Calendar-objects

A Service Calendar defines days, dayType, operational periods and other calendar items, as well as the connections between them. These definitions are further used (mainly) in the Timetable to specify when a Line operates.

Link

The XML example in it its entirety can be found in the GitHub repository: https://github.com/entur/profile-norway-examples/blob/master/netex/schedule/ServiceCalendar-example.xml

Elements

Below is a more detailed description of the most important elements of modelling a calendar object.

Note that this is only a simplified example of NeTEx XML.

PublicationDelivery

All XML files according to the Norwegian NeTEx profile should be of type PublicationDelivery containing relevant Frames. (See GitHub for a complete example.)

Description of the dummy ServiceFrame and TimetableFrame in the example is only included to indicate a complete PublicationDelivery.

ServiceCalendarFrame

All calendar objects are defined in a ServiceCalendarFrame. It can be done in a ServiceCalendar object, but given that most components are often reused across the dataset, it is recommended to define these directly in ServiceCalendarFrame.

ServiceCalendarFrame

<ServiceCalendarFrame version="any" id="RUT:ServiceCalendarFrame:1">
	<ServiceCalendar version="any" id="RUT:ServiceCalendar">
		<Name>Weekdays</Name>
		<FromDate>2019-04-01</FromDate>
		<ToDate>2019-08-31</ToDate>
	</ServiceCalendar>
[...]

dayTypes

Defining day type by means of weekdays.

<dayTypes>
	<DayType version="any" id="RUT:DayType:weekdays">
		<Name>Ukedager</Name>
		<properties>
			<PropertyOfDay>
				<DaysOfWeek>Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday</DaysOfWeek>
			</PropertyOfDay>
		</properties>
	</DayType>
	[...]
</dayTypes>

timebands

Timeband shows time indication.

StartTime and EndTime or Duration specify the period span.
If StartTime and EndTime are equal it specifies a specific time. E.g. when specifying a repeating hourly departure (in Rhythmical Journey), this is indicated by a consistent time of "00".

<timebands>
	<Timeband version="any" id="RUT:Timeband:TM15">
		<!--Name>15 minutes past the hour</Name-->
		<StartTime>00:15:00</StartTime>
		<EndTime>00:15:00</EndTime>
	</Timeband>
</timebands>

operatingDays

Specification of an operating day, possibly also the start and length of an operating day. Can be linked to a dayType , e.g. Kalender#dayTypeAssignments.

operatingPeriods

Specification of an operating period, based on previously defined start and end days.

dayTypeAssignments

Attaching a dayType to a specific date or pre-defined OperatingDay/Period for a given calendar, i.e. a dayType will be valid within the time period specified by the calendar object to which it is associated.