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This standard is a companion volume for IEEE Std 1512-2000, referred to here as the "base standard." This standard specifies messages, data frames, and data elements for communicating information about traffic and infrastructure management in support of real-time interagency transportation-related incident management. The base standard specifies messages, data frames, and data elements to describe an incident and form the message infrastructure for communication involved in real-time interagency transportation-related incident management. Refer to the base standard for specification of the scope of the combination of the base standard and companion volumes such as this one. Together, the base standard and companion volumes shall be referred to as the "IEEE 1512 family of standards."