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Quantities Manager and Trnsport Overview Adhocs and Graphic Payitems Handhelds and Payitems Longitude/Latitude - Current Enhancements TransXML Quantities Manager Update

Bridging The Gap aecXML Design Pre-Letting Construction

Quantity Manager Design and Computation Manager Quantity Extractor Quantity Database Access Trns*port Database Oracle/DB2/Sybase QM and Trnsport Overview  Microsoft Access  SQL Server  Oracle

Quantity Manager Payitem/ Funding Master List Payitem Quantities Estimator Trns*port PES Trns*port PES/CES/ Estimator GEOPAK InRoads DesignXML Interface Trnsport Estimation Trns*port CES QM and Trnsport Overview MX

QM and Trnsport Overview

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Adhocs – Graphic Pay Items

Adhocs – Pay Items

AdHocs – Pay Items

Demonstration

Handhelds and Pay Items Long Range Planning Work Program Planning Design Construction Maintenance & Operations

Beg Ref Pt – Beg Termini End Ref Pt – End Termini Beg Station End Station Center Point Lat Center Point Long Pricing For Quantities New Enhancements - QM

New Enhancements

New Enhancements - QM

Develop broadly accepted public domain XML schemas for transportation data exchange AND Develop a framework for development, validation, dissemination and extension of current and future schemas TransXML NCHRP Cambridge Systematics

TransXML – NCHRP What is the TransXML Project? Definition and creation of XML schemas for the archival and open exchange of transportation data Open – transportation industry driven Initial focus on four business areas:  Survey/roadway design  Transportation construction/materials  Highway bridge structures  Transportation safety

4. Identify Organizations TransXML – Phase I 2. Identify Business Areas 3. Review Existing Schema 5. Assess Business Area Gaps 7. Web Collaboration Tool 1. Project Web Site 6. Schema Development Plan 8. Interim Report March 04 August 04

12. Implementation Framework Project Overview Research Plan – Phase II 10. Schema Validators 11. Sample Software 13. Stewardship Model 15. AASHTO IS Presentation 9. Develop Schemas 14. Final Report October 04 July 05 October 05 draft February 06 final

TransXML Gaps and Opportunities Data Exchange Needs Acquire Reference Information for Project Cost Estimates Submit Project Definition of Work to Oversight Institution Bid Package Preparation Submit Project Bid Track Installed Quantities, Materials Used & Tested Monitor Civil Rights, OJT, and Labor Requirements Compliance Monitor Subcontract Progress Change Project Scope Publish Construction Status to Stakeholders

TransXML Stewardship Four Models Option 1:AASHTOWare  Separate solicitation or set-aside from existing products  Support for open standards, interoperability Option 2:Cooperative Agreement (AASHTO, USDOT, Others)  Member agencies provide funding and in-kind services  Technical work via contracts and/or volunteer working groups  Rely on existing standards organizations for process

TransXML Stewardship Four Models Option 3: USDOT Contract  Multi-year contract  Non-profit, university, or commercial organization Option 4:New Non-Profit Organization  OGC Model  Support via grants, memberships, and donated labor  Would need business model to provide incentives for membership or revenue- generating products/services

Web Services A new, modern method for integrating applications Services – programs that are always active, ready to respond to requests Web – The connections between services are made using the Internet rather than a local or wide-area network. Link together applications that were built on different platforms, with different languages, independent of databases and operating systems XML is the “universal glue” that links services together.

TransXML – Two Special Requests Get Involved in TransXML via the website transxml.net Ask IT Directors to consider funding for TransXML

References www3.dot.state.mn.us/qm/ qm.html TransXML.net

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