(4)A number of concepts and standardisation proposals for river information services have been developed in the research and development project INDRIS of the European Union(1). These are:U.K.
Guidelines and recommendations for RIS, 1999 (used as starting point for the RIS Guidelines by PIANC);
Functional definition of the RIS concept, 1998;
Standardisation of data communication (AIS, GNSS, Internet), 1999;
Standards for tactical data exchange, communication and messages (Inland AIS), 1998;
Standardisation of data, 1998:
standards of codes (country, location, terminal, type of vessel, cargo),
RIS scenarios (functions),
data-interchange standards (EDIFACT, S-57 update mechanism);
reporting databases, 1999.
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