This part of ISO/TR 14813 provides definitions of the fundamental informational products or services or applications areas provided to a TICS user. These are described as "TICS Fundamental Services". This part of ISO/TR 14813 identifies 32 TICS fundamental services. If further fundamental services are subsequently identified as the sector develops, it is the intention that this part of ISO/TR 14813 shall be revised to include them.
This part of ISO/TR 14813 is applicable to the Working Groups of ISO/TC 204 and other TCs who are developing standards for the TICS sector and associated sectors whose boundaries cross into the TICS sector (such as urban light railways, intermodal freight and fleet. This part of ISO/TR 14813 is designed to provide information and explanation to those developing TICS Standards and to those developing specifications, implementations and deployments for Transport Information and Control Systems.
This part of ISO/TR 14813 is in itself, by its nature, advisory and informative. It is designed to assist the integration of services into a cohesive Reference Architecture, assist interoperability and common data definition.