Overview

To facilitate input from stakeholders, ISO/TC 204/WG 19 hosted a series of public workshops in late 2021. The results of these workshops led to the development of the Operational Concept (ConOps), including the user needs and constraints. The draft of this document was developed within ISO/TC 204/WG 19 and a Committee Draft (CD) was released for committee consultation on 7 June 2022. Based on the comments received from this review period, the terms and definition contained within the draft were separated into a separate Part 1 Vocabulary document making the ConOps Part 2. In July 2023, a second draft of the ConOps was released along with a draft of the Vocabulary and a complete System of Systems Requirements and Architecture (SoSR) document. The SoSR defines the requirements for the entire METR network that fulfil the user needs and constraints of the ConOps. The SoSR also explains the architecture for the METR network consists of several systems that are separately managed forming a system of systems (SoS). These systems include the (1) regulation system, (2) distribution system, (3) consumer system, and (4) discrepancy handling system.

Future parts of the standard will specify how the SoSR requirements are realized by the component systems within METR and thereby how these components fulfil the user needs defined in the ConOps. Another future part of the standard will define METR data requirements. Eventually, interface specifications will be developed to define precisely how data will be exchanged to enable interoperability, but it is still unclear if this will be an ISO standard or implemented through regional standards.

Workshops

The detailed slides and chat logs from the original series of 12 workshops are provided in the table below along with an listing of summary points from all 12 workshops that include traces to the ConOps.

Summary Points  

Date	Start Time / Presentation		Topic	Details
28 Sept	Presentation		01 - METR operations focused on performance needs and constraints, operational modes, and the general process for distribution	Discussion
5 Oct	Presentation		02 - METR operational structure focused on the roles and relationships among stakeholders operating METR	Discussion
12 Oct	Presentation		03 - Electronic regulation lifecycle focused on the needs for electronic regulation creation, activation, and withdrawal	Discussion
19 Oct	Presentation		04 - Electronic regulation conflicts focused on resolution of potential conflicts between physical and electronic regulations or jurisdictional regulations	Discussion
26 Oct	Presentation		05 - Vehicle operations focused on driver assistance and driver automation technologies, and relating electronic information to the physical world	Discussion
2 Nov	Presentation		06 - Vehicle information needs focused on the information needs and expectations of driver assistance and driver automation technologies	Discussion
9 Nov	Presentation		07 - Campus governance focused on authorization, requirements, and responsibilities for universities, shopping centres, hospitals, and similar facilities	Discussion
16 Nov	Presentation		08 - Campus regulations focused on regulatory processes, parking regulations, legality and enforcement for universities, shopping centres, hospitals, and similar facilities	Discussion
23 Nov	Presentation		09 - Roadwork and emergency operations focused on evacuations, weather conditions, and work zones	Discussion
30 Nov	Presentation		10 - Multimodal and micromobility operations focused on ridesourcing, sidewalk delivery devices, and kerbside usage	Discussion
7 Dec	Presentation		11 - METR deployment I focused on regulator participation requirements, conformance levels, responsibilities, and encouraging participants	Discussion
14 Dec	Presentation		12 - METR deployment II focused on needs for the transition to METR, archiving, recovery, and oversight	Discussion

Stakeholders

To better ensure that these standards address both today's and tomorrow's needs, ISO/TC 204/WG 19 continues to seek input from surface transport professionals and advocates to better understand stakeholder needs that should be incorporated into the METR standards. Specifically, ISO/TC 204/WG 19 is interested in hearing from stakeholders representing the following perspectives (recognizing that some stakeholders might fit into multiple perspectives):