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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Date: <SPAN
class=131580519-15022005> </SPAN><SPAN
class=131580519-15022005>15 February 2005</SPAN><BR>From:<SPAN
class=131580519-15022005> </SPAN>CCSDS
Rapporteur<BR>Subject:<SPAN class=131580519-15022005>
</SPAN>Announcement of Review Opportunity<BR></DIV></SPAN>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The following draft CCSDS
Recommend<SPAN class=131580519-15022005>ed Standard</SPAN> has been placed
on-line and is available for <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on"><SPAN class=131580519-15022005>formal
</SPAN></st1:PlaceName></st1:place>review:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">CCSDS 660.0-R-1.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black">XML
Telemetric and Command Exchange (XTCE)</SPAN>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Red Book<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Document Description:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This document contains the CCSDS
specification for XML Telemetric and Command Exchange (XTCE). As part of a
cooperative agreement with the Object Management Group (OMG), CCSDS proposes to
adopt by reference the OMG standard: <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 12pt 0in 0pt 1.25in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">XML Telemetric and Command Exchange
(XTCE) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.25in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Reference number: dtc/2005-01-04
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.25in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Version: 1.0 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.25in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Date: 20 Jan 2005
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 12pt 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">An electronic version of the XTCE
normative specification (an XML schema), under file name SpaceSystemV1.0.xsd, is
downloadable as a part of this specification.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The CCSDS 660.0-G-1, XML Telemetric and
Command Exchange (XTCE) Supporting Material (Green Book) and associated support
files <SPAN class=131580519-15022005>are </SPAN>made available for the
convenience of the reviewer.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The due date for submission of
comments to the CCSDS Secretariat is 2005-03-31.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
class=131580519-15022005>Review coordinators </SPAN>should plan
internal <SPAN class=131580519-15022005>Agency or organizational
</SPAN>reviews accordingly.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>More
information is available at the Web site identified below.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The review document in Portable
Document Format (.pdf), and associated review materials may be accessed at the
following location:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="http://public.ccsds.org/sites/cwe/rids/open.aspx">http://public.ccsds.org/sites/cwe/rids/open.aspx</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN> </P></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>Gary
Forrester</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>BTAS, Inc.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>CCSDS
Secretariat Support - NASA</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us><BR></SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>Phone: (931)
425-6475</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>Fax: (931)
425-6476</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT color=#000080>Email:</FONT>
</FONT><A href="mailto:gary.forrester@btas.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>gary.forrester@btas.com</FONT></A></DIV>
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