References and version status

Standard authority

• Baseline used for this review: VDV Recommendation 261, Edition 2, issue 05/2023, from BetterFleet's licensed English and German copies.
• Current issue listed by VDV: 07/2024. BetterFleet has not yet compared that licensed issue, so the support material and facade must not be presented as conformant with the current issue.
• Official publication page: VDV Recommendation 261.

The licensed VDV publication is authoritative. BetterFleet pages explain our implementation profile and do not reproduce or replace the standard.

BetterFleet interpretation

• 05/2023 conformance profile
• Communication sequences
• Topology and architecture

BetterFleet-generated integration aids

• API reference
• OpenAPI schema
• Runtime schema endpoints: /vdv261/schemas and /vdv261/schemas/{schema_name}

These API artifacts and the diagnostic endpoint are BetterFleet extensions, not VDV 261 interfaces.

Repository entry points

• Router: src/vdv_261/router.py
• Models: src/vdv_261/models.py
• OpenAPI generator: scripts/generate_openapi.py