A CEN standard enables a European-wide economy of scale in developing products and tools that handle transport data, as well as a much higher degree of supplier independence for those purchasing systems. Use of a standard format reduces the number of different interfaces that have to be developed and supported to exchange data between diverse systems, NeTEx uses mainstream XML technology for which there is a large skill base and many toolsets. The NeTEx XML schema includes data and referential integrity checks that reduce development time. The presence of these checks increased data quality automatically throughout the life of the standards

Key benefits of using NeTEx can include:

• Reducing development and support costs (see ‘How can NeTEx reduce development costs?’ below, as well as ‘How can NeTEx simplify my software application development’.)
• Increasing function and design quality See ‘How can NeTEx increase capability and improve design quality?’ below, as well as various answers on specific functions such as versioning, internationalisation, and advanced capabilitys later below.
• Reducing complexity See ‘How can NeTEx simplify my software application development?’ below
• Protection of investment See ‘How can NeTEx protect my investment’ below, as well as ‘How can NeTEx increase capability and improve design quality?’