Unifying data exchange formats for all B2B processes across the global tank container industry.
Our mission is to unify data exchange formats for all B2B (Business to Business) processes of the tank container industry.
Open Tank Format (OTF) is an open file format for data exchange related to the tank container industry. OTF is used by development teams to enable seamless communication between systems and partners.
During development of a Value Added Network (VAN) initiative and subsequent customer pilots, the Lucrasoft ICT Group realised that vendor independent open formats were needed for various connected development parties associated with the tank container industry.
There were also many gaps in existing classic data exchange formats, which prevented important business processes such as pre-announcements for tank container service providers. Open Tank Format (OTF) is the result of efforts to resolve these issues.
The OTF development team aims to develop and sustain an internationally governed interoperable open standard for technical communication between Tank Container Industry parties, by means of definition, improvement, alignment and dissemination.
The development team is informed by active participants, such as:
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Note: Drybox and tank containers have a lot of overlap, both in the technical domain, as well as business-wise. Therefore, the OTF file definitions are structured in an object-oriented fashion to distinguish between the two domains and inherit where possible.
OTF is owned and copyrighted by Lucrasoft Solutions B.V. (known for their DEPOT Software and SYNDA brands). This commercial dependency ensures that OTF will continuously be updated and expanded according to market demands.
OTF is licensed under Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0). It can be shared and used by anybody, but it is not allowed to publish a modified version of the standard.