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Subject:Re: [QUERY] Familiar with ANSI/IEEE standards? From:Beverly Parks <bparks -at- HUACHUCA-EMH1 -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL> Date:Tue, 29 Aug 1995 08:32:02 MST
Loren Castro <lfc -at- SOL -dot- CHINALAKE -dot- NAVY -dot- MIL> wrote-->
> I can't claim familiarity with these ANSI/IEEE standards yet, but I think they
> are worthwhile if only because they are likely to become the standards that
the
> government uses in a couple of years. As Bev Parks pointed out some time ago,
> the current DOD standard for software documentation, MIL-STD-498, was issued
> only as a temporary replacement for the much maligned DOD-STD-2167A. As I
> understand it, MIL-STD-498 is meant to disappear in a couple of years and be
> replaced by the ANSI/IEEE standards. Comments, Bev?
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Loren,
Gosh, I'm just reading this today (Tues, 29 Aug)...I see that
it is almost a week old! I was on leave Fri and Mon; hope you didn't
think I was ingnoring you. :)
I don't have any new information on MIL-STD-498, but what I do
have doesn't mention anything about it being temporary! The Dec
94 issue of NetFocus (the newsletter of the Software Program
Managers Network) states "Heralding a new age of DoD software
development, MIL-STD-498 represents the culmination of a 15 year
joint effort by DoD and industry." I would certainly hope that a
15-year effort wouldn't culminate in a temporary document!
The only reference I have to other standards in relation to
MIL-STD-498 is from the same newsletter: "MIL-STD-498 also
defines the DOD specific envelope which will ultimately include
ISO 12207 and 9001."
Aside from the fact that the newsletter editor can't seem to
decide whether to abbreviate Department of Defense as DoD or
DOD, I see no reason to doubt anything contained in the
newsletter.
BTW, DOD is the correct abbreviation. :)
=*= Beverly Parks -- bparks -at- huachuca-emh1 -dot- army -dot- mil =*=
=*= Huachuca : That's pronounced "wah-CHEW-ka" =*=
=*= "Unless otherwise stated, all comments are my own. =*=
=*= I am not representing my employer in any way." =*=
