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SDP Guidance Documents

Welcome to the SDP Guidance Section of the SDP Website!

This page contains links to the SDP Schema and Guidance Documents on how to apply and interpret SDP.


SDP Schema:


  • SDP Schema Version 1.1 (4 files) -- published Dec 2009
  • Schedule Calendar Date Profile Version 1.0 -- published Nov 2009
  • SDP Metadata Profile (draft) -- published 2006


  • CSV File format and File Templates:

  • SDP CSV-XML Users Manual -- published June 2008 (updated version coming soon)
  • SDP CSV Files format (zipped) -- from SDP version 1.0


  • SDP Guidance (published June 2008):


  • SDP Quick Start -- a hyperlinked document that shows the basic (mandatory) elements
  • Introduction to SDP (Guidance Part 1)
  • SDP Guidance for Managers (describes functional requirements in detail with lots of examples
  • SDP Template for translating to/from SDP


  • SDP Guidance Part 3 (posted June 30, 2008)

    Part 3: SDP Programmer’s Manual - SDPG_Part3_Programmers Guide_v1_0.pdf
    Chapter # Chapter Name Link (native formats) Documents in PDF Version
    1 Overview (to Programmer’s Guide) SDPG_Part3_Ch_1_v_1.doc SDPG_Part3_Ch_1_v_1.pdf
    2 A Guide to Translating Native Data to SDP

    Appendix A: SDP Guidance XML Template (includes code lists and element definitions)
    SDPG_Part3_Ch_2_v_1.doc

    SDPxml_template_v1_0.xls
    SDPG_Part3_Ch_2_v_1.pdf
    3 Guidance on Building a Physical Database from the SDP

    With MS Access Database

    With Conceptual Data Reference Model (in cdm format for Sybase PowerDesigner version 12)
    SDPG_Part3_Ch_3_v_1.doc

    Microsoft Access Database

    SDP_CDRMfinal.zip
    SDPG_Part3_Ch_3_v_1.pdf
    4 Tutorial on the SDP XML Schema SDPG_Part3_Ch_4_v_1.doc SDPG_Part3_Ch_4_v_1.pdf
    5 SDP Translation Scripts User Manuals for Translation Scripts
    SDP_Application_UserManuals_V5_0.zip

    Coming Soon
    6 SDP and Metadata

    With SDP XML Metadata Schema V0.1
    SDPG_Part3_Ch_6_v_1.doc

    SDP_XML_Metadata_Schema.zip
    SDPG_Part3_Ch_6_v_1.pdf


    SDP Translation Applications
    The TSDEA project developed applications to convert comma separated value (csv) files corresponding to a logical model of SDP to XML and visa versa, and the SDP csv files to Google Transit Feed Specification (GTFS). The code modules and accompanying user manuals may be downloaded subject to the SDP Open Source Software License Agreement

    • Scripts will be available for download soon


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    Last updated: 01-15-2010