Projects

Overview
Project Title	XML Telemetric and Command Exchange (XTCE) Element Description
Approval
Document Number	660.1-G-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
Prototype 1	TBD
Prototype 1 Resources
Prototype 2	TBD
Prototype 2 Resources
Prototype 3
Prototype 3 Resources
Contribute	CNES, DLR, ESA, UKSA
Monitor Only	ASI, CSA, FSA, INPE, JAXA
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	1/1/2008
Project Start Date
Internal WG Review
First Draft Circulated to WG	11/30/2008
First Draft Comments Due	12/21/2008
Second draft circulated to WG	1/5/2009
Second Draft Comments Due	1/25/2009
Final WB Submitted to AD for Further Processing	2/8/2009
External Milestones
Secretariat Document Processing	2/15/2009
First Agency Review	4/9/2009
RID Resolution	7/22/2009
Secretariat Document Processing 2	7/29/2009
Final Agency Review	8/28/2009
RID Resolution	12/10/2009
First Prototype Development
Second Prototype Development
CMC Approval	12/23/2009	Published to CCSDS Publications Area
Total Time to Complete (in months)	1,298