Information services

• The SWIM Registry provides information about upcoming or implemented information services by service providers in SWIM.

Service definitions

A service definition is issued by a community of interest and is used to harmonise service implementations across multiple service providers.

• Aeronautical SWIM Services

• Meteorological SWIM Services

Information exchange models

An information exchange model identifies the information that is agreed to be shared between two or more organisations or groups e.g. service providers and service consumers.

• AIXM [Spaces: ICAO Data Sets, Digital NOTAM, Business Rules, AIXM Concepts, AIXM Extensions]

• IWXXM

• FIXM

• AMXM

Cybersecurity

• A European Aviation Common PKI (EACP) is being put in place to facilitate the security of the information services.

Specifications and supporting material

Specifications and standards are essential in implementing SWIM:

• SWIM reference website

• EUROCONTROL SWIM Specifications and supporting material

Advisory material is available for:

• Flight SWIM Services

Regulations, SARPs, etc

SWIM is subject to regulations.

ICAO SARPs, PANS and Manuals

• ATM Information Reference Model

• The following ICAO publications cover SWIM:

  • Doc 10199 - Procedures for Air Navigation Services Information Management (PANS-IM)

  • Doc 10039 - Manual on the System-wide Information Management Concept

  • Doc 10203 - Manual on the System-Wide Information Management (SWIM) Implementation

European regulation

• EU Common Project 1 as explained in the SESAR Deployment Programme

Training

SWIM related training will set you on the correct track as you develop and implement information services.

• Data Exchange in Aviation - SWIM [IM-DE2]

Projects

Projects are implementing services in accordance with SWIM.

• ACADIA

• ADAS

• ASM

SWIM working arrangements

• In Europe, EUROCONTROL’s Information Management Team (IMT) acts as the formal body for organisations to discuss SWIM.

SWIM community of interest

The SWIM community of interest provide a forum for discussing SWIM related aspects: services, information and the technical infrastructure.

• SWIM Foundation Group