TTS Italia Handbook 2006

ARTIST – Italian ITS Architecture
Promoting the development and the diffusion of ITS on a National level, requires the definition of a
strategic Framework Architecture providing the guidelines to make the different ITS applications
integrated and interoperable. For this reason, in 2001, the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and
Transport promoted the ARTIST (ARchitettura Telematica Italiana per il Sistema dei Trasporti)
Project aimed at defining the National ITS Architecture.
The first Version of the ARTIST Architecture was published in January 2003
ARTIST main objective is to provide public authorities, standardisation bodies, transport operators,
infrastructure managers and private companies with general guidelines for steering ITS projects
towards interoperable solutions compliant with National and European policies.
On the basis of the stated User Needs, ARTIST defines:
the necessary services for users;
the functional, logical and physical relationships among systems;
information flows;
The organisational links among the different users (Public and Private Institutions)
involved in the development and management of ITS
ARTIST allows to identify the stakeholders and the strategies to be adopted in the whole process of
collection, processing and data management, which are fundamental for ITS.
ARTIST is an open Architecture, as the systems and services derived from ARTIST can easily
integrate new functions and /or update the existing ones, bringing benefits in terms of cost reduction
and efficiency improvement. The interoperability of components stimulates investments and creates
the conditions for an open and competitive market, offering lower cost solutions.
ARTIST is compliant with the European Framework Architecture
through the thematic Network FRAME-NET and it is strictly
related to the French National Architecture ACTIF.
ARTIST is the Answer to the need for a common
in Italy.
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Links with Europe: The
Euro-regional Projects
Italy is involved in the Euro-Regional projects SERTI, CORVETTE and CONNECT. The Italian Ministry
of Infrastructure coordinates the Italian participation in both projects and is also CORVETTE
International Leader. In these projects the major Italian motorway and road operators are involved.
The purpose of such a participation is to improve the quality of the services and to guarantee the
interoperability of such services across the national borders, with the aim of reducing the number of
incidents and improving safety.
SERTI, CORVETTE and CONNECT are co-financed by the European Commission, Directorate General
Energy and Transport (DG TREN), in the TEMPO Programme (2001-2006).
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