Architecture

How to Access the National ITS Architecture Documents – Version 6.0

The currently available version of the National ITS Architecture, addressing 33 user services, is dated May 2007. There are several options for obtaining the documentation, depending upon what you are looking for, and your level of familiarity with the Architecture.

1. Visit the World Wide Web version of the Architecture. Allows the more technically-minded to actually navigate the data flows of the architecture. This is an excellent, fully interactive system designers' tool, and provides access to the text of the National Architecture documentation. There are three ways to navigate through the National ITS Architecture:

1. The hypertext view provides immediate, interconnected access to all the elements of the architecture definition.

2. The document view presents the complete set of architecture documentation as it exists in printed format.

3. The database view provides developers direct access to the source material for the National ITS Architecture in several connected relational database.

2. Order the CD-ROM (Version 5.0) by e-mailing ITSPUBS@igate.fhwa.dot.gov. Version 6.0 will be available in June 2007. This free CD-ROM contains viewable and printable versions of all documents, including the recently developed Security document, plus the hyper linked 'browsable version' of the Architecture. Adobe Acrobat Reader software is included for your convenience.

3. View the documents that make up the National ITS Architecture using the ITS Electronic Document Library. For a good introduction, try reading the Vision Statement [PDF, 933KB] and the Executive Summary [PDF, 458KB].

Updated: June 12, 2008 10:46 AM