This Navy Military Specification provides a uniform set of data elements necessary to track and control information in Navy technical publications at the master library level. The Specification provides a schema to index technical publications and to interchange indexed technical publications between contractors, Navy technical data repositories, and the Navy user community. This Specification is applicable to technical publications, which have either been converted to digital format through scanning of existing publications or created directly on an automated document processing system (i.e. word processor, authoring system). The Specification defines a logical file structure which will permit interchange by magnetic tape, diskette, or optical media. The basic requirement is that the interchange medium support a file structure.

This Specification is applicable to the following class of technical data:

Class I - Technical publications and technical manuals including change pages Beneficial comments (recommendations, additions, deletions) and any pertinent data which may be of use in improving this document should be addressed to: SPAWAR Technical Data Center, Naval Electronic Systems Engineering Center (Code 750), P.O. Box 55, Portsmouth, VA 23705-0055. Use the form provided in the rear of this specification.

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DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A:  Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.