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IC Technical Specifications
XML Data Encoding Specification for Data Element Definition
Overview
This XML Data Encoding Specification for Data Element Definition (DED.XML) defines detailed implementation guidance for using XML to encode Data Element Definitions (DED) data. This Data Encoding Specification (DES) defines the XML elements and attributes, associated structures and relationships, mandatory and cardinality requirements, and permissible values for representing DED data concepts using XML. The exchange of DED across the Enterprise is critical to creating a common understanding of data fields and structures.
This specification is maintained by the IC Chief Information Officer via the Data Standards Coordination Activity (DSCA) and Common Metadata Standards Tiger Team (CMSTT).
Technical Specification Downloads
Latest Approved Public Release:
- XML Data Encoding Specification for Data Element Definition (V2019-MAR - Standalone Package)
- XML Data Encoding Specification for Data Element Definition (V2019-MAR - Convenience Package)
- XML Data Encoding Specification for Data Element Definition (V2019-MAR - Light Package)
Mission Requirements
Information sharing with the national intelligence enterprise is increasingly dependent on the exchange of information about an exchange format. Systems, users, and developers all need a more consistent machine processable format for exchanging information describing data. This specification is a reaction to that need. Both enterprise needs and requirements for this specification can be found in the following policies and implementation guidance:
- 500 Series:
- Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 500, Director Of National Intelligence Chief Information Officer
- Intelligence Community Standard (ICS) 500-20, IC Enterprise Standards Compliance
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IC Technical Specifications
Whitelist Guidance for ISM
Overview
This Whitelist Guidance for ISM (Whitelist.XML) provides guidance on the use of a whitelist to prevent the ingestion of unauthorized documents by testing XML Data Encoding Specification for Information Security Markings (ISM.XML) markings.
Whitelisting is the process of identifying attributes that are recognized and supported; if an attribute on a document does not exist in the whitelist configuration file, then the document will fail business rule validation. Whitelisting is preferred to blacklisting because it can protect a system against ingesting documents with new markings that could possibly result in a data spill.
This specification is maintained by the IC Chief Information Officer via the Data Standards Coordination Activity (DSCA) and Common Metadata Standards Tiger Team (CMSTT).
Technical Specification Downloads
Latest Approved Public Release:
- Whitelist Guidance for ISM (V2019-MAR - Standalone Package)
- Whitelist Guidance for ISM (V2019-MAR - Convenience Package)
- Whitelist Guidance for ISM (V2019-MAR - Light Package)
Mission Requirements
The IC CIO funds and oversees a number of critical enabling projects to allow interagency access control, automated exchanges, and appropriate protection of shared intelligence. Information sharing within the national intelligence enterprise will increasingly rely on information assurance metadata including information security markings, enterprise data headers, and determination of an individual's need-to-know. A successful information sharing enterprise depends on the ability of the data creator and/or providers to specify the means by which need-to-know can be established in a manner to facilitate discovery and access via automated means.
This document provides general and prescriptive guidance for the use of whitelisting to validate that a system is authorized to handle ISM.XML markings on a given XML document.
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IC Technical Specifications
XML DES Encoding Specification for Analysis Assertion
Overview
This XML Data Encoding Specification for Analysis Assertion (ANLYS.XML) defines detailed implementation guidance for using XML to encode ANLYS data. This Data Encoding Specification (DES) defines the XML elements and attributes, associated structures and relationships, mandatory and cardinality requirements, and permissible values for representing ANLYS data assertion concepts using XML within the use of a Trusted Data Format (TDF) Object.
This specification is maintained by the IC Chief Information Officer via the Data Standards Coordination Activity (DSCA) and Common Metadata Standards Tiger Team (CMSTT).
Technical Specification Downloads
Latest Approved Public Release:
- XML Data Encoding Specification for Analysis Assertion (V2021-NOV - Standalone Package)
- XML Data Encoding Specification for Analysis Assertion (V2021-NOV - Convenience Package)
- XML Data Encoding Specification for Analysis Assertion (V2021-NOV - Light Package)
Mission Requirements
This DES is designed to fulfill a number of requirements in support of the transformational efforts of the IC. These requirements include:
- The need to provide a way to capture analytical information such as analysis of digital hazardous materials or cross domain transfers.
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XML Data Encoding Specifications for Production Metrics Assertion
Overview
This XML Data Encoding Specification for Production Metrics Assertion (PMA.XML) defines detailed implementation guidance for using Extensible Markup Language (XML) to encode PMA data. This Data Encoding Specification (DES) defines the XML elements and attributes, associated structures and relationships, mandatory and cardinality requirements, and permissible values for representing PMA data assertion concepts using XML within the use of a Trusted Data Format (TDF) Object or Collection.
This specification is maintained by the IC Chief Information Officer via the Data Standards Coordination Activity (DSCA) and Common Metadata Standards Tiger Team (CMSTT).
Technical Specification Downloads
Latest Approved Public Release:
- XML Data Encoding Specifications for Production Metrics Assertion (V2019-MARr2019-SEP - Standalone Package)
- XML Data Encoding Specifications for Production Metrics Assertion (V2019-MARr2019-SEP - Convenience Package)
- XML Data Encoding Specifications for Production Metrics Assertion (V2019-MARr2019-SEP - Light Package)
Mission Requirements
This DES is designed to fulfill a number of requirements in support of the transformational efforts of the IC. These requirements include:
- Capturing one or more Production Metrics where each of them captures the Actor (who), Subject (what), and optional Location (where) to provide intelligence producers the ability to more accurately track funding for DDII intelligence gathering.
- Capturing one or more Production Metrics where each of them captures the Actor (who), Subject (what), and optional Location (where) to enable intelligence producers to mark data in a way that improves DDII's ability to measure collected information.
Both enterprise needs and requirements for this specification can be found in the following policies and implementation guidance:
500 Series:
- Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 500, Director Of National Intelligence Chief Information Officer
- ICD 501, Discovery and Dissemination or Retrieval of Information within the IC
- Intelligence Community Standard (ICS) 500-20, IC Enterprise Standards Compliance
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IC Technical Specifications
XML DES Encoding Specification for DigitalHazMat TDF
Overview
This XML Data Encoding Specification for DigitalHazMat TDF (DHZM-TDF.XML) defines detailed implementation guidance for using Extensible Markup Language (XML) to encode DHZM-TDF data. This Data Encoding Specification (DES) defines the XML elements and attributes, associated structures and relationships, mandatory and cardinality requirements, and permissible values for representing trusted data format data concepts using XML within the use of a Trusted Data Format (TDF) Object. It is a profile of XML Data Encoding Specification for Trusted Data Format IC-TDF.XML that is suitable for use by commercial entities in an unclassified uncaveated environment while maintaining the ability to become a full IC-TDF.XML TDF on networks that require it.
This specification is maintained by the IC Chief Information Officer via the Data Standards Coordination Activity (DSCA) and Common Metadata Standards Tiger Team (CMSTT).
Technical Specification Downloads
Latest Approved Public Release:
- XML Data Encoding Specification for DigitalHazMat TDF (V2021-NOV - Standalone Package)
- XML Data Encoding Specification for DigitalHazMat TDF (V2021-NOV - Convenience Package)
- XML Data Encoding Specification for DigitalHazMat TDF (V2021-NOV - Light Package)
Mission Requirements
This DES is designed to fulfill a number of requirements in support of the transformational efforts of the IC. These requirements include:
- The need for a minimized profile of TDF for commercial entity use in unclassified uncaveated environments.
- The need to provide non-repudiation, obfuscation, and secure cross domain transfer of digital hazmat across the various domains in the enterprise for provenance and analysis.