The Command, Control, Communications, and Computer (C4)
Systems Directorate (J6) of the United
States Defense Department's Joint Staff has issued a
Request For Information (RFI)/Sources Sought Notice (SS)
(solicitation number: DASW01-RFI 03-01-02) seeking to "find
possible XML applications to interoperability among command
and control (C2) national security systems".
The document states that the C4 Systems
Directorate:
wishes to exploit the
maximum potential offered by the Extensible Markup
Language to enhance the interoperability of command and
control (C2) national security systems. Respondents are
invited to propose strategies, products and services to
achieve C2 systems interoperability through the use of
XML. In addition, respondents are invited to comment on
the effect of the government specifying the use of XML as
a general-purpose exchange mechanism for non-near-real
time information exchange.
The document requests that comments be submitted via
e-mail, as an attachment in Microsoft Word format (Word
2000 or earlier), to Charles Schaffer <charles.schaffer@js.pentagon.mil>,
or to the following postal address:
Defense Contracting Command-Washington (DCC-W)
ATTN: Policy and Compliance
5200 Army Pentagon, Room 1D245
Washington, DC 20310-5200