<s>
RoadXML	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open	O
file	O
format	O
for	O
the	O
road	O
networks	O
description	O
used	O
by	O
driving	B-Application
simulators	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
RoadXML	B-Application
was	O
initiated	O
to	O
contribute	O
to	O
road	O
network	O
format	O
standardization	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
enhance	O
the	O
interoperability	O
between	O
simulators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RoadXML	B-Application
offers	O
a	O
multi	O
layer	O
description	O
of	O
the	O
environment	O
for	O
fast	O
data	O
access	O
for	O
real	O
time	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
its	O
2.0	O
version	O
,	O
RoadXML	B-Application
was	O
called	O
RND	O
(	O
for	O
Road	O
Network	O
Description	O
)	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
version	O
1.3	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2008	O
and	O
was	O
an	O
alternative	O
file	O
format	O
for	O
the	O
SCANeR	O
II	O
driving	B-Application
simulator	I-Application
,	O
co	O
developed	O
by	O
Oktal	O
and	O
Renault	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
version	O
2.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2009	O
as	O
an	O
open	O
file	O
format	O
and	O
was	O
renamed	O
RoadXML	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
version	O
2.1	O
,	O
an	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
parser	O
for	O
RoadXML	B-Application
is	O
also	O
available	O
on	O
SourceForge	B-Application
.	O
</s>
