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Implementing and Maintaining the Freight Data Dictionary: 2019 Update
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2019-01-15
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Abstract:Presented at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting 2019, Poster Session 1552: Making Transportation Research Smart, Sustainable, and Equitable Through Libraries, Information, and Data. National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) report 35, Implementing the Freight Transportation Data Architecture: Data Element Dictionary https://trid.trb.org/View/1367451, identified freight data sources, compiled and classified data elements, identified differences in data element definitions, and produced software for a searchable inventory of freight data dictionaries. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has become the permanent host the web-based interface, with staff from the National Transportation Library (NTL) providing updates and maintenance. In early 2018, NTL launched the freight data dictionary (FDD) https://fdd.bts.gov/freight-data-dictionary/. While technical launch of the FDD is an important step, in order to make the FDD a robust, sustainable and useful tool, the freight data community will need to be engaged in its maintenance. This includes active updating of data sources, dictionary elements, and software, as well as identifying new data sources from which the FDD draws. This poster will give a progress report on the current state of the FDD, and will also explore future areas for freight community involvement in the long-term maintenance, and improvement, of the FDD.
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