MIL-STD-2361 Digital Publications DevelopmentThis standard establishes the Extensible Markup Language XML requirements for digital development, acquisition, and delivery of Army administrative and technical and equipment publications. The requirements for technical and equipment publications include the development, acquisition, and delivery requirements for Electronic and Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals ETM/IETM. Further, this standard establishes the Standard Generalized Markup Language SGML requirements for digital development, acquisition, and delivery of Army training and doctrine publications. Designated appendices of this standard contain references to, and access instructions for, the Document Type Definitions DTD and Tag Description Lists for the development of Army publications in conjunction with the respective functional requirements documents. Data prepared in conformance to these requirements will facilitate the automated storage, retrieval, interchange, and processing of publications from heterogeneous data sources.

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MIL-STD-2361C

FOREWORD

1.   This  standard  is  approved  for  use  by  the  Department  of  the  Army  and  is  available  for  use  by  all

Departments   and   Agencies   of  the   Department   of   Defense.

2.   MIL-STD-2361  established  the  Standard  Generalized  Markup  Language  (SGML)  and  the  Extensible Markup  Language  (XML)  requirements  for  use  in  Army  digital  publications.   Within  the  standard,  Army publications  SGML/XML  requirements  are  separated  by  publication  types.   There  are  specifed  sections for  administrative  publications,   training  and  doctrine  publications,   technical  and  equipment  publications and  Global  Combat  Support  System-Army  (GCSS-A).  This  new  publication  of  the  standard  contains  the XML  requirements  for  Technical  Manuals  (TM)  developed  in  accordance  with  the  functional  requirements

contained  in  MIL-STD-40051-1  and  -2,  GCSS-A  collection  and  reporting  of  maintenance  data  developed  in accordance  with  MIL-STD-3008,  and  administrative  publications  developed  in  accordance  with  AR  25-30. The  XML  requirements  are  applicable  for  the  development,  acquisition,  and  delivery  of  Electronic  and Interactive  Electronic  Publications  (EP/IEP)  such  as  Electronic  and  Interactive  Electronic  Technical  Manuals (ETM/IETM).  The  previous  SGML  for  training  and  doctrine  publications  functional  requirements,  developed in  accordance  with  TRADOC  Reg  350-70  and  TRADOC  Reg  25-36,  remain  unchanged.  Specifc  Interactive Multimedia  Instruction  (IMI)  functionality  is  currently  contained  in  MIL-PRF-29612,   The  Development

and  Acquisition  of  Training  Data  Products  and  TRADOC  Reg  350-70,   Systems  Approach  to  Training

Management,   Processes,   and   Products.

3.   MIL-STD-2361  is  a  product-oriented  interface  standard  that  addresses  SGML  and  XML  application  to functional  requirements  set  forth  in  Government  functional  requirements  standards  and  specifcations.   This standard  establishes  the  requirements  for  developing  SGML  and  XML  publications  in  accordance  with  the various  Army  functional  requirements,  standards,  and  specifcations.   MIL-STD-2361  has  evolved  from  a hierarchy  of  acquisition  and  development  documents,  ranging  from  policy  documents,  such  as  Department  of Defense  Instruction  DoDI  5000.1,  Defense  Acquisition,  through  MIL-PRF-28001,  Markup  Requirements  and Generic  Style  Specifcation  for  Electronic  Printed  Output  and  Exchange  of  Text.  Throughout  the  development of  MIL-STD-2361,  the  primary  focus  and  consideration  has  been  to  ensure  compliance  with  existing  DoD, Army,   and   international   policy   and   requirements.

4.   MIL-HDBK-2361,   Implementation   Guidance   for   Digital   Publications   Development,   provides implementation  guidance  for  MIL-STD-2361.   MIL-HDBK-1222,  Guide  to  the  General  Style  and  Format  of U.S.  Army  Work  Package  Technical  Manuals  provides  implementation  guidance  for  MIL-STD-40051-1

and  -2.   DA  PAM  25-40,   Army  Publishing:   Action  Offcers  Guide,   provides  implementation  guidance for   AR   25-30,   The   Army   Publishing   Program.

5.   Comments,  suggestions,  or  questions  should  be  addressed  to  Director,  Army  Publishing  Directorate (APD),  ATTN:  JDSO-PAT-S  Hoffman  Building  1,  2461  Eisenhower  Avenue,  Alexandria,  VA  22331-0302,  or emailed  to  apd-standards@monmouth.com.   Since  contact  information  can  change,  you  may  want  to  verify the  currency  of  this  address  information  using  the  ASSIST  Online  database  at  http://dodssp.daps.dla.mil/.