Foreword

ASAM e.V. (Association for Standardization of Automation and Measuring Systems) is a non-profit organization that promotes standardization of tool chains in automotive development and testing. Our members are international car manufacturers, suppliers, tool vendors, engineering service providers, and research institutes. ASAM standards are developed by experts from our member companies and are based on real use cases. ASAM is the legal owner of these standards and is responsible for their distribution and marketing.

ASAM standards span a wide range of use cases in automotive development, test, and validation. They define file formats, data models, protocols, and interfaces. The standards enable easy exchange of data and tools within and across tool chains. They are applied worldwide.

ASAM OpenDRIVE specifies the modeling approach of how to describe static road networks for driving simulation applications using the Extensible Markup Language (XML).

ASAM OpenDRIVE consists of:

  • Specification
    Describes the modeling approach of how to describe static road networks for driving simulation applications.

  • Enterprise Architect UML model reference
    Documents the data model for ASAM OpenDRIVE.

  • Junction Guideline 1.0.0 (supplementary document, non-normative)
    Guidelines on how to model junctions and on selecting an appropriate junction type.

  • Signal reference 1.0.0 (supplementary document, normative)
    Specifies elements that are considered signals in ASAM OpenDRIVE, for example traffic lights, that do not have any official @type and @subtype representation.