The SDEP (Street events Data Exchange Protocol) comprises an XML data schema and web service

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for exchanging information about streetworks, roadworks, and street events between systems. Elgin was funded by the UK NeSDS Government e-Standards Programme to conduct a consultation and convene meetings to define the requirements of a common data exchange protocol for streetworks registers and other systems handling street events' data. SDEP was developed to allow the open exchange of such data between back office systems used by

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to manage their highway networks, in order to enable

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and streetworks co-ordination. The SDEP consultation group comprised ELGIN (chair), Mayrise Ltd., Symology Ltd., Pitney Bowes Inc., Exor Corporation (Bentley Systems),

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and

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, with the National Traffic Control Centre in an observing capacity.

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SDEP technical documentation including an XML schema and WSDL
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