The National Transportation Communication for the Intelligent Transportation Systems Protocol (NTCIP) is a set of industry standards that enable different manufactures' traffic control devices such as traffic lights, dynamic message signs, cameras, as well as roadway and automobile sensors to communicate and work together seamlessly in an Intelligent Transportation System (ITS).
Open-source documents are developed using the ITS Open-Source Process, as defined and established in NTCIP 8008. This process provides a streamlined and transparent standards development procedure that accepts issues reported by the technnical experts of the working group, and are resolved by peer-reviewed contributions from the community rather than through a formal ballot of industry managers. The open source process concludes with the resultant material being approved by the defined approval process.
NTCIP Process, Control, and Information Management documents define the practices and policies used by the NTCIP Joint Committee and its working groups in developing and maintaining NTCIP publications.
This document defines the process for developing projects for the ITS community using an open-source environment (e.g., GitHub). The project can produce any type of product, such as a guide, a technical specification, a test procedure (e.g., including code), etc.
The approval process for the resultant open-source product is based on the target level of specification. For example, an IFR specification undergoes a less formal approval process than a full standard.
IFRs are peer reviewed within the open-source process with final approval by an associated WG established by the NTCIP Joint Committee.
Approval information is provided within the online environment.
For more information about NTCIP standards, visit the NTCIP Web Site at www.ntcip.org.