Proposed Draft Military Handbook Presenting Requirements for an Electronic Display System (EDS) for Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMS)
Abstract
The report summarizes recent activities in the Department of Defense and in the US Navy, Army, and Air Force to establish Service use of Interactive Electronic Manuals (IETMs) as replacements for paper Technical Manuals for logistics support of military equipment. The IETM concept is described, and an overview is provided of five IETM acquisition Specifications and Military Handbooks developed by the Tri-Service Interactive Electronic Technical Manual Working Group established in 1989 by the Defense Quality and Standardization Office. One of these five draft documents, MIL-HDBK-EDS (Navy), Electronic Display System (EDS) for Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMS), 1 Jun 1990, is described and presented. The primary purpose of the EDS is to provide a fully interactive display of the IETM Technical Information. It describes the four major components of the EDS and characterizes the role of each with respect to the EDS architecture and to the IETM system as a whole. It introduces four types of requirements which must be specified in detail by an Acquisition Manager in acquiring an Electronic Delivery system: (1) Hardware Requirements; (2) Software Requirements; (3) Environmental Requirements; and (4) User- Interaction Requirements. A copy of MIL-HDBK-EDS (Navy) is included in this report as the Appendix.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA227526
Entities
People
- Eric L. Jorgensen
- Joseph J. Fuller
- Samuel C. Rainey