Projects

Overview
Project Title	CCSDS XML Guidelines
Approval	Draft
Document Number	YB
Charter	1.01 System Architecture Working Group
Document Type	Yellow
Description of Document	One of the key kinds of information artifacts that CCSDS produces today are XML schema. These have grown over the years, but without any overall information model or XML guidelines they are in something of a state of disarray. Because they use different styles and different terminology the ability to re-use them effectively is limited. \n \n This project is to provide a set of guidelines and, over time, to work with the affected WGs to bring current specs in line. Identify source of adequate XML schema development guidelines, develop draft and review\n - Adopt suite of schema analysis and validation tools\n - Extract set(s) of common terms as library elements\n
Applicable Patents	There are no patent issues for this technology that are known by the CCSDS community
Patent Comments
Survey of Similar Standards Documents or Projects Undertaken in Other Bodies and elsewhere in CCSDS	The XML guidelines are expected to leverage similar work done in ESA and also by Google, as well as other organizations. This is not unique to space nor CCSDS, but we do need a set of guidelines that will work in our context of interoperable and re-usable standards for space. \n \n
Resources
Book Editor	ESA
Book Editor Resources	3 MM
Prototype 1
Prototype 1 Resources	N/A
Prototype 2
Prototype 2 Resources	N/A
Prototype 3
Prototype 3 Resources
Contribute	CNES, NASA
Monitor Only
Resource Comments	Since ESA has produced a set of guidelines we think that they can leverage this for the purposes of CCSDS. Some adjustments to this approach, leveraging the experiences from Google and other developers of major information management organizations, should be made.

Schedule

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Project Approved	10/30/2015
Project Start Date	12/7/2015
Internal WG Review
First Draft Circulated to WG	3/18/2016
First Draft Comments Due	4/29/2016
Second draft circulated to WG	6/27/2016
Second Draft Comments Due	7/25/2016
Final WB Submitted to AD for Further Processing	8/29/2016
External Milestones
Secretariat Document Processing	9/30/2016
First Agency Review	11/30/2016
RID Resolution	12/21/2016
Secretariat Document Processing 2	2/28/2017
Final Agency Review	3/31/2017
RID Resolution	4/30/2017
First Prototype Development
Second Prototype Development
CMC Approval	6/30/2017
Total Time to Complete (in months)	18