Abstract

The Interoperability Framework (IF) designed and developed in the IT2Rail project and promoted in GoF4R project (both funded under the EU Shift2Rail programme) reduces and potentially eliminates the need for centrally directed and coordinated adoption of centralized platforms or single standards. The Interoperability Framework creates an explicit, formal, shareable, machine-readable and computable description of data and services in order to allow a higher degree of automation of distributed processes across multiple data formats and unspecified actors."br" Analysis of the market actor interests in the Interoperability Framework technologies and relevant use cases have been identified. In addition, the paper presents the results from a survey and interviews with relevant stakeholders, conducted to understand the impact and the benefit perceived on the adoption of the Interoperability Framework solutions.