MIL-DTL-5096G
APPENDIX D
WORK CARDS
TAGGED LANGUAGE TOOLS
D.1 SCOPE.
D.1.1 Scope. This appendix describes the standard Air Force (AF) tagged language digital tools created
for developing and delivering AF Technical Manuals (TMs). These tools are available as subsets in the
Digital Support Suites (DSS) (see D.2) provided by the AF Technical Manual Speciications and Standards
(TMSS) activity. This appendix is a mandatory part of this detail speciication. The information herein
is intended for compliance.
D.1.2 Document Type Deinition (DTD). The DTD is the primary tool that is used as the structure
for authoring AF TMs and is based on rules outlined in MIL-HDBK-28001 and ISO 8879. See D.2.1
for information about the DTD speciied for this appendix subset.
D.2 DSS.
The DSS is comprised of the following tools for authoring and rendering the TM. See A.3 for information
about obtaining DSS component iles in digital format through the TMSS activity website. For information
about the current status of DSS tools, see A.3.3.
D.2.1 DTD. The DTD provides the structure for the content in accordance with the content speciic
requirements of this speciication. To be delivered digitally, the TM will be tagged using the applicable
DTD provided through the TMSS activity. DTDs are furnished in Standardized General Markup Language
(SGML); however, this does not preclude converting TMs authored as SGML instances to Extensible Markup
Language (XML), if directed by the acquiring activity.
D.2.2 Formatted Output Speciication Instance (FOSI). The FOSI provides formatting for each element of
an SGML tagged instance for rendering as a page-oriented document. It contains formatting information that
conforms to the content speciic requirements of this speciication. It should be noted that the FOSIs
offered by the TMSS activity are written to be used with a speciic document composition engine, i.e., DL
ComposerTM, available for use on the AF JCALS.
D.2.3 Tag Description Table (TDT). The TDT provides detailed descriptions of the elements contained in
the DTD. The TDT contains the element tagging structure, parent elements, full element name, source
paragraph for this speciication, attribute descriptions unique to the element, and entities.
D.2.4 OmniMarkTM. OmniMarkTM is a text processing language that is used by TMSS to allow authors to
auto-generate redundant material that may be dificult to tag manually. DSSs contain OmimarkTM scripts
designed for use on the AF JCALS.
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