A Binational SchemaFor cross-border data

by Melissa Fanucci

Senior Planner,

Whatcom Council of Governments

For ACGM 2013 - Toronto

Whatcom Council of Governments, Bellingham, WA ● 360-676-6974 ● melissa@wcog.org

What is an XML Schema?

Rules.

What is the Border Data Warehouse?

Wait times.

Traffic volume.

Service rate.

Two countries.

One database.

WSDOT data

Southbound

(to USA)

BCMOT data

Northbound

(to Canada)

Data are different.So find the common denominators

B.C. MINISTRY OF

TRANSPORTATION

WA STATE DEPT. OF

TRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION

• Updates every minute

• Wait time by crossing

• Wait time by mode

• Volume

• Queue length (km)

TRANSPORTATION

• Updates every five minutes

• Wait time by crossing

• Wait time by mode

• Volume

• Queue length (mi)

Problems with the original schema

Repetitive information.

Timestamp issues.

Designed for time periods, not instances.

Not for all detector types.

Expanded Border Data Warehouse

Bluetooth wait times.

Three crossings.

Seven agencies.

U.S. border-wide archiveof common denominators

Cascade Gateway

PortalCascadeGatewayData.com

Niagara Region

PortalURL TBD

U.S.A. / Canada

PortalBorderDataWarehouse.com

Border Data Warehouse

(cloud server)

Wait times

Volume

Trucks, cars, NEXUS

Departure rate

WIM data

BTS data

Booth status data?

Wait times

Volume?

Booth status data?

New schema:

Inventory.

Everything must be made as simple

as possible. But not simpler.

- Albert Einstein

Inventory

Element Type Description

BorderCrossingData Root section

Organization_Id Unique identifier for the data feet )o/e/

WSDOT, BCMOT)

Describes details of system in one location

Inventory Top section for the inventory of detectors,

booths, lanes, and crossings

Detectors Type All the detector sections

Detector String (mandatory) Unique identifier for the detector

Detector.Name String (mandatory) Display name for the detector

Detector.Lanes Collection of lanes that are covered by the

detector

Detector.Latitude Enumeration (optional) Latitude of the detector.

New data elements

Detectors Type Description

Detector.Device.Type Enumeration

(mandatory)

Type of detector device (VDS, Bluetooth,

WIM, radar, other)

Element Type Definition

(open for comments)

Collection_Type String (mandatory) Period or instance

Collection_period_item Mandatory Section that defines the start/end of the

collection period

Collection_period_item.Date String (mandatory) Date in format yyyymmdd

Collection_period_item.StartHou

r

Numeric (mandatory) Start hour for the collection period 00-23

Collection_period_item.EndHour Numeric (mandatory) End hour for the collection period 00-23

Collection_period_item.StartM

inute

Numeric (mandatory) Start minute in 5 minute increments: 0, 5,

10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55

Collection_Instance_Date Optional Date in format yyyymmddhhmmss

Architecture

U.S. CBP

CBSA

Peace Bridge

booth status data

WCOG

Cascade

Gateway Portal

WCOG

Border Data

Warehouse

WCOG

Niagara Region

Portal

MTO

Loop detectors

MTO

US-bound ATIS

system

WCOG

U.S. – Canada

Portal

U.S. CBP

Peace Bridge

booth status data

NYDOT

Corridor travel

times (toll tags)

BUFFALO BRIDGE

COMMISSION

Peace Bridge

vehicle counts

BUFFALO BRIDGE

COMMISSION

Border delay

websites/signs

NIAGARA FALLS

BRIDGE COMMISSION

Border delay

websites/signs

NIAGARA FALLS

BRIDGE COMMISSION

Bridge loop

detector data

NIAGARA FALLS

BRIDGE COMMISSION

Manual data

overrides

FREE AHEAD

Peace Bridge

Bluetooth system

FREE AHEAD

Rainbow Bridge

Bluetooth system

FREE AHEAD

Lewiston –

Queenston

Bluetooth Sys.

U.S. CBP

Border delay

website

CBSA

Border delay

website

Warehouse

Please contact me.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<borderCrossingData xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="borderCrossing.xsd">

<organization-id>BCMoT</organization-id>

<inventory>

<detectors>

<detector>

<id></id >

<name></name>

<device-id></device-id>

<device-type> </device-type>

<lanes>

<lane-number></lane-number>

Feedback?

Melissa FanucciSenior Planner

Whatcom COG

360-676-6974 <lane-number></lane-number>

<lane-number></lane-number>

<lane-number></lane-number>

</lanes>

<road-name></road-name>

<direction></direction>

<booth-id>4</booth-id>

</detector>

</detectors>

<booths>

<booth>

<id></id>

<type></type>

360-676-6974

melissa@wcog.org