchange Requirements",
                    "description": "The service is defined to satisfy two IERs, which were derived from the A-CDM Implementation Manual :\r\n[IER1] To allow the Aircraft Operator or Ground Handler to set, update or delete the value of the Target Off-Block Time of a departing flight. This is done in accordance with the operations involving Target Off-Block Time that take place between A-CDM Milestones 2 and 11 (derived from: Airport CDM Implementation Manual v4)\r\n[IER2] To allow the competent authority to set the value of the Target Off-Block Time for a given aircraft in specific circumstances. In other words, under adverse conditions or special circumstances this service allows the competent authorities to set the Target Off-Block Time value of the flight. (derived from: Airport CDM Implementation Manual v4)."
                }
            ],
			...
		}


A complete JSON example is available in page JSON example - Donlon TOBT Setting service description.


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