ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 13527 First edition 2010-09-15 Space data and information transfer systems XML formatted data unit (XFDU) structure and construction rules Systemes de transfert des informations et donnees spatiales - Structure des unités de données formatées XML (XFDU) et regles de construction Reference number ISO 13527:2010(E) @ISO 2010 py IHS under lic ted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 13527:2010(E) PDF disclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In downloading this file, parties accept therein the responsibility of not infringing Adobe's licensing policy. The IsO Central Secretariat accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by IsO member bodies. In the unlikely event that a problem relating to it is found, please inform the Central Secretariat at the address given below COPYRIGHT PROTECTED DOCUMENT @ISO2010 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, isO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 . CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ ISO 2010 - All rights reserved py IHS unde I without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 13527:2010(E) Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (IsO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through IsO non-governmental, in liaison with isO, also take part in the work. isO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEc Directives, Part 2. The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. rights. IsO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. of this International Standard) by Technical Committee ISO/TC 20, Aircraft and space vehicles, Subcommittee Sc 13, Space data and information transfer systems. ii aadizao No reproductic neworkingmitedwithout licenefrmH Not for Resale INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 13527:2010(E) Space data and information transfer systems XML formatted data unit (XFDU) structure and construction rules 1 Scope This International Standard defines how the packaging of data and metadata, including software, can be put into a single package (e.g. file or message) in order to facilitate information transfer and archiving. This International Standard also provides a detailed specification of core packaging structures and which can be implemented to demonstrate practical, near-term results. This International Standard is applicable to the entire space informatics domain, from operational messaging to interfacing with science archives. 2 Requirements Requirements are the technical recommendations made in the following publication (reproduced on the following pages), which is adopted as an International Standard: CCSDS 661.0-B-1, September 2008, XML formatted data unit (XFDU) structure and construction rules For the purposes of international standardization, the