Standards Development

Scope

This PAS provides requirements for the creation of sentences to express any real-world action, status, event, and process in a digital format for logistic operations within cargo-handling facilities.The PAS also defines a set of elements of semantic language that can be used to cover:

a)      all time instances:

  1)      past/performed;

  2)      present/actual;

  3)      future/scheduled, planned, requested, proposed and estimated; and

b)      all temporal data occurrences that:

  1)      are instantaneous, e.g. “lights on status = true” or “lights power value = 50 W”; or

  2)      have a duration, e.g. “lights on duration = 5 min” or “lights energy last hour value = 50 W/h”.

The PAS covers the elements of header, subject, concept, observed property, measurement essentials and value that, when combined, create a unique sentence which gives the payload a unique meaning that can be transmitted using any messaging protocols.

The PAS provides examples.The PAS aims to facilitate the interoperability between different fully and semi-automated communication systems by providing common reference points for comparison, translation, harmonization of language and to move towards seamless data communication.

The PAS does not cover IT/message protocols or any aspects of software or language coding in detail but does provide some examples.The PAS covers the digitalization of cargo-handling facilities.

This PAS is for use by the following groups working within the cargo-handling and terminals industry, such as:

  1)      terminals and ports;

  2)      IT developers who might benefit from use of a common language to formulate requirements for IT and communication systems;

  3)      data scientists and those wanting to use a formal language to communicate the same meaning across different data formats and to effectively communicate locally or internationally;

  4)      individuals, such as senior or operational managers, who might wish to formulate queries to integrated data platforms to elicit information and data; and

  5)      equipment, technology and solution manufacturers and providers.This PAS might be of interest to regulators, port and other authorities, customs, shipping lines, cargo owners and freight-forwarders and academia.

The PAS is intended for application within port terminals and related supply chains but can be used for other sectors.