DI-CMAN-81588A, DATA ITEM DESCRIPTION CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT DATA INTERFACE TRANSACTIONS DATA INFORMATION PACKETS (DIPS) (13 FEB 2001)
DI-CMAN-81588A, DATA ITEM DESCRIPTION CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT DATA INTERFACE TRANSACTIONS DATA INFORMATION PACKETS (DIPS) (13 FEB 2001)., This Data Item Description is approved for use by the Army only.
This Data Item Description will be canceled upon publication of EIA-836.
Data Information Packets (DIPs) are used as building blocks that can be assembled into
messages for submitting deliverables that satisfy contractual data requirements or that exchange
standard data between databases. The DIPs define the meta-data elements and documents/files
to be provided in the data transaction and correlate those information elements with the data
model and dictionary described in Appendices B (to be published) and C of AMC-STD-2549A.
DIPs define the meta-data elements and their structure that describes the products, product
structure and documents for configuration management of weapon systems.