6.5 Overview of elements

Table 12. Overview of ASAM OpenDRIVE elements
Element	Section
`<OpenDRIVE>`
┃━ `<header>`	Section 6.4.1, "`<header>` element"
┃ ┃━ `<geoReference>`	Section 8.5, "Georeferencing"
┃ ┃━ `<offset>`	Section 8.5, "Georeferencing"
┃ ┃━ `<license>`	Section 6.4.2, "`<license>` element"
┃ ┃━ `<defaultRegulations>`	Section 6.4.3, "`<defaultRegulations>` element"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<roadRegulations>`	Section 6.4.3, "`<defaultRegulations>` element"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<signalRegulations>`	Section 6.4.3, "`<defaultRegulations>` element"
┃━ `<road>`	Section 10.1, "Introduction to roads"
┃ ┃━ `<link>`	Section 10.3, "Road linkage"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<predecessor>`	Section 10.3, "Road linkage"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<successor>`	Section 10.3, "Road linkage"
┃ ┃━ `<type>`	Section 10.4, "Road type"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<speed>`	Section 10.4.1, "Speed limits for road types"
┃ ┃━ `<planView>`	Section 12.2, "Junction reference line"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<geometry>`	Section 12.9, "Junction reference line"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<line>`	Section 9.3, "Straight line"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<spiral>`	Section 9.4, "Spiral"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<arc>`	Section 9.5, "Arc"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<poly3>`	Section 9.7, "Cubic polynom (deprecated)"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<paramPoly3>`	Section 9.6, "Parametric cubic curve"
┃ ┃━ `<elevationProfile>`	Section 10.5.1, "Road elevation"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<elevation>`	Section 10.5.1, "Road elevation"
┃ ┃━ `<lateralProfile>`	Section 10.5.2, "Superelevation"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<superelevation>`	Section 10.5.2, "Superelevation"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<shape>`	Section 10.5.3, "Shape definition"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<crossSectionSurface>`	Section 10.5.4, "Cross section surface"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<tOffset>`	Section 10.5.4, "Cross section surface"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<coefficients>`	Section 10.5.4, "Cross section surface"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<surfaceStrips>`	Section 10.5.4, "Cross section surface"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<strip>`	Section 10.5.4, "Cross section surface"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<width>`	Section 10.5.4, "Cross section surface"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<coefficients>`	Section 10.5.4, "Cross section surface"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<constant>`	Section 10.5.4, "Cross section surface"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<coefficients>`	Section 10.5.4, "Cross section surface"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<linear>`	Section 10.5.4, "Cross section surface"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<quadratic>`	Section 10.5.4, "Cross section surface"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<coefficients>`	Section 10.5.4, "Cross section surface"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<cubic>`	Section 10.5.4, "Cross section surface"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<coefficients>`	Section 10.5.4, "Cross section surface"
┃ ┃━ `<lanes>`	Section 11.1, "Introduction to lanes"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<laneOffset>`	Section 11.4, "Lane offset"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<laneSection>`	Section 11.3, "Lane sections"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<left>`	Section 11.2, "Lane groups"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<lane>`	Section 11.2, "Lane groups"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<width>`	Section 11.6.1, "Lane width"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<border>`	Section 11.6.2, "Lane borders"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<link>`	Section 11.5, "Lane linkage"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<predecessor>`	Section 11.5, "Lane linkage"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<successor>`	Section 11.5, "Lane linkage"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<roadMark>`	Section 11.8, "Road markings"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<sway>`	Section 11.8.3, "Offset in road markings"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<type>`	Section 11.8.1, "Road marking types and lines"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<line>`	Section 11.8.1, "Road marking types and lines"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<explicit>`	Section 11.8.2, "Explicit road marking types and lines"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<line>`	Section 11.8.2, "Explicit road marking types and lines"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<material>`	Section 11.7.2, "Lane material"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<speed>`	Section 11.7.3, "Lane speed limit"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<access>`	Section 11.7.4, "Lane access"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<restriction>`	Section 11.7.4, "Lane access"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<height>`	Section 11.6.3, "Lane height"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<rule>`	Section 11.9, "Specific lane rules"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<center>`	Section 11.2, "Lane groups"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<lane>`	Section 11.2, "Lane groups"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<link>`	Section 11.5, "Lane linkage"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<predecessor>`	Section 11.5, "Lane linkage"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<successor>`	Section 11.5, "Lane linkage"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<roadMark>`	Section 11.8, "Road markings"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<sway>`	Section 11.8.3, "Offset in road markings"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<type>`	Section 11.8.1, "Road marking types and lines"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<line>`	Section 11.8.1, "Road marking types and lines"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<explicit>`	Section 11.8.2, "Explicit road marking types and lines"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<line>`	Section 11.8.2, "Explicit road marking types and lines"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<right>`	Section 11.2, "Lane groups"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<lane>`	Section 11.2, "Lane groups"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<width>`	Section 11.6.1, "Lane width"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<border>`	Section 11.6.2, "Lane borders"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<link>`	Section 11.5, "Lane linkage"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<predecessor>`	Section 11.5, "Lane linkage"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<successor>`	Section 11.5, "Lane linkage"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<roadMark>`	Section 11.8, "Road markings"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<sway>`	Section 11.8.3, "Offset in road markings"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<type>`	Section 11.8.1, "Road marking types and lines"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<line>`	Section 11.8.1, "Road marking types and lines"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<explicit>`	Section 11.8.2, "Explicit road marking types and lines"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<line>`	Section 11.8.2, "Explicit road marking types and lines"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<material>`	Section 11.7.2, "Lane material"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<speed>`	Section 11.7.3, "Lane speed limit"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<access>`	Section 11.7.4, "Lane access"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<restriction>`	Section 11.7.4, "Lane access"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<height>`	Section 11.6.3, "Lane height"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<rule>`	Section 11.9, "Specific lane rules"
┃ ┃━ `<objects>`	Section 13.1, "Introduction to objects"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<object>`	Section 13.1, "Introduction to objects"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<repeat>`	Section 13.2, "Repeating objects"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<outline>`	Section 13.3, "Object outline"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<cornerRoad>`	Section 13.3.1, "`<cornerRoad>` element"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<cornerLocal>`	Section 13.3.2, "`<cornerLocal>` element"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<outlines>`	Section 13.3, "Object outline"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<outline>`	Section 13.3, "Object outline"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<cornerRoad>`	Section 13.3.1, "`<cornerRoad>` element"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<cornerLocal>`	Section 13.3.2, "`<cornerLocal>` element"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<material>`	Section 13.5, "Object material"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<validity>`	Section 14.2, "Lane validity for signals"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<parkingSpace>`	Section 13.7, "Access rules to parking spaces"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<markings>`	Section 13.8, "Object marking"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<marking>`	Section 13.8, "Object marking"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<cornerReference>`	Section 13.8, "Object marking"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<borders>`	Section 13.9, "Object borders"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<border>`	Section 13.9, "Object borders"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<cornerReference>`	Section 13.8, "Object marking"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<surface>`	Section 13.13, "Object CRG surface"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<skeleton>`	Section 13.4, "Object skeleton"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<polyline>`	Section 13.4, "Object skeleton"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<vertexRoad>`	Section 13.4.1, "`<vertexRoad>` element"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<vertexLocal>`	Section 13.4.2, "`<vertexLocal>` element"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<objectReference>`	Section 13.10, "Object reference"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<validity>`	Section 14.2, "Lane validity for signals"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<tunnel>`	Section 13.11, "Tunnels"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<validity>`	Section 14.2, "Lane validity for signals"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<bridge>`	Section 13.12, "Bridges"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<validity>`	Section 14.2, "Lane validity for signals"
┃ ┃━ `<signals>`	Section 14.1, "Introduction to signals"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<signal>`	Section 14.1, "Introduction to signals"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<positionInertial>`	Section 14.9, "Signal positioning (deprecated)"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<positionRoad>`	Section 14.9, "Signal positioning (deprecated)"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<validity>`	Section 14.2, "Lane validity for signals"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<dependency>`	Section 14.3, "Signal dependency"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<reference>`	Section 14.4, "Signal reference"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<signalReference>`	Section 14.5, "Signals that apply to multiple roads"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<validity>`	Section 14.2, "Lane validity for signals"
┃ ┃━ `<surface>`	Section 12.12, "Junction CRG surface"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<CRG>`	Section 12.12, "Junction CRG surface"
┃ ┃━ `<railroad>`	Section 15.1, "Introduction to railroads"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<switch>`	Section 15.3, "Switches"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<mainTrack>`	Section 15.3.1, "Main track"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<sideTrack>`	Section 15.3.2, "Side track"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<partner>`	Section 15.3.3, "Partner switches"
┃━ `<controller>`	Section 14.6, "Signal Controllers"
┃ ┃━ `<control>`	Section 14.6, "Signal Controllers"
┃━ `<junction type="crossing">`	Section 12.8, "Crossings"
┃ ┃━ `<roadSection>`	Section 12.8, "Crossings"
┃ ┃━ `<priority>`	Section 12.4.1, "Priorities of connecting roads within a junction"
┃ ┃━ `<controller>`	Section 12.14, "Signal synchronization groups in junctions"
┃ ┃━ `<surface>`	Section 12.12, "Junction CRG surface"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<CRG>`	Section 12.12, "Junction CRG surface"
┃ ┃━ `<planView>`	Section 12.2, "Junction reference line"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<geometry>`	Section 12.9, "Junction reference line"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<line>`	Section 9.3, "Straight line"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<spiral>`	Section 9.4, "Spiral"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<arc>`	Section 9.5, "Arc"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<poly3>`	Section 9.7, "Cubic polynom (deprecated)"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<paramPoly3>`	Section 9.6, "Parametric cubic curve"
┃━ `<junction type="default">`	Section 12.2, "Common junctions"
┃ ┃━ `<connection>`	Section 12.4, "Connecting roads"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<laneLink>`	Section 12.6, "Direct junctions"
┃ ┃━ `<crossPath>`	Section 12.5, "Cross paths"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<startLaneLink>`	Section 12.5, "Cross paths"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<endLaneLink>`	Section 12.5, "Cross paths"
┃ ┃━ `<priority>`	Section 12.4.1, "Priorities of connecting roads within a junction"
┃ ┃━ `<controller>`	Section 12.14, "Signal synchronization groups in junctions"
┃ ┃━ `<surface>`	Section 12.12, "Junction CRG surface"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<CRG>`	Section 12.12, "Junction CRG surface"
┃ ┃━ `<planView>`	Section 12.2, "Junction reference line"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<geometry>`	Section 12.9, "Junction reference line"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<line>`	Section 9.3, "Straight line"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<spiral>`	Section 9.4, "Spiral"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<arc>`	Section 9.5, "Arc"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<poly3>`	Section 9.7, "Cubic polynom (deprecated)"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<paramPoly3>`	Section 9.6, "Parametric cubic curve"
┃ ┃━ `<boundary>`	Section 12.10, "Junction boundary"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<segment type="joint">`	Section 12.10, "Junction boundary"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<segment type="lane">`	Section 12.10, "Junction boundary"
┃ ┃━ `<elevationGrid>`	Section 12.11, "Junction elevation grid"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<elevation>`	Section 12.11, "Junction elevation grid"
┃━ `<junction type="direct">`	Section 12.6, "Direct junctions"
┃ ┃━ `<connection>`	Section 12.6, "Direct junctions"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<laneLink>`	Section 12.6, "Direct junctions"
┃ ┃━ `<priority>`	Section 12.4.1, "Priorities of connecting roads within a junction"
┃ ┃━ `<controller>`	Section 12.14, "Signal synchronization groups in junctions"
┃ ┃━ `<surface>`	Section 12.12, "Junction CRG surface"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<CRG>`	Section 12.12, "Junction CRG surface"
┃ ┃━ `<planView>`	Section 12.2, "Junction reference line"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<geometry>`	Section 12.9, "Junction reference line"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<line>`	Section 9.3, "Straight line"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<spiral>`	Section 9.4, "Spiral"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<arc>`	Section 9.5, "Arc"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<poly3>`	Section 9.7, "Cubic polynom (deprecated)"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<paramPoly3>`	Section 9.6, "Parametric cubic curve"
┃━ `<junction type="virtual">`	Section 12.7, "Virtual junctions"
┃ ┃━ `<connection type="default">`	Section 12.7.1, "Cross paths with virtual junctions"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<laneLink>`	Section 12.6, "Direct junctions"
┃ ┃━ `<connection type="virtual">`	Section 12.7.2, "Virtual connections (deprecated)"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<predecessor>`	Section 12.7.2, "Virtual connections (deprecated)"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<successor>`	Section 12.7.2, "Virtual connections (deprecated)"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<laneLink>`	Section 12.6, "Direct junctions"
┃ ┃━ `<crossPath>`	Section 12.5, "Cross paths"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<startLaneLink>`	Section 12.5, "Cross paths"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<endLaneLink>`	Section 12.5, "Cross paths"
┃ ┃━ `<priority>`	Section 12.4.1, "Priorities of connecting roads within a junction"
┃ ┃━ `<controller>`	Section 12.14, "Signal synchronization groups in junctions"
┃ ┃━ `<surface>`	Section 12.12, "Junction CRG surface"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<CRG>`	Section 12.12, "Junction CRG surface"
┃ ┃━ `<planView>`	Section 12.2, "Junction reference line"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<geometry>`	Section 12.9, "Junction reference line"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<line>`	Section 9.3, "Straight line"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<spiral>`	Section 9.4, "Spiral"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<arc>`	Section 9.5, "Arc"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<poly3>`	Section 9.7, "Cubic polynom (deprecated)"
┃ ┃ ┃ ┃━ `<paramPoly3>`	Section 9.6, "Parametric cubic curve"
┃━ `<junctionGroup>`	Section 12.13, "Junction groups"
┃ ┃━ `<junctionReference>`	Section 12.13, "Junction groups"
┃━ `<station>`	Section 15.4, "Stations"
┃ ┃━ `<platform>`	Section 15.4.1, "Platforms"
┃ ┃ ┃━ `<segment>`	Section 15.4.2, "Segments"