Should S1000D Be Required by the Department of Defense?
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View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Calhoun, Institutional Archive of the Naval Postgraduate School Calhoun: The NPS Institutional Archive Reports and Technical Reports All Technical Reports Collection 2010 Should S1000D be required by the Department of Defense? Blais, Curtis L. Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School http://hdl.handle.net/10945/823 NPS-MV-10-002 NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA Should S1000D be Required by the Department of Defense? by Curtis L. Blais, John S. Falby and Michael E. McCauley 27 August 2010 Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited Prepared for: Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness 1901 N. Beauregard Street, Suite 600 Alexandria, VA 22311 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL Monterey, California 93943-5000 Daniel T. Oliver Leonard A. Ferrari President Executive Vice President and Provost This report was prepared for, and funded by, the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. Reproduction of all or part of this report is authorized. This report was prepared by: _______________________ ______________________ ______________________ Curt L. Blais John S. Falby Michael E. McCauley Research Associate Senior Lecturer Research Professor Modeling, Virtual Department of Department of Environments and Simulation Computer Science Operations Research (MOVES) Institute Naval Postgraduate School Naval Postgraduate School Naval Postgraduate School Reviewed by: _______________________ Joseph A. 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Respondents should be aware that notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if it does not display a currently valid OMB control number. PLEASE DO NOT RETURN YOUR FORM TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS. 1. REPORT DATE 2. REPORT TYPE 3. DATES COVERED (From - To) 27-08-2010 Technical Report Oct 2009 - May 2010 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE 5a. CONTRACT NUMBER Should S1000D be Required by the Department of Defense? XJ9H5R9XT376MP 5b. GRANT NUMBER 5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER 6. AUTHOR(S) 5d. PROJECT NUMBER Blais, Curt L. Falby, John S. 5e. TASK NUMBER McCauley, Michael E. 5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION Naval Postgraduate School REPORT NUMBER Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation (MOVES) NPS-MV-10-002 Institute 700 Dyer Road, Watkins Extension Room 265 Monterey, CA 93943-5001 9. SPONSORING / MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 10. SPONSOR/MONITOR’S ACRONYM(S) Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for OUSD (P&R) Personnel and Readiness 11. SPONSOR/MONITOR’S REPORT 1901 N. Beauregard Street, Suite 600 NUMBER(S) Alexandria, VA 22311 12. DISTRIBUTION / AVAILABILITY STATEMENT Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited 13. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES 14. ABSTRACT The purpose of this analysis was to determine whether S1000D, an international specification for technical publications, should be required in Department of Defense (DoD) acquisitions. Based on the information and opinions gathered from nearly 200 participants in the study, we conclude that S1000D should be a required standard for technical publications across the DoD. This action should be taken in conjunction with a program to implement, transition, and promote its success. This program would include a set of critical provisions for DoD to: (1) manage/govern the use of the standard; (2) promote the use of the standard; (3) support adoption and evolution of the standard; and (4) establish and enforce use of the standard. 15. SUBJECT TERMS S1000D, technical publication specification, common source database, DoD aquisitions 16. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF: 17. LIMITATION 18. NUMBER 19a. NAME OF RESPONSIBLE PERSON OF ABSTRACT OF PAGES Michael McCauley a. REPORT b. ABSTRACT c. THIS PAGE 19b. TELEPHONE NUMBER (include area code) SAR U U U (831) 656-2191 Standard Form 298 (Rev . 8-98) Prescribed by ANSI Std. Z39.18 i THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ii ABSTRACT The purpose of this analysis was to determine whether S1000D, an international specification for technical publications, should be required in Department of Defense (DoD) acquisitions. Based on the information and opinions gathered from nearly 200 participants in the study, we conclude that S1000D should be a required standard for technical publications across the DoD. This action should be taken in conjunction with a program to implement, transition, and promote its success. This program would include a set of critical provisions for DoD to: (1) manage/govern the use of the standard; (2) promote the use of the standard; (3) support adoption and evolution of the standard; and (4) establish and enforce use of the standard. iii THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK iv TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................1 A. PURPOSE.........................................................................................................1 B. BACKGROUND ..............................................................................................1 II. TECHNICAL OVERVIEW OF S1000D...................................................................5 A. STRUCTURED DATA....................................................................................5 B. DATA MODULES...........................................................................................6 C. SOFTWARE TOOLS......................................................................................9 D. BUSINESS RULES..........................................................................................9 E. S1000D GOVERNANCE...............................................................................12 1. S1000D Sponsors................................................................................12 2. S1000D Council ..................................................................................13 3. Working Groups and Task Teams ...................................................14 III. METHODS .................................................................................................................15 A. OVERVIEW...................................................................................................15 B. STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS...................................................................15 C. SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE ......................................................................17 IV. STRUCTURED INTERVIEW RESULTS..............................................................19 A. SAMPLE SIZE...............................................................................................19 B. RESULTS .......................................................................................................19 1. Benefits................................................................................................19 2. Challenges and Issues ........................................................................24 3. Should S1000D be a DoD Requirement? .........................................27 4. DoD Actions Needed to Promote Successful Implementation of S1000D ................................................................................................30 V. QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY RESULTS...............................................................35 A. SAMPLE SIZE AND SOURCE ...................................................................35 B. RESULTS .......................................................................................................36 1. Benefits................................................................................................36 2. Key Question: Should S1000D be Required?..................................36 3. Potential Drawbacks..........................................................................38 4. Contributing Activities by DoD ........................................................38 VI. RECOMMENDATIONS...........................................................................................41 REFERENCES .....................................................................................................................43 APPENDIX A - STRUCTURED INTERVIEW .................................................................45 APPENDIX B - QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY ..................................................................51 APPENDIX C - ADDITIONAL EXCERPTS FROM THE STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS............................................................................................................55