MIL-DTL-87269D
APPENDIX A
IETM DATABASE TECHNICAL MANUAL
TAGGED LANGUAGE TOOL SUBSET
A.1 SCOPE.
A.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) provided by the AF Technical Manual
Speciications and Standards (TMSS)
activity (see A.2). This appendix is a mandatory part of this detail
speciication. The information herein
is intended for compliance.
A.1.2 Template Tool. The Document Type Deinition (DTD) is the primary tool that is used as a template
for authoring AF TMs and is based on rules outlined in MIL-PRF-28001 and ISO 8879. See A.2.1 for
information about the DTD speciied for this appendix subset.
A.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 web site. For information
about the current status of DSS tools, see A.3.4.
A.2.1 DTD. The DTD provides the structure and content template in accordance with the content speciic
requirements of this speciication. To be delivered digitally, the TM shall 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 in SGML to Extensible Markup
Language (XML), if directed by the acquiring activity.
A.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.
A.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, attribute descriptions unique to the element, and entities.
A.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.
A.3 OBTAINING DSS TOOLS.
A.3.1 Obtaining iles by users with .mil web site access. The following applies to those interested in
obtaining DSS component iles who are on a .mil internet domain, having .mil web address access.
A.3.1.1 AF TMSS web site. DTDs, TDTs, and other iles in the DSS can be accessed at the TMSS web
site at https://techdata.wpafb.af.mil/tmss/index.html. On the web page, the "Baseline" menu option in the left
pane contains three bulleted options called "Speciications", "Standards", and "Handbooks". Hover the
cursor over "Speciications" and a listing of the TMSS speciications will appear. Hover over the desired
speciication number and another drop down list will appear that contains an entry indicating the PDF
version of the speciication and other entries for the associated appendices. To obtain the preferred subset
DTD, select the desired appendix from the list. The following items will appear on the downloading page:
The name of the speciication, the appendix number and name, the current version of the DSS, buttons to
download speciic DSS iles provided and a "Download" button to download the entire DSS zip ile.
A.3.2 Obtaining iles by users with a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) certiicate or a Common Access Card
(CAC). The following applies to those interested in obtaining DSS component iles who have a PKI certiicate
or a CAC (see https://iase.disa.mil/pki-pke/index.html for information on PKI and CAC access requirements).
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