Open511

by Open North

Open511 intends to make road event data lightweight and accessible to the public. The specification intends to facilitate communication among transportation agencies and other government bodies. Open511 format provides a level of transparency, interoperability, and simplicity that exceeds current intelligent transportation systems. The API retrieves the data in XML format

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Assessment

Open License Yes
Transferable to Other Jurisdictions Yes

Open North is working with Open511 to develop an open source software to ease implementation of the API
Stakeholder Participation Yes

Stakeholders can communicate and collaborate with Open North
Consensus-Based Governance Yes

The standard provides a mailing list and 'issue tracker' on GitHub to contribute to the development of the API. It also mixes authoritative government data with crowdsourced verification
Extensions Yes

Open511 uses a map based interface filter for the data.
Human Readable Yes

Easily readable for users
Machine Readable Yes

Retrieves the data in XML (supports JSON when indicated by API)
Requires Up-To-Date / Real-Time Data Yes

Standard can be conducted over the web feed. Data is updated in the XML feed in real time
Metadata Yes

Jurisdiction resource acts as a form of metadata and links to the description of the government entity that is publishing the data.

Data Providers (4)

British Columbia Highways
Quebec Highways
Repentigny, QC
Surrey, BC

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