NAVAIR INSTRUCTION 4120.11 From: Commander, Naval Air ...

NAVAIRINST 4120.11
Subj:
POLICY FOR PREPARATION AND STANDARDIZATION OF NAVAIR
INTERACTIVE ELECTRONIC TECHNICAL MANUALS (IETMS)
3. Policy.
a. References (a) through (d) established the goal of digital
operations as the method of choice for all acquisition
management and life cycle support information. To comply with
DoN requirements and NAVAIR CIO eXtensible Markup Language
(XML) policy, all NAVAIR technical manuals (TMs) shall be
acquired and authored in XML. NAVAIR recognizes three
available options that are compliant with references (a) and
(c). These are:
(1) MIL-STD-3001, Preparation of Digital Technical
Information for Multi-Output Presentation of Technical
Manuals
(2) International Standard for Technical Manuals, Aerospace
and Defense Industries Association of Europe (ASD) Spec
S1000D, International Specification for Technical
Publications Utilizing a Common Source Data Base.
(3) MIL-M-81310, Manuals, Technical: Airborne
Weapons/Stores Loading/Weapons Assembly/Support Equipment
Configuration.
b. Reference (d) recommends the use of the S1000D
specification for acquiring and converting technical manuals.
It should be the specification of choice for all ACAT I and II
programs. Program Managers shall review both it and MIL-STD-
3001 and make their decision based on a business case or
cost/benefit analysis. Enclosure (1) provides implementation
guidance for assistance in choosing the best alternative
standard. ACAT III and IV, or programs with major upgrades or
changes to technical manuals, may chose to utilize S1000D and
invest in business rule development to preclude the
requirement to convert in the future.
c. In order to satisfy fleet requirements for standardization
and to fully realize the benefits of IETMs, it is necessary to
reduce the variation in their creation. Towards this end,
enclosures (2) through (4) have been developed as acquisition
tools to enable more standardization in the IETM end products
delivered to the fleet customer.
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