ISO/TS 17187:2019

TECHNICAL ISO/TS
SPECIFICATION 17187
Second edition
2019-12
Intelligent transport systems —
Electronic information exchange to
facilitate the movement of freight and
its intermodal transfer — Governance
rules to sustain electronic information
exchange methods
Systèmes intelligents de transport — Échange d'informations
électroniques pour faciliter le mouvement du fret et son transfert
intermodal — Règles de gouvernance pour soutenir les méthodes
d'échange d'informations électroniques
Reference number
ISO/TS 17187:2019(E)
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Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction .vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Abbreviated terms . 4
5 Freight-X governance . 5
5.1 General . 5
5.2 Strategic governance requirements . 5
5.3 Management . 6
5.4 Ownership . 6
5.5 Central services/registry . 6
5.6 Intellectual property rights . 6
5.7 Information security . 6
6 Policy . 6
6.1 General . 6
6.2 Governance model . 7
6.3 Freight-X consortium . 8
6.4 Freight-X governing body . 9
6.4.1 General. 9
6.4.2 Development and maintenance . 9
6.4.3 Support . 9
6.4.4 Monitoring .10
6.5 Freight-X community providers .10
6.5.1 General.10
6.5.2 Freight-X community provider agreements .10
6.5.3 Freight-X community provider accreditation .11
6.6 Freight-X user communities .12
6.7 Open forum .12
7 Freight-X Standards .12
7.1 General .12
7.2 Semantic Freight-X standards .13
7.3 Syntactic Freight-X standards .14
7.3.1 General.14
7.3.2 Specific Freight-X implementation guidelines.15
7.3.3 Freight-X code lists and code list schemas .15
7.4 Freight-X document exchange standards .15
7.5 Freight-X communication exchange standards .15
8 Governance of Freight-X standards .16
8.1 General .16
8.2 Governance of Freight-X message profiles .17
8.3 Governance of Freight-X support data/code lists .17
8.4 Governance of Freight-X communication exchange standards .17
9 Freight-X security .17
10 Engagement scenario .19
10.1 General .19
10.2 Maintenance and support policy .19
10.3 Maintenance tools .19
10.4 Intellectual property policy .20
10.5 Financial model .20
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11 Implementation plan .20
11.1 General .20
11.2 Set up ICT infrastructure .20
11.3 Implement Freight-X data model .20
11.4 Implement UDDI registry.21
11.5 Implement ESB component .21
11.6 Define message profiles .21
11.7 Implement Freight-X consortium portal .21
11.8 Implement consortium ICT infrastructure services .21
11.9 Implement Freight-X business services .22
Annex A (informative) ISO/IEC 19845 international freight documents .23
Annex B (informative) ISO/IEC 19845 intermodal freight UBL documents .24
Annex C (informative) ISO/IEC 19845 freight status documents .25
Annex D (informative) ISO/IEC 19845 UBL certificate of orgin .26
Annex E (informative) Code lists and code list schemas .27
Bibliography .29
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Foreword
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different types of ISO documents should be noted. This document was drafted in accordance with the
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Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
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iso/ foreword .html.
This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 204, Intelligent transport systems.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO/TS 17187:2013), which has been
technically revised.
The main changes compared to the previous edition are as follows:
— Clause 7 and Annexes A to D have been updated to include ISO 19845:2015 (UBL 2.1);
— subclause 7.4 has been updated for Freight-X document exchange standards;
— subclause 7.5 has been updated for Freight-X communication exchange standards.
Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found at www .iso .org/ members .html.
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Introduction
Electronic commerce offers new opportunities to improve the efficiency of business operations
and to reduce costs associated with trade procedures, providing increased competitive advantages
to the commercial actors ready to embrace new methods of work and trade. Emerging electronic
commerce platforms and the use of the internet provide users with a combination of technologies to
communicate data, to contract electronically, as well as to manage new business processes leading to
new business models.
Improved information sharing among supply chain partners is one of the key business objectives which
enable the participants to improve their operational efficiency and optimize their enterprise resource
allocations. Due to the existence of heterogeneous IT environments among supply chain partners, it is
a challenge for the implementer to seamlessly integrate information from multiple data sources and in
different data formats. Each data source is typically designed for a single, stand-alone purpose within
an enterprise, not to be part of an integrated data collection. These disparate data repositories tend to
be silos, independent of one another, and not working well together. Business entities wishing to engage
with other business partners to facilitate certain standards of practice for information interchange
will need to abide by certain rules, otherwise the efficiencies sought using the methodologies in this
document will be diminished.
Within this context, and within this document, governance is defined as being the rules, processes,
and behaviour that affect the way in which powers are exercised, particularly as regards openness,
participation, accountability, effectiveness, and coherence. As discussed in ISO/TS 24533, there needs
to be a governance process to tie loose ends together and allow the supply chain partners to keep
their data exchange standards viable and effective. Governance is key to this process of maintaining
the structures that allow for a high degree of supply chain productivity and for holding together the
community partnerships that make such an arrangement economically advantageous. A governance
specification is critical to making the process described in this document effective. There is an
expectation that this document will provide the guidance that will keep the supply chain standards
viable and useful for the community of users wishing to maximize their returns on investment.
The processes and process tools include web services technologies to improve the operating efficiency,
safety, and security of freight movement. These technologies are used for sharing information between
supply chain partners in a commonly understood manner by capturing it only once and sharing it many
times, and by giving all partners the same view of the data.
A service-oriented architecture leverages the web services functionality and necessitates the
requirement for data exchange standards. These tools hinge on the successful definition and adoption
of data standards published in open and accessible forums. The advantages of using information
technology tools are undeniable and their use is now widespread across industry. The freight transport
and logistics industry is no exception with all businesses using e-business to some extent.
This document does not address liability of any kind as this is considered within the domain of each
participating party. However, liability issues can be lessened by following the tenants of this document
as a result of cooperating partners actively managing the data and communication transfer protocols.
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ISO/TS 17187:2019(E)
Intelligent transport systems — Electronic information
exchange to facilitate the movement of freight and its
intermodal transfer — Governance rules to sustain
electronic information exchange methods
1 Scope
This document provides governance rules to be used for executing an organized process for business
entities to connect to one another electronically for the conduct of electronic trade in a secure and
open environment through a standardized framework for information exchange. This standardized
framework includes processes and process tools to ease connections between trading partners, to
provide full visibility, and to reduce the time goods spend in transit. The application of these rules and
attendant standards and technology applications are expected to allow business entities to engage
their legacy systems without the cost of upgrades.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO/IEC 19845:2015, Information technology — Universal business language version 2.1 (UBL v2.1)
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https:// www .iso .org/ obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at http:// www .electropedia .org/
3.1
bill of lading
document which evidences a contract of the carriage and the taking over or loading of the goods by the
carrier, and by which the carrier undertakes to deliver the goods against surrender of the document
Note 1 to entry: A provision in the document that the goods are to be delivered to the order of a named person, or
to order, or to bearer, constitutes such an undertaking. The document has the following functions: 1) a receipt for
goods, signed by a duly authorized person on behalf of the carriers, 2) a document of title to the goods described
therein, 3) evidence of the terms and conditions of carriage agreed upon between the two parties.
[SOURCE: ISO/TS 24533:2012, 2.5]
3.2
carrier
person or organization, which owns and/or operates a transport means, engaged in the transportation
of passengers or property by land, rail, air or water
[SOURCE: ISO/TS 24533:2012, 2.7]
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3.3
consignee
receiver
person or company to whom goods are shipped
[SOURCE: ISO/TS 24533:2012, 2.11]
3.4
consignor
shipper
transport service buyer
party which, by contract with a carrier, consigns or sends goods with the carrier, or has them
conveyed by him
Note 1 to entry: It is the party that gives instructions for the transportation services required for a consignment
of goods.
[SOURCE: ISO/TS 24533:2012, 2.13, modified — The third term “transport service buyer” has been
added and Note 1 to entry has been added.]
3.5
customs broker
party that is licensed to enter and clear goods through customs
Note 1 to entry: The responsibilities of a broker include preparing the entry form and filing it, advising the
importer on duties to be paid, advancing duties and other costs, and arranging for delivery to the importer.
3.6
forwarding instructions
document issued to a forwarder, giving instructions regarding the action to be taken for the forwarding
of goods described therein
Note 1 to entry: See Clause A.1.
3.7
freight forwarder
transport service provider
party arranging the carriage of goods, including connected services and/or associated formalities, on
behalf of a consignor or consignee
Note 1 to entry: It is the party that is contracted to provide the transportation services.
[SOURCE: ISO/TS 24533:2012, 2.25, modified — The second term “transport service provider” has been
added and Note 1 to entry has been added.]
3.8
Freight-X
system through which the national and international freight communities’ demand for and supply of
electronic business services to support freight operations is directed and controlled
EXAMPLE The Electronic Freight Management (EFM) programme in the US; the eFreight programme and its
affiliates in Europe.
3.9
Freight-X community
Freight-X participant
Freight-X user community
community of organizations that has formally agreed to collaborate to operate using the principles
defined in this document by joining a Freight-X consortium
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3.10
Freight-X community provider
organization that implements mechanisms for managing demand and supply of available Freight-X
services supporting freight transportation management operations
3.11
Freight-X consortium
organizations that have formally agreed to form a formal association which has established rules and
governance procedures to collaborate to operate using the principles defined in this document
3.12
Freight-X community provider agreement
formal agreement by Freight-X community provider in respect of representation rights, access to
specifications and services, data and document provision, specification, management, and access and
maintenance
3.13
Freight-X governance
Freight-X governing body
system through which national and international freight communities' demand for and supply of
electronic business services to support freight operations is directed and controlled
3.14
Freight-X message profile
specification of how one or more Freight-X business processes are executed by specifying the Freight-X
business rules governing its business collaborations and the information content of the electronic
business transactions exchanged
3.15
Freight-X service
web service created specifically to address business processes related to electronic freight management
EXAMPLE Receive order; confirm booking; obtain status.
3.16
Freight-X specifications
explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by Freight-X
3.17
friends of the shipment
collection of parties whose role in a particular shipment has been established and documented in the
Freight-X registry enabling access to the shipment information
3.18
governance
rules, processes, and behaviour that affect the way in which powers are exercised, particularly as
regards openness, participation, accountability, effectiveness, and coherence
3.19
level of service
measure to determine the effectiveness of elements of the Freight-X transportation infrastructure
3.20
logistic service provider
party providing logistic services such as warehousing, repacking products, distribution, and assembly
EXAMPLE Third-party logistic provider; container freight station.
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3.21
message profile
content of the electronic business transactions exchanged described with an aim to function as part of
a formal agreement
3.22
packing list
document stating the distribution of goods in individual packages, such as shipping document issued
by shipper to carrier, customs and consignee serving the purposes of identifying detail information of
package count, products count, measurement of each package, and weight of each package
3.23
small and medium-sized enterprises
SMEs
entities engaged in an economic activity, irrespective of their legal form, that are characterized
by a number of employees, an annual turnover, and/or an annual balance sheet which fall below
established limits
3.24
terminal operator
party with operational responsibilities at origin or destination nodes for freight transport journeys
Note 1 to entry: The responsibilities can include overseeing the unloading of goods, checking the quantity of goods
against the manifest, transferring of the goods, checking documents and authorizing a carrier to pick up goods.
3.25
transport status document
document issued on individual specific request or through an agreed status reporting procedure by a
freight forwarder to communicate to the consignee or consignor or notify party the status of shipments
that are currently under the freight forwarder’s management
3.26
waybill
document issued by the party that provides the physical transportation services to the party that gives
instructions for the transportation services (i.e. shipper, consignor)
Note 1 to entry: A waybill states the details of the transportation, charges, and terms and conditions under which
the transportation service is provided. Unlike a bill of lading, a waybill is not negotiable and cannot be assigned
to a third-party transport document describing a shipment. It states the instructions for the beneficiary and
can contain the details of the transportation, charges, and terms and conditions under which the transportation
service is provided.
4 Abbreviated terms
BBIE Basic business information entity
BIE Business information entity
CCT Core component type
CCTS Core Components Technical Specification
ebXML Electronic Business Extensible Markup Language
ESB Enterprise Service Bus
ICT Information and Computer Technologies
RBAC Role-based Access Control
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