NeTExSoftware

An ecology of tools that use NeTEx XML is being developed, with both both open source and commercial products

[THIS NEEDs EXPANDING - there is a lot out there!]

• Entur has developed a set of open source tools available on GitHub (https://github.com/entur) that manage and use public transport data for all modes for all of Norway, including journey planning applications.

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Data editors & Data management tools : provide a means of creating, updating, storing and exchanging transport data.

Open source

• Choutte An open source Stop and Timetable data management package. On Github.
• Blicksem

Commercial

Most leading European Software providers (MDV, HaCon, Trapeze, Hogia, Init, PTV, Itoworld, etc) have already added or are adding a capability to produce NeTEx Files in order to support the EC ITS directive for National Access Points.

For example (in alphabetical order).

• Hogia
• Ito World
• IVU Cloud
• Mentz Diva
• Trapeze

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Validators - A validator checks the contents of a documet are well formed, complete and coherent.

General

• Any normal XML validator (e.g. Xerxes) can be used to validate a NeTEx document against the NeTEx Schema. This will check data types, tags and tag order, and referential integrity.

Specific

• Additional validators can apply more specific semantic rules on the use of content. [ADD HERE]

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Bindings - A Binding provides a ready made interface for a specific programming language

• ENtur Java Bindings](https://github.com/entur/netex-java-model)
• [ADD MORE - C#]

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Profiles - A profile specifies how NeTEx should be used for a specific purpose with a specific data set.

• National Profiles

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Converters: a Converter translates data from one format to another.

Open Source

• Hastus to NeTEx conversion
• GTFS to NeTEx converter Choutte.
• NeTEx to GTFS converter Choutte.

Commercial

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Journey Planning Engines: Able to use NeTEx format data source as input

• OpenMove

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Analysis - tools to process and analyse data.

[TO ADD]