Data-sharing standard established

April 15, 2004

	The Defense Department and defense agencies from several other countries have developed a standard for documenting and sharing configuration information about large systems.

The Defense Department and defense agencies from several other countries have developed a standard for documenting and sharing configuration information about large systems.

Military services and contractors can use the standard to maintain up-to-date descriptions of how large items, such as weapons systems are configured throughout their life cycles.

The Product Life Cycle Support Technical Committee of the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards developed the standard, known as the PLCS ISO Standard.

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&#009;The Defense Department and defense agencies from several other countries have developed a standard for documenting and sharing configuration information about large systems.

The Defense Department and defense agencies from several other countries have developed a standard for documenting and sharing configuration information about large systems.