Title

Service categories

Identifier

SWIM-SERV-100

Requirement

A service description shall include the service categories to which the service belongs and, if applicable, reference the service categorisation schemes used.

Rationale

Service category information allows discovering services by a series of classification criteria.

This requirement supports decision making in terms of service suitability in relation to a particular usage context.

Verification

Completeness: Verify that a service category is present.

Consistency: Not applicable.

Correctness: Not Applicable. 

Examples/Notes

Note: The service category can be a keyword, a key phrase or a URI. It is best practice to use a URI taken from a published service categorisation scheme.

Note: An ICAO Information Service Overview expects one or more of the following categories to be used:
a)    Flight information; and/or
b)    Aeronautical information; and/or
c)    Meteorological information; and/or
d)    Environment information; and/or
e)    Capacity, demand & flow information; and/or
f)    Surveillance information; and/or
g)    Other information

Note: A set of service categorisation schemes is available at: https://reference.swim.aero/information-services/service-categories.html [RD 13]. However, it is acceptable to use other schemes.

Level of Implementation

Mandatory