Standards Under Development with GSFC Participation - Data Standards

The Data Systems Standards Manager (DSSM), Code 450, is responsible for the development and recommendation of Data Systems Standards. The DSSM is a standing member of the Standards Review Committee and reports to the GSFC Technical Standards Coordinator.

Data standards under development with GSFC participation are organized under the following topics. If you have an interest in the described efforts, please contact the DSSM or the GSFC-affiliated individuals identified below with the standard for additional information about these efforts.

1. Communication standards
   Ground to space, space to ground, space to space, and ground to ground. These standards address the protocols used to move data from point a to point b. These also include data delivery services and protocols, and the management of such services.
   
   (For information contact: Data Systems Standards Manager (DSSM))
   
   
   1. Radio-Frequency
   2. Data Protocols
   (Several Draft and Final CCSDS and ISO Standards)
   
   
   
2. Data representation and packaging standards
   These include descriptions of formats, methods for expressing the meaning of data, and methods for packaging data.
   
   (For information contact: Lou Reich, or John Garrett)
   
   
   • XML Formatted Data Unit (XFDU) Specification, CCSDS 661.0-R-1 and ISO 2xxxx
     (CCSDS and ISO Standards)
     (Final CCSDS Standard expected 4th Quarter 2007)
     (Final ISO Standard expected 2nd Quarter 2008)
     
     
     
   • (Several additional CCSDS and ISO Standards already exist in this area)
     
     
     
3. Data archiving and preservation standards
   These include processes and formats for the long term preservation of information.
   
   Lou Reich, or John Garrett)
   
   
   • Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS), CCSDS 650.0-B-1 and ISO 14721
     (CCSDS and ISO Standards)
     (Update effort beginning 4th Quarter 2007)
     
     
     
   • Producer-Archive Ingest Methodology Abstract Standard (PAIMAS), CCSDS 651.0-B-1 and ISO 20652
     (CCSDS and ISO Standards)
     
     
     
   • Producer-Archive Ingest Specification (PAIS)
     (Internal CCSDS Draft)
     (Public Review Draft expected 4th Quarter 2007)
     
     
     
   • Registry Audit and Certification
     (Internal CCSDS Draft based on Research Library Group (RLG) and US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) guidelines)
     
     
     
   • XML Telemetric and Command Exchange (XTCE), CCSDS 660.0-R-2 and ISO 2xxxx
     (Draft CCSDS, OMG and ISO Standards)
     (Final CCSDS Standard expected 4th Quarter 2007)
     
     
     
   
   
   
4. Media Formats
   
   • File Level Metadata
     (AIIM)
     (Ben Kobler)