Projects

Overview
Project Title	XML Telemetric and Command Exchange (XTCE) Element Description
Approval	Approved
Document Number	660.1
Charter	2.04 Spacecraft Monitoring and Control Working Group
Document Type	Green
Description of Document	This Informational Report provides a detailed description of the main elements of XTCE (XML Telemetric and Command Exchange). XTCE is an XML Schema for describing telemetry and telecommand database items for spacecraft monitoring and control. XTCE is used to facilitate the exchange of spacecraft telemetry and command databases between different organizations and systems during any mission phase. It is a nonproprietary format that avoids the need for customized import/export tools.
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
Resources
Book Editor	NASA
Book Editor Resources	2 MM
Prototype 1
Prototype 1 Resources
Prototype 2
Prototype 2 Resources
Prototype 3
Prototype 3 Resources
Contribute	NASA
Monitor Only	ESA
Resource Comments

Schedule

Legend for Schedule Milestones = Required for Orange Books = Required for Green Books = Required for Magenta Books = Required for Blue Books Note - Red Books are Draft Blue/Magenta Books Schedule Milestones	Original Completion Date (Date in M/D/YYYY format.)	Comments (Date in M/D/YYYY format.)
Project Approved	11/1/2018
Project Start Date	11/1/2018
Internal WG Review
First Draft Circulated to WG	2/1/2019
First Draft Comments Due	2/28/2019
Second draft circulated to WG	3/15/2019
Second Draft Comments Due	4/1/2019
Final WB Submitted to AD for Further Processing	4/30/2019
External Milestones
Secretariat Document Processing	5/31/2019
First Agency Review
RID Resolution
Secretariat Document Processing 2
Final Agency Review
RID Resolution
First Prototype Development
Second Prototype Development
CMC Approval	8/1/2019
Total Time to Complete (in months)	9