(((etiCORE Specification

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etiCORE Specification
Item Type Meaning
ABPM etiCORE Terms Account based payment method: the customer has an account in the related CCP-S that is used for payments.
ALISE etiCORE Terms Abbreviation for Action List Service
AO EN 24014 Terms Application Owner
APDU Common Terms Application Protocol Data Unit. Smart card application protocol.
API User Manual Application Programming Interface
Application Template EN 24014 Terms Executable technical pattern of the application specification
automated trip authorisation Common Terms The automated trip authorisation allows the customer to make use of services in PT. It describes how the use of a service is settled financially. It serves also - besides of its use in IN-OUT-Systems - as an electronic payment method and can be used for payment of PT services in KA-Systems.
Basic process etiCORE Terms A basic process in etiCORE consists of one or more use cases that run on distributed systems. Example: issuing an electronic ticket start in the terminal and has to be announced to the product owner and customer contract partner.
BO-Main Common Terms One of the back office main modules: Customer Contract Partner Back Office Main Module, Product Owner Back Office Main Module or Service Operator Back Office Main Module
BPMN User Manual Business Process Modelling Notation.
CCP etiCORE Terms Customer Contract Partner
CCP-BO-AO etiCORE Terms Customer Contract Partner Back Office Action Ordering Module
CCP-BO-Main etiCORE Terms Customer Contract Partner Back Office Main Module
CCP-BO-OE etiCORE Terms Customer Contract Partner Back Office Order Execution Module
CCP-BO-STE etiCORE Terms Customer Contract Partner Back Office Static Entitlement Module
CCP-T-Main etiCORE Terms Customer Contract Partner Terminal Main Module
CCP-T-OE Common Terms Customer Contract Partner Terminal Order Execution Module
CCP-T-STE etiCORE Terms Customer Contract Partner Terminal Static Entitlement Module
Central Routing Engine etiCORE Terms As a part of the Interoperability Network (ION) the central routing engine transmits messages of one ION participant to another based on the recipient’s Organisation-ID give in the message. The ION participants can be the Application Owner, the Hotlist Service, a Customer Contract Partner, a Service Operator or a Product Owner. They can be connected to the central routing engine either directly or via ION adaptor.
Commercial Rules EN 24014 Terms Rules defining the settlement and commission within the Interoperable Fare Management System
CRE etiCORE Terms Central Routing Engine
CRL Common Terms Certificate Revocation List
CSR Common Terms Certificate Signing Request
Customer Medium EN 24014 Terms Medium initialised with an application through an application contract
EFM Common Terms Electronic Fare Management
EO etiCORE Terms Entitlement owner. His organisation ID is part of the Entitlement ID as CCP Org ID.
ESH etiCORE Terms E-Ticket Security Hub. The successor to the ASM.
ESI etiCORE Terms External System Interface
etiCORE etiCORE Terms Name of the new version of the German e-ticket standard. Composed of the prefix eti for e-ticket and the english word CORE.
Hotlist EN1545 Terms List for any elements in the IFM which are corrupted, stolen or compromised in any other way. Elements can be application, entitlement, SAM, company, key
Hotlist Service EN1545 Terms The service which provides operations directed to the hotlist such as ordering a new entry or getting the current hotlist for distribution to MADs.
IFM EN 24014 Terms Shortcut for Interoperable Fare Management. It enables a seamless travel with contactless user media (smartcard, smartphone, etc.).
ION etiCORE Terms Interoperable Network
JSB etiCORE Terms Joint Service Broker
KA etiCORE Terms Shortcut for Kernapplikation
Layer etiCORE Terms Layer in the specification model. It defines how deep the specification elements dive into technical aspects.
  • Layer 1 is a kind of overview for the basic processes.
  • Layer 2 shows the workflows inside one basic process.
  • Layer 3 shows the use cases and activities.
  • Layer 4 shows the components and interfaces.
  • Layer 5 shows certain implementation details.
LDAP Common Terms Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Level-1 Common Terms Test environment for certain etiCORE components such as user medium and SAM for development test purposes. Uses fixed test-keys and certificates.
Level-2 etiCORE Terms Staging environment for test purposes for all etiCORE components: user medium, SAM, terminal, back-office systems and central systems as well as the PKI. Already fitted with the complete security features, but using the staging PKI.
Level-3 etiCORE Terms Production environment for all etiCORE components: user medium, SAM, terminal, back-office systems and central systems. Fitted with the complete security features, using the production PKI.
MAD EN 24014 Terms Medium Acceptance Device. Each device which reads or evaluates a User Medium.
MMS Common Terms Media Management System
MTOM Common Terms SOAP Message Transmission Optimisation Mechanism https://www.w3.org/TR/soap12-mtom
NFC Common Terms Near Field Communication
OA etiCORE Terms Abbreviation for ordered action
OCSP Common Terms Online Certificate Status Protocol
Ordered action etiCORE Terms An action to be done on a user medium. The action can be ordered in a product owner system with the action order service. This system distributes action lists to executing customer contract partners that store these actions in the dedicated terminals.
Organisational unit etiCORE Terms Combination of organisation and role
pCCP etiCORE Terms primary Customer Contract Partner
pCCP-BO-Main etiCORE Terms Primary Customer Contract Partner Back Office Main Module
pCCP-BO-STE etiCORE Terms Primary Customer Contract Partner Back Office Static Entitlement Module
PKI Common Terms Public Key Infrastructure
PO etiCORE Terms Product Owner
PO-BO-AM etiCORE Terms Product Owner Back Office Action Management Module
PO-BO-Main etiCORE Terms Product Owner Back Office Main Module
PO-BO-STE etiCORE Terms Product Owner Back Office Static Entitlement Module
Pricing Rules EN 24014 Terms Rules defining the price and payment/billing relationships to the customer
Product Rules EN 24014 Terms Set of usage, pricing, and commercial rules defined by the product owner
Product Template EN 24014 Terms Technical pattern of the product specification
PUI etiCORE Terms Personalisation Unit Interface
RSA Common Terms RSA (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) is an asymmetric cryptographic procedure
SAM Common Terms Secure Application Module
SAMs Common Terms Secure Application Modules
sCCP etiCORE Terms secondary Customer Contract Partner
sCCP-BO-Main etiCORE Terms Secondary Customer Contract Partner Back Office Main Module
SLA Common Terms Service Level Agreement
SO etiCORE Terms Service Operator
SO-BO-Main etiCORE Terms Service Operator Back Office Main Module
SO-BO-STE etiCORE Terms Service Operator Back Office Static Entitlement Module
SO-T-Main etiCORE Terms Service Operator Terminal Main Module
SO-T-STE etiCORE Terms Service Operator Terminal Static Entitlement Module
Static Entitlement etiCORE Terms Entitlement to use the public transport, normally issued as an electronic ticket displayed as a 2D barcode. Static in this context means, that the ticket content cannot be updated or changed.
STE etiCORE Terms Static entitlement: signed entitlement fixed at the time of issuing. Cannot be changed.
SVPM etiCORE Terms Store value payment method: a customer has a payment method directly located on the user medium, where the current value of the balance is stored.
T-Main etiCORE Terms One of the terminal main modules: Service Operator Terminal Main Module or Customer Contract Partner Terminal Main Module
TLS Common Terms Transport Layer Security
TLV Common Terms Tag, Length, Value
TO etiCORE Terms Terminal Operator. An abstraction of the organisation performing actions with User Media. Can be a Service Operator or a Customer Contract Partner.
UM Common Terms User Medium
UML User Manual Unified Modelling Language.
UMO etiCORE Terms User Medium Application Instance Owner. The owner of the User Medium Application Instance. The information about who the Owner of a User Medium is stored on the User Medium and in the corresponding certificate. Normally the primary customer contract partner pCCP.
Usage Rules EN 24014 Terms Rules defining the usage time, the usage area, the personal status, and the type of service
Use case User Manual Term used in the UML to define a certain functionality done in a dedicated system.
User Medium Common Terms Also Customer Medium. Medium initialised with an Application through an Application Contract
User Medium Owner etiCORE Terms See UMO.
WS Common Terms Web Service
WS-I Common Terms Web service interoperability. Rules to ease the collaboration of different web service frameworks.
WSDL Common Terms Web Service Definition Language.
WSS Common Terms Webservice Security
Start Event BPMN Terms An Event that indicates where a particular Process starts. The Start Event starts the flow of the Process and does not have any incoming Sequence Flow, but can have a Trigger. The Start Event is displ
Participant BPMN Terms A business entity (e.g., a company, company division, or a customer) or a business role (e.g., a buyer or a seller) that controls or is responsible for a business process. If Pools are used, then a Pa
SO-T-Main etiCORE Terms Service Operator Terminal Main Module
EUI etiCORE Terms Execution Unit Interface
PO-BO-Main etiCORE Terms Product Owner Back-Office Main Module
Business Analyst BPMN Terms A specialist who analyzes business needs and problems, consults with users and stakeholders to identify opportunities for improving business return through information technology, and defines, manages
Message BPMN Terms An Object that depicts the contents of a communication between two Participants. A message is transmitted through a Message Flow and has an identity that can be used for alternative branching of a Pro
SO-BO-STE etiCORE Terms Service Operator Back-Office Static Entitlement Module
ION etiCORE Terms Interoperable Network
Workflow etiCORE Terms A workflow consists of one or more basic process instances that interact with each other.
SO etiCORE Terms Service Operator
CCP etiCORE Terms Customer Contract Partner
sCCP etiCORE Terms Secondary Customer Contract Partner
APDU Common Terms Application Protocol Data Unit. Smart card application protocol.
Business Process Management BPMN Terms The services and tools that support process management (for example, process analysis, definition, processing, monitoring and administration), including support for human and application-level interac
Basic process etiCORE Terms A basic process in (((etiCORE consists of one or more use cases that run on distributed systems. Example: issuing an electronic ticket starts in the terminal and has to be announced to the product own
Result BPMN Terms The consequence of reaching an End Event. Types of Results include Message, Error, Compensation, Signal, Link, and Multiple.
Abstract Process BPMN Terms A Process that represents the interactions between a private business process and another process or participant.
Central Routing Engine etiCORE Terms As a part of the Interoperability Network (ION), the central routing engine transmits messages of one ION participant to another, based on the recipient’s Organisation-ID given in the message. The IO
Expanded Sub-Process BPMN Terms A Sub-Process that exposes its flow detail within the context of its Parent Process. An Expanded Sub-Process is displayed as a rounded rectangle that is enlarged to display the Flow Objects within.
CCP-T-OE etiCORE Terms Customer Contract Partner Terminal Order Execution Module
BPMN BPMN Terms Business Process Modelling Notation.
End Event BPMN Terms An Event that indicates where a path in the process will end. In terms of Sequence Flows, the End Event ends the flow of the Process, and thus, will not have any outgoing Sequence Flows. An End Event
CCP-T-STE etiCORE Terms Customer Contract Partner Terminal Static Entitlement Module
LDAP Common Terms Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Process BPMN Terms A sequence or flow of Activities in an organisation with the objective of carrying out work. In BPMN, a Process is depicted as a graph of Flow Elements, which are a set of Activities, Events, Gateways
pCCP etiCORE Terms primary Customer Contract Partner
Swimlane BPMN Terms A Swimlane is a graphical container for partitioning a set of activities from other activities. BPMN has two different types of Swimlanes. See “Pool” and “Lane.”
Level-3 etiCORE Terms Production environment for all (((etiCORE components: user medium, SAM, terminal, back-office systems and central systems. Fitted with the complete security features, using the production PKI.
automated trip authorisation Common Terms The automated trip authorisation allows the customer to make use of services in PT. It describes how the use of a service is settled financially. It serves also - besides of its use in IN-OUT-Systems
WS Common Terms Web Service
Uncontrolled Flow BPMN Terms Flow that proceeds without dependencies or conditional expressions. Typically, an Uncontrolled Flow is a Sequence Flow between two Activities that do not have a conditional indicator (mini-diamond) or
Static Entitlement etiCORE Terms Entitlement to use public transport, normally issued as an electronic ticket displayed as a 2D barcode. Static in this context means, that the ticket content cannot be updated or changed.
Sub-Process BPMN Terms A Process that is included within another Process. The Sub-Process can be in a collapsed view that hides its details. A Sub-Process can be in an expanded view that shows its details within the view of
Layer etiCORE Terms Layer in the specification model. It defines how deep the specification elements dive into technical aspects. - Layer 1 is a kind of overview for the basic processes. - Layer 2 shows the workflows in
Organisational unit etiCORE Terms Combination of organisation and role
SVPM etiCORE Terms Stored-value payment method: a customer has a payment method directly located on the user medium, where the current value of the balance is stored.
TO etiCORE Terms Terminal Operator. An abstraction of the organisation performing actions with user media. Can be a Service Operator or a Customer Contract Partner.
Message Flow BPMN Terms A Connecting Object that shows the flow of messages between two Participants. A Message Flow is represented by a dashed lined.
ESH etiCORE Terms (((eTicket Security Hub
CCP-BO-OE etiCORE Terms Customer Contract Partner Back-Office Order Execution Module
Component etiCORE Terms In the context of a specified (((etiCORE component. Sometimes also "system component". Any logical unit that has specific functionality and interacts with other (((etiCORE components. These are - U
pCCP-BO-Main etiCORE Terms Primary Customer Contract Partner Back-Office Main Module
CRE etiCORE Terms Central Routing Engine
SAMs Common Terms Secure Application Modules
User Medium etiCORE Terms Also Customer Medium. Medium initialised with an Application through an Application Contract
MOTICS etiCORE Terms Mobile Ticketing Crypto Service. Central system for certificate administration and copy protection container for electronic tickets for mobile devices at the same time.
sCCP-BO-Main etiCORE Terms Secondary Customer Contract Partner Back-Office Main Module
EO etiCORE Terms Entitlement owner. His organisation ID is part of the Entitlement ID as CCP Org ID.
RSA Common Terms RSA (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) is an asymmetric cryptographic procedure
Collaboration BPMN Terms Collaboration is the act of sending messages between any two Participants in a BPMN model. The two Participants represent two separate BPML processes.
Lane BPMN Terms A partition that is used to organize and categorize activities within a Pool. A Lane extends the entire length of the Pool either vertically or horizontally. Lanes are often used for such things as in
HLS-S etiCORE Terms Abbreviation for Hotlist Service System.
MAD EN 24014 Terms Medium Acceptance Device. Each device which reads or evaluates a User Medium.
Product Rules EN 24014 Terms Set of usage, pricing and commercial rules defined by the product owner
SM Common Terms Secure Messaging
IN-OUT etiCORE Terms System for IN-OUT which can be check-in & check-out, be-in & be-out or check-in & be-out. A registration has to be done when entering (IN) and leaving (OUT, de-registration) a vehicle. The kinds of
SCE etiCORE Terms Secure Crypto Element. Unique ID in the scope of a MOTICS app that identifies a mobile device. Has the same data structure as an AppInstanceId.
Task BPMN Terms An atomic activity that is included within a Process. A Task is used when the work in the Process is not broken down to a finer level of Process Model detail. Generally, an end-user, an application, o
EFM Common Terms Electronic Fare Management
Product Template EN 24014 Terms Technical pattern of the product specification
Exception Flow BPMN Terms A Sequence Flow path that originates from an Intermediate Event attached to the boundary of an activity. The Process does not traverse this path unless the Activity is interrupted by the triggering of
Join BPMN Terms A point in the Process where two or more parallel Sequence Flow paths are combined into one Sequence Flow path. BPMN uses a Parallel Gateway to perform a Join. Also known as “AND-Join.”
WSDL Common Terms Web Service Definition Language.
pCCP-BO-STE etiCORE Terms Primary Customer Contract Partner Back-Office Static Entitlement Module
Choreography BPMN Terms An ordered sequence of B2B message exchanges between two or more Participants. In a Choreography there is no central controller, responsible entity, or observer of the Process.
ABPM etiCORE Terms Account-based payment method: the customer has an account in the related CCP-S that is used for payments.
Sequence Flow BPMN Terms A connecting object that shows the order in which activities are performed in a Process and is represented with a solid graphical line. Each Flow has only one source and only one target. A Sequence Fl
ALISE etiCORE Terms Abbreviation for Action List Service
PO etiCORE Terms Product Owner
IN-OUT Payment Method Common Terms The IN-OUT Payment Method allows the customer to make use of services in PT. It describes how the use of a service is settled financially. It serves also - besides of its use in IN-OUT-Systems - as an
Use case Common Terms Term used in the UML to define a certain functionality performed by a dedicated system.
API Common Terms Application Programming Interface
UML Common Terms Unified Modelling Language.
SO-BO-Main etiCORE Terms Service Operator Back-Office Main Module
Token BPMN Terms A theoretical concept that is used as an aid to define the behavior of a Process that is being performed. The behavior of Process elements can be defined by describing how they interact with a token a
UMO etiCORE Terms User medium (application instance) owner. The owner of the user medium application instance. The information about the owner of a user medium is stored on the user medium and in the corresponding cert
Commercial Rules EN 24014 Terms Rules defining the settlement and commission within the Interoperable Fare Management System
Level-1 etiCORE Terms Test environment for certain (((etiCORE components such as user medium and SAM for development test purposes. Uses fixed test keys and certificates.
AO EN 24014 Terms Application Owner
Hotlist EN1545 Terms List for any elements in the IFM which are corrupted, stolen or compromised in any way. Elements can be application, entitlement, SAM, company, key
etiCORE etiCORE Terms Name of the new version of the German e-ticket standard. Composed of the prefix eti for e-ticket and the English word CORE.
OA etiCORE Terms Abbreviation for ordered action
CCP-BO-Main etiCORE Terms Customer Contract Partner Back-Office Main Module
Flow BPMN Terms A directional connector between elements in a Process, Collaboration, or Choreography. A Sequence Flows represents the sequence of Flow Objects in a Process or Choreography. A Message Flow represents
Private Business Process BPMN Terms A process that is internal to a specific organisation and is the type of process that has been generally called a workflow or BPM process.
T-Main etiCORE Terms One of the terminal main modules: Service Operator Terminal Main Module or Customer Contract Partner Terminal Main Module
MTOM Common Terms SOAP Message Transmission Optimisation Mechanism https://www.w3.org/TR/soap12-mtom
ESI etiCORE Terms External System Interface
Application Template EN 24014 Terms Executable technical pattern of the application specification
BO-S etiCORE Terms Abbreviation for Back-Office System.
PO-BO-AM etiCORE Terms Product Owner Back-Office Action Management Module
PUI etiCORE Terms Personalisation Unit Interface
JSB etiCORE Terms Joint Service Broker
Intermediate Event BPMN Terms An event that occurs after a Process has been started. An Intermediate Event affects the flow of the process by showing where messages and delays are expected, distributing the Normal Flow through exc
CRL Common Terms Certificate Revocation List
Atomic Activity BPMN Terms An activity not broken down to a finer level of Process Model detail. It is a leaf in the tree-structure hierarchy of Process activities. Graphically it will appear as a Task in BPMN.
BO-Main etiCORE Terms One of the back-office main modules: Customer Contract Partner Back-Office Main Module, Product Owner Back-Office Main Module or Service Operator Back-Office Main Module.
PKI Common Terms Public Key Infrastructure
Activity BPMN Terms Work that a company or organisation performs using business processes. An activity can be atomic or non-atomic (compound). The types of activities that are a part of a Process Model are: Process, Sub-
Transaction BPMN Terms A Sub-Process that represents a set of coordinated activities carried out by independent, loosely-coupled systems in accordance with a contractually defined business relationship. This coordination le
OCSP Common Terms Online Certificate Status Protocol
SAM Common Terms Secure Application Module
Collapsed Sub-Process BPMN Terms A Sub-Process that hides its flow details. The Collapsed Sub-Process object uses a marker to distinguish it as a Sub-Process, rather than a Task. The marker is a small square with a plus sign (+) insi
Pool BPMN Terms A Pool represents a Participant in a Collaboration. Graphically, a Pool is a container for partitioning a Process from other Pools/Participants. A Pool is not required to contain a Process, i.e., it c
Pricing Rules EN 24014 Terms Rules defining the price and payment/billing relationships to the customer
BPM BPMN Terms Business Process Management.
Association BPMN Terms A connecting object that is used to link information and Artifacts with Flow Objects. An association is represented as a dotted graphical line with an arrowhead to represent the direction of flow.
Fork BPMN Terms A point in the Process where one Sequence Flow path is split into two or more paths that are run in parallel within the Process, allowing multiple activities to run simultaneously rather than sequenti
User Medium Owner etiCORE Terms See UMO.
STE etiCORE Terms Static entitlement: signed entitlement fixed at the time of issuing. Cannot be changed.
Customer Medium EN 24014 Terms Medium initialised with an application through an application contract
BO-* etiCORE Terms One of the back-office modules.
KA etiCORE Terms Abbreviation for Kernapplikation
WSS Common Terms Webservice Security
Artifact BPMN Terms A graphical object that provides supporting information about the Process or elements within the Process. However, it does not directly affect the flow of the Process.
Business Process BPMN Terms A defined set of business activities that represent the steps required to achieve a business objective. It includes the flow and use of information and resources.
UM Common Terms User Medium
Normal Flow BPMN Terms A flow that originates from a Start Event and continues through activities on alternative and parallel paths until reaching an End Event.
TLS Common Terms Transport Layer Security
Compensation Flow BPMN Terms Flow that defines the set of activities that are performed while the transaction is being rolled back to compensate for activities that were performed during the Normal Flow of the Process. A Compensa
PO-BO-STE etiCORE Terms Product Owner Back-Office Static Entitlement Module
TLV Common Terms Tag, Length, Value
MMS etiCORE Terms Media Management System
SLA Common Terms Service Level Agreement
Hotlist Service EN1545 Terms The service which provides operations directed to the hotlist such as ordering a new entry or getting the current hotlist for distribution to MADs.
Ordered action etiCORE Terms An action to be performed on a user medium. The action can be ordered in a product owner system with the action order service. This system distributes action lists to executing customer contract partn
CCP-T-Main etiCORE Terms Customer Contract Partner Terminal Main Module
Merge BPMN Terms A point in the Process where two or more alternative Sequence Flow paths are combined into one Sequence Flow path. No synchronization is required because no parallel activity runs at the join point. B
Level-2 etiCORE Terms Staging environment for test purposes for all (((etiCORE components: user medium, SAM, terminal, back-office systems and central systems as well as the PKI. Already fitted with the complete security f
Parent Process BPMN Terms A Process that holds a Sub-Process within its boundaries.
Trigger BPMN Terms A mechanism that detects an occurrence and can cause additional processing in response, such as the start of a business Process. Triggers are associated with Start Events and Intermediate Events and c
Event Context BPMN Terms An Event Context is the set of activities that can be interrupted by an exception (Intermediate Event). This can be one activity or a group of activities in an expanded Sub-Process.
CCP-BO-STE etiCORE Terms Customer Contract Partner Back-Office Static Entitlement Module
CSR Common Terms Certificate Signing Request
WS-I Common Terms Web service interoperability. Rules to ease the collaboration of different web service frameworks.
CCP-BO-AO etiCORE Terms Customer Contract Partner Back-Office Action Ordering Module
NFC Common Terms Near Field Communication
Controlled Flow BPMN Terms Flow that proceeds from one Flow Object to another, via a Sequence Flow link, but is subject to either conditions or dependencies from other flow as defined by a Gateway. Typically, this is seen as a
Usage Rules EN 24014 Terms Rules defining the usage time, the usage area, the personal status and the type of service
Exception BPMN Terms An event that occurs during the performance of the Process that causes a diversion from the Normal Flow of the Process. Exceptions can be generated by Intermediate Events, such as time, error, or mess
Decision BPMN Terms A gateway within a business process where the Sequence Flow can take one of several alternative paths. Also known as "Or-Split."
Flow Object BPMN Terms A graphical object that can be connected to or from a Sequence Flow. In a Process, Flow Objects are Events, Activities, and Gateways. In a Choreography, Flow Objects are Events, Choreography Activitie
Compound Activity BPMN Terms An activity that has detail that is defined as a flow of other activities. It is a branch (or trunk) in the tree-structure hierarchy of Process activities. Graphically, it will appear as a Process or
BPM System BPMN Terms The technology that enables BPM.
SO-T-STE etiCORE Terms Service Operator Terminal Static Entitlement Module
IFM EN 24014 Terms Shortcut for Interoperable Fare Management. It enables seamless travel with contactless user media (smartcard, smartphone, etc.).
CICO etiCORE Terms Check-in, check-out. Since a registration has to be done when entering and leaving (de-registration) a vehicle, in etiCORE we use the abbreviation CICO. The variants be-in be-out or check-in, be-out