The Department of Defense mandates the use of MIMOSA Standards
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., May 15, 2006 — MIMOSA standards were inserted as mandated
standards in the Department of Defense (DoD) Information Technology Standards Registry
(DISR) Baseline Release 06-1.0 on 21 February 2006.
Mandated standards are standards deemed essential for providing interoperability and net centric
services across the DoD enterprise. They are the minimum set of standards for the acquisition
of all DoD systems that produce, use, or exchange information and, when implemented,
facilitate the flow of information to the warfighter. These standards are mandated for the
management, development, and acquisition of new or improved systems throughout the DoD.
"Insertion of the MIMOSA standards into the Defense Information Standards Registry as
mandated standards further supports the DoD mandate to utilize open, industry developed
standards," said Dr. William Craig, Director of the Software Engineering Directorate (SED),
U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center .
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) performs communications, combat support
computing, information assurance, joint command and control, and joint interoperability support
core mission areas. These core missions provide integrated command, control, communications,
and computing warfighting capabilities in support of the President, the Secretary of
Defense, and other Department of Defense components in peace and at war. In support of
these missions, DISA maintains the DISR.
The SED has established a MIMOSA Center of Excellence to assist DoD organizations in the
implementation of the MIMOSA standards. The Center will model, describe, transfer, store, and
provide query-response services for DoD MIMOSA data and information. SED personnel are
also playing key roles in organizing the OpenO&M™ Military Joint Working Group, which
provides a collaborative forum to help enable standards-based interoperability in the Joint Military
Services.
"This is an important Milestone for MIMOSA adoption in the U. S. military services. The MIMOSA
open standards enable platform and vendor neutral platform information management
solutions in support of Joint Focused Logistics and I look forward to continuing collaboration
with SED in the OpenO&M™ Military Working Group,” said Alan T. Johnston, MIMOSA
President.
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