[CMC Alert] CCSDS Review of CCSDS 651.1-R-1, Producer-Archive Interface Specification (PAIS)

[CCSDS Rapporteur]

Control Number: RP 12-01

The following draft CCSDS Recommended Standard has been placed on 
line for CCSDS Agency review:

        CCSDS 651.1-R-1.  Producer-Archive Interface Specification
                          (PAIS).  Red Book.  February 2012.

DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION:  This draft Recommended Standard provides the 
abstract syntax and an XML implementation of descriptions of data to 
be sent to an archive. These descriptions are negotiated agreements 
between the data Producer and the Archive that facilitate production 
of agreed data by the Producer and validation of received data by the 
Archive. This draft Recommended Standard includes an abstract syntax 
for describing how these data will be aggregated into packages for 
transmission and one concrete implementation for the packages based 
on the XML Formatted Data Unit (XFDU) standard. This will fulfill 
parts of the process defined in the Producer Archive Ingest 
Methodology Abstract Standard (PAIMAS).

The due date for receipt of Agency review comments by the Review 
Coordinator is 2012-4-6.  More information is available at the Web 
site identified below.

The review document, in Portable Document Format (PDF), and 
associated review materials are available for downloading at the 
following location:

      http://public.ccsds.org/review/

REMINDER:  Agency Heads of Delegation are to make their own 
arrangements for review participation by their Agency-sponsored Associates.

NOTE: Per CMC Action Item CMC-A-2007-10-05, agency reviewers are 
reminded to review for compliance with the CCSDS Publications Manual 
as well as technical content.