System-wide information management (SWIM) enables seamless information data access and interchange between all providers and users of air traffic management data and services. The aim of SWIM is to provide information users with relevant and commonly understandable information. It does not refer to a single solution or technology, but rather a global level of interoperability and standardisation that enables users and providers to exchange data without having to use different interfaces or protocols. It is based on service-oriented architecture and open and standard technologies. It introduces a totally new way of working that sits comfortably in a cloud environment.
This SWIM technological solution provides a coherent set of specifications to support standardisation in the context of SWIM deployment. These are the key elements in steering SWIM-enabled systems for ensuring interoperability are the following:
- Aeronautical information reference model (AIRM) to ensure semantic interoperability;
- Information service reference model (ISRM) to ensure organisational interoperability;
- SWIM technical infrastructure (SWIM TI) profiles and architecture to enable technical interoperability;
- SWIM registry to improve the visibility and accessibility of ATM information and services available through SWIM.
It enables service providers, consumers, and the swim governance to share a common view on SWIM providing consolidated information on services that have been implemented based on SWIM standards.
This solution is available for industrialisation and is part of Europe-wide synchronised deployment. The first SWIM-enabled solution was introduced in 2014 to support the exchange of data between neighbouring airspace sectors. Since then, SWIM-enabled services have been implemented in the following countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Maastricht UAC, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK.
Benefits
- Increased cost efficiency and easily accessible information sharing
- Improved service operation
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