[CMC Alert] CCSDS Review of CCSDS 660.0-P-1.1, XML Telemetric and Command Exchange—Version 1.2

[CCSDS Rapporteur]

Control Number: RP 19-15

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

     CCSDS 660.0-P-1.1.  XML Telemetric and Command Exchange--
                         Version 1.2.  Pink Book.  Issue 1.1.  June 2019.

DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION:  The XML Telemetric and Command Exchange (XTCE) 
data specification provides an information model and data exchange 
format for telemetry and commanding in all phases of the a 
spacecraft, payload, and ground segment life cycle: system design, 
development, test, validation, and mission operations. The current 
draft CCSDS issue is version 1.2 of the specification as published by 
the Object Management Group (OMG) in January 2019.

Note: Review of this document is for approval to release the 
published OMG document verbatim as a cover-sheeted CCSDS Recommended 
Standard; no changes can be made to the OMG document. Review comments 
received as part of this CCSDS review will be forwarded to the OMG 
for consideration as part of a future revision of the OMG document.

The due date for receipt of Agency review comments by the Review 
Coordinator is 9 September 2019.  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.