Overview
ISO/TR 24014-2:2013 - Public transport - Interoperable fare management system - Part 2: Business practices - is a Technical Report that provides a generic conceptual framework for business practices applicable to all Interoperable Fare Management Systems (IFMS) compliant with ISO 24014-1 (Architecture). It complements the functional model in Part 1 by clarifying how business rules, organizational arrangements and collaboration between systems are structured to achieve practical interoperability across public transport fare systems.
Key Topics
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Structure of Set of Rules
- Defines the concept of a Set of Rules as the policy/regulatory/commercial/technical rules that implement IFM policies.
- Introduces a core part (rules directly related to interoperability and IFM-roles) and an extra part (serviceability rules such as payment options, accepted media).
- Recommends a table form for documenting rules where rows map to Use Cases and columns to IFM-roles; rule properties include pricing, commercial, regulatory, technical, privacy and trust.
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Collaboration of Functional Models
- Covers scenarios where multiple IFMSs or IFMS and non-public-transport systems collaborate (coexistence of applications on media, distributed functions).
- Presents a Three-Dimensional Model to describe collaboration across roles, use cases and rule-sets to make interoperability relationships explicit.
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Integration of Set of Rules
- Explains how to quantify and describe levels of interoperability by integrating Sets of Rules across systems.
- Discusses interoperable states and migration paths for expanding interoperability among existing systems.
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Informative annexes give practical examples and classifications to help implementers apply the framework.
Applications
ISO/TR 24014-2 is practical for:
- Public transport authorities and transit agencies planning regional or national fare interoperability.
- System architects and solution integrators designing multi-operator or multi-application fare systems.
- Ticketing and payment vendors aligning products with IFMS business practices.
- Policy makers and regulators documenting commercial, legal and operational rule-sets for fare management.
Use cases include migration planning from legacy fare systems to interoperable environments, harmonizing rule-sets across operators, and designing multi-application media strategies.
Related Standards
- ISO 24014-1 - Part 1: Architecture (reference functional model for IFMS)
- ISO/TR 24014-3 - Part 3: Multi-application media (informative)
Keywords: ISO/TR 24014-2:2013, Interoperable Fare Management System, IFMS, Set of Rules, public transport interoperability, fare management business practices, three-dimensional model, migration paths.