SUTI

Account is used when payment takes place outside car, in an invoicing transaction.

For the settlement between the Client and Provider the term Accounting is used. All accounting in SUTI is based on settlement of tours.

To describe geographic properties, e.g. in a Node, the term Address is used. An Address can be expressed in several ways, Geographic Location (coordinates) being one of them. An Address can contain …

An Agreement is normally set up between the Client and one or more Providers to solve the transportation needs. In public transport, such Agreements most often are the result of a public …

In addition to travelling along a Route, Content can have one or many Attributes that define restrictions for the Transport depending on characteristics of the Content. Each type of Attribute is described …

The driverSession is a type of order that can be built by simple orders (base orders with no suborders).

Messages are grouped into Blocks, where each Block contains Message Types within a certain domain. The first digit in the Message Type number is the same for all Message Types in a …

The purpose of this block is to provide tools to perform a dynamic alteration of the resources that is agreed upon by the Client and the Provider. It will be possible for …

The purpose of this block is to provide necessary tools to transfer, confirm and reject an order from the Client to the Provider.

This block is used to allocate a vehicle to an order.

This block is used for dynamic control of resources. For example, in route planning of multiple tasks or linking to the several missions.

This block is used to provide tools for communication between the Client and the Provider and between the Client and a Vehicle connected to the Provider.

The block is intended to deal with various reporting needs as a client has. These reports do not include invoices or invoice specifications.

This block provides tools to handle communication and system status of one or more SUTI systems.

This block provides tools to handle communication regarding accounting between SUTI systems.

Booking is a term used in the travel industry when Reservations are made for different types of activities and resources. The Reservations are normally gathered into a Passenger Name Record (PNR) having …

If Vehicle coordinates are needed for many - or all - vehicles, requesting them per Order would result in verbose communication. Therefore there is an alternative method called Bulk Location Request, where …

Capacity describes the size of the vehicle, the number of passengers in the vehicle and attributes specifying a seat.

Cash is used when the Passenger pays in the Vehicle (either by cash or card).

A Client needs transportation for its travellers. The transportation needs are normally collected in a booking and planning system.

The most efficient way to communicate between Client and Provider is to use a two-way communication, where the Provider will act as server for requests from Client to Provider and the Client …

A Connection is defined when a Node is dependent on a Connection with another Transport. Commonly this is either a flight, a train or some other type of timetable bound transport.

Each transport has at least one Content. The dominating Content types are Traveller (sometimes called Passenger) or Parcel, although there are a few additional very specific types in our enumeration list SUTI_Enumeration_values.csv.

In Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) the following actors are involved: Travellers in need of transport - the Demand. Clients that aggregate transport need and create bookings to satisfy those needs, thereby acting …

Each Node has a Node type, where the most common types are Pickup and Destination. A single Content usually has one Pickup Node and one Destination Node.

A SUTI Provider normally Dispatches an Order to a Vehicle or a Fleet of Vehicles. This process is normally handled in the Provider system and is also out of the SUTI scope. …

A driver has only one set of descriptions: Attributes. Attributes of the driver specify skills and other properties of the driver.

DriverSession consists of Orders that are dynamically added to a DriverSession. It is assumed that the Orders are simple Orders (Base Order). Ideally these Orders should be Trips, however it is not …

A Time can also define a DwellTime. A DwellTime is specified when additional time is required to perform some activity at a Node, e.g. some form of assistance.

Economy in SUTI comprises mainly two parts: Price and formOfPayment.