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

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Green Bullet = Required for Green Books
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Note - Red Books are Draft Blue/Magenta Books

Schedule Milestones
Orange BookGreen BookMagenta BookBlue Book
Original Completion Date
(Date in M/D/YYYY format.)
Estimated Completion Date
(Date in M/D/YYYY format.)
Actual Completion Date
(Date in M/D/YYYY format.)
Comments
(Date in M/D/YYYY format.)
Project ApprovedOrange BulletGreen BulletMagenta BulletBlue Bullet1/1/20081/1/20081/1/2008
Project Start DateOrange BulletGreen BulletMagenta BulletBlue Bullet
Internal WG Review
First Draft Circulated to WGOrange BulletGreen BulletMagenta BulletBlue Bullet11/30/200811/10/200811/10/2008
First Draft Comments DueOrange BulletGreen BulletMagenta BulletBlue Bullet12/21/200812/1/200812/1/2008
Second draft circulated to WGOrange BulletGreen BulletMagenta BulletBlue Bullet1/5/200912/15/200812/15/2008
Second Draft Comments DueOrange BulletGreen BulletMagenta BulletBlue Bullet1/25/200912/31/201012/31/2010
Final WB Submitted to AD for Further ProcessingOrange BulletGreen BulletMagenta BulletBlue Bullet2/8/200911/30/201111/30/2011
External Milestones
Secretariat Document ProcessingOrange BulletGreen BulletMagenta BulletBlue Bullet2/15/20092/15/20092/15/2009
First Agency ReviewMagenta BulletBlue Bullet4/9/20094/18/20124/18/2012
RID ResolutionMagenta BulletBlue Bullet7/22/2009
Secretariat Document Processing 2Magenta BulletBlue Bullet7/29/2009
Final Agency ReviewMagenta BulletBlue Bullet8/28/2009
RID ResolutionMagenta BulletBlue Bullet12/10/2009
First Prototype DevelopmentBlue Bullet
Second Prototype DevelopmentBlue Bullet
CMC ApprovalOrange BulletGreen BulletMagenta BulletBlue Bullet12/23/20095/18/20126/13/2012Published to CCSDS Publications Area
Total Time to Complete
(in months)
1,298
1,326
Attachments
Version: 69.0
Created at 11/23/2008 10:03 AM by Merri Mario
Last modified at 12/2/2013 5:04 PM by CCSDS Tech Support