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Industry
groups are collections of companies and research institutions
sharing a common interest in a specific industrial field
or in the methods and techniques that are used in that
field. They often develop and decide on best practices
and promulgate standards or guidelines.
Here you
will find:
| Rail
Industry Groups |
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| Rail
Safety & Standards Board |
Rail
Safety & Standards Board
The Rail Safety and Standards Board has taken
over from Railway Safety. Rail Safety took over
many of the functions of the former Safety and
Standards Directorate within Railtrack PLC, as
well as an expanded role to help focus the industry
on improved safety management.
Railway
Safety's
stated vision is "to provide leadership
in the development of the long term safety strategy
and policy for the UK railway industry".
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| Railway
Industry Association |
The
Railway
Industry Association is the Trade Association
for UK-based suppliers of equipment and services
to the railway industry. It has more than 100
member companies, active across the whole range
of railway supply. That range is exceptionally
diverse and includes many skills and resources
which were previously part of the national railway
undertaking but which now operate commercially
in the private sector.
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| Safety
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| European Workshop on Industrial Computer Systems
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European
Workshop on Industrial Computer Systems (EWICS)
is an industry group whose mission is to "to
promote the economical and efficient realisation
of programmable industrial systems through education,
information exchange, and the elaboration of standards
and guidelines". More information on their
activity as well as several guideline documents
can be found on the industry group web site. EWICS
has recently set up a Risk Analysis Subgroup,
which aims at producing a Guideline for the performance
of Risk Analyses.
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| ENCRESS
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European
Network of Clubs for REliability and Safety of
Software (ENCRESS)
is a "European special interest group for all
who share a professional interest in the safety
and reliability of software-intensive systems".
It is a network of clubs, each of which organises
technical meetings of its members and publish
national language newsletters. In the UK, the
ENCRESS national club is The Safety-Critical Systems
Club, coordinated by Joan Atkinson, Secretary
of the Centre for Software Reliability, University
of Newcastle.
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| MISRA
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Motor
Industry Software Reliability Association (MISRA)
is an industry group of companies interested in
producing safe and reliable software for the motor
industry. The Guidelines it has produced are intended
for use by all those involved in the creation,
procurement and support of vehicle based software.
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If you know
of other relevant industry groups and want us to add
them to the current page, please email webmaster@yellowbook-rail.org.uk
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