NaPTAN CSV Formats 1.x 

In addition to exchange as an XML document conforming to the NaPTAN  XML schema, data may also be exchanged in a simple flat file representation, with a file for each table using Common Separated Variables (CSV)  format for each the values of each row:

  1. NPTG CSV Schema 1.x  (Export only from central database)
  2. NaPTAN CSV Schema 1.x (Import and export)
  3. Migration paths from 1.x to 2.x using csv and XML

For current  schemas see CSV formats 2.x.

NPTG CSV Schema 1.x

The following diagram shows the 1.x CSV representation of the NPTG schema.

NaPTAN CSV Schema 1.x

The following diagram shows the 1.x CSV representation of the NaPTAN schema.

Migration to NaPTAN & NPTG Schema 2.x

Version 1.x and 2.x of NaPTAN and NPTG can will coexist side by side  until December 2006.

The following diagram shows the migration paths from the 1.x to the 2.x schema, and the supported back compatibility.  Minor changes to the NaPTAN 1.x schema from 1.1 to 1.4 enable this migration.