UIC launched the new MERITS [1] framework in March 2019 in response to the sector’s expectations with regard to business, regulations and digital evolution. A new contractual framework has been put in place, based on the principle of non-discrimination and compliant with the principles of competition law. It provides precise legal definitions of the roles of data provider and data user (rights and terms of conditions). A product catalogue has been created and is now available on the UIC website. Commercialisation of MERITS licences has commenced.
After nine months of activity, UIC is now organising a workshop on MERITS with the aim of:
- Better understanding the expectations of data providers and data users with regard to MERITS products, such as timetable data
- Clarifying the legal identities and roles of the stakeholders involved in MERITS data exchange
- Explaining the MERITS commercialisation process
- providing details of MERITS data structures and the challenges involved in good data quality
- Providing a status report on the results achieved
- Brainstorming on the future development of MERITS
- Alternative format for integrated data delivery
- Realtime data
- Other
A free workshop will be held at UIC headquarters in Paris on 23 January from 2 to 5 pm. The agenda is as follows:
- Introduction
- MERITS licence commercialisation
- Data providers’ rights and duties
- Data users’ rights and duties
- Data quality
- Timetable messages
- Station messages
- Integration rules
- Future development
- Q&A
