The Locations paper has been further revised and can be viewed here: MOPS WP 2 v22. Since Version 1 I’ve added ‘Places’ – which supports a sub-Station structure (eg it can support a Zone-Track-Spot structure). I have also simplified some of the other details. Unless there are significant issues, the next publication will be on [...]
… and spent a week in glorious Northumberland, UK. But it’s back to work now! A brief update: I will be re-issuing the Locations paper over the next couple of days; at the same time I’m working on the Vehicles paper, which will cover Locos and Cars. I have also been working on the software [...]
A bit more detail on aliases (which will be reflected later in an updated document). The way this will work is that an Alias Station will have all the attributes of a normal Station, but will also ‘point to’ a normal Station. So each Alias Station will support Zones-Tracks-Spots in its own right. So you [...]
Having had some useful feedback from the Ops-Ind Yahoo group, the Locations paper has been revisited. There are a couple of significant changes; the first is that the proposal now supports a lower level of detail (below Stations), and the second is that the concept of Aliases (for Stations in staging yards) is also proposed. [...]
The first design paper – working through places /locations on a layout – is now available on the Design page. It works through what a new application will need to know about places on a layout. This is available as a pdf. If you have any comments to make, please leave a note on this [...]