Dev:Guides

Guides and Developer Pages

This page provides an overview over pages from the Dev-namespace that offer User Guides, information for developers and connected issues.

Title	Outline	Related Subschemas	Applicable railML^® versions
Dev:Semantic Constraints
Dev:Railway switch	Draft	IS
Dev:Double and single switch crossing		IS
Dev:Simple crossing	In a context of diamond crossover	IS
Dev:Requirements for exchanging 3.x infrastructure		IS
Dev:Mileage anomalies		IS
Dev:Splitting and merging railML files	Draft	IS, IL
Dev:Visualization of a schematic track plan^[1]		Visualizations
Dev:Euroloop	Release	IS	3.3
Dev:Git Guidelines
Dev:Guide on modelling of rollingstock circulations in railML 3	Describes the basic concepts of modelling rollingstock circulations in railML 3 introduced with the use case LTCP (UC:TT:LongTermCirculationPlanning).	TT	3.3
Dev:TT guide	Draft	TT
Dev:Modelling Rolling Stock in railML3	UC:TT:RunTimeCalculationInput	RS
Dev:Use cases	How to contribute to writing good railML^® Use Cases
UC:UseCaseExample	Annex for documents at Use case submission templates (link to the railML^® website)
Dev:How to deal with UUIDs	How to use UUIDs in railML^® 3.2 and railML^® 3.3
Dev:Wiki Documentation Guidelines
Dev:Wiki Structuring Guidelines
Dev:Extending railML	When to extend the schema and what to respect before starting?
Dev:Using xsi:type	How to extend the schema ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]		3.2, 3.3
Dev:UsingAny	How to extend the schema^[4]		3.1
Dev:tOtherEnumerationValue	How to add new enumeration value
Dev:fileConventions
Dev:RoutesOverBorders		IL
Differences between railML2 and railML3
Best practice: topological aggregation vs owns*^[5]		IS
Dev:Types of signals^[6]		IS
Best Practice: tracks in meso level topology^[7]		IS	3.2
Geographic positioning of functional infrastructure		IS
Dev:Moveable Elements		IL
Dev:Defining temporal availability of infrastructure elements and speed profiles^[8]		CO

Levels: new (newcomer), exp (experienced)

↑ Reviewed by the coordinator (link to the railML^® website) of the Infrastructure subschema on 2025-11-14
↑ https://www.railml.org/forum/index.php?t=msg&th=638&start=0&
↑ https://www.railml.org/forum/index.php?t=msg&th=867&goto=2972&#msg_2972
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 for the overview of the approaches available please see Dev:Extending_railML#How_to_extend_the_schema
↑ Reviewed by the coordinator (link to the railML^® website) of the Infrastructure subschema on 2025-09-01
↑ Reviewed by the coordinator (link to the railML^® website) of the Infrastructure subschema on 2025-09-05
↑ Reviewed by the coordinator (link to the railML^® website) of the Infrastructure subschema on 2025-05-16
↑ Reviewed by the coordinator (link to the railML^® website) of the Timetable subschema on 2025-12-02

[1] Reviewed by the coordinator (link to the railML^® website) of the Infrastructure subschema on 2025-11-14

[2] ttps://www.railml.org/forum/index.php?t=msg&th=638&start=0&

[3] ttps://www.railml.org/forum/index.php?t=msg&th=867&goto=2972&#msg_2972

[overview-4] 4.0 ^4.1 for the overview of the approaches available please see Dev:Extending_railML#How_to_extend_the_schema

[5] Reviewed by the coordinator (link to the railML^® website) of the Infrastructure subschema on 2025-09-01

[6] Reviewed by the coordinator (link to the railML^® website) of the Infrastructure subschema on 2025-09-05

[7] Reviewed by the coordinator (link to the railML^® website) of the Infrastructure subschema on 2025-05-16

[8] Reviewed by the coordinator (link to the railML^® website) of the Timetable subschema on 2025-12-02

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