ASTERIX (ATC standard)
ASTERIX (short for All Purpose Structured Eurocontrol Surveillance Information Exchange ) is a standard for the exchange of air traffic services (ATS) information. It is developed and maintained by the European ATS organization Eurocontrol . ASTERIX not only stands for All-Purpose Structured Eurocontrol Surveillance Infor mation Exchange but also represents a state-of-the-art surveillance data format which is nearly being adopted by the world users community as the universal standard in this domain today