COMMITTEE ON DOCUMENTATION, SUBCOMMITTEE ON STANDARDIZATION (SOS)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01139A000300100004-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 30, 2001
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: June 27, 1966
• Content Type: MEMO

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27 June 1966
U N I T E D S T A T E S I N T E L L I G E N C E B 0 A R D
COMMITTEE ON DOCUMENTATION
Subcommittee an Standardization {SOSL
Attached is a revised draft mission and functions statement
for the proposed Subcommittee on Standardization. This draft is
responsive to the discussion at the CODIB meeting on 10 June
(CODIB-M-7L#., 20 June 1966)
25X1A
Acting Secretary
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27 June 1966
U N I T E D S T A T E S I N T E L L I G E N C E B 0 A R D
COMMITTEE ON DOCUMENTATION
Subcommittee on Standardization
Pursuant to DCID No. 1/4 pare I (b), dated 23 April 1965,
and CODIB-M-70, pare 19, dated 13 April 1966, a subcom-
mittee on standardization of data elements* and data codes
to be known as the CODIB Subcommittee on Standardization
(SOS) is hereby established.
1. Composition and Organization.
a. The Subcommittee on Standardization shall include a
representative of each department or agency represented on CODIB and
such other representatives as CODIB may approve.
wftp~ b. The Chairman of this Subcommittee shall be appointed
by CODIB from the CODIB Support Staff, or from one of the member
agencies with the approval of his appropriate superior officials.
c. The Subcommittee may organize such ad hoc working groups
as may be necessary to prepare recommended solutions to specific
standardization problems.
d. The CODIB Subcommittee on Classification shall hereafter
be subsumed under the Subcommittee on Standardization and shall become
the Intelligence Subject Code Working Group (ISC Working Group).
*A data element is a grouping of informational units having a unique
meaning and subdivisions (data items) of distinct units or values.
Examples of data elements are military personnel grade, race, and sex.
The data element "military personnel grade" may contain data items
such as captain, major and colonel. (In some cases there may be more
than one level or order of subdivision under a data element.)
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2. Mission.
The mission of the Subcommittee on Standardization shall
be to develop standard data elements and data codes for use in intelli-
gence information systems in order to facilitate data interchange and
compatibility among and between systems in the USIB agencies and, to
the extent appropriate, other U. S. Government agencies.
3. Functions.
a, Obtain assignments from'or approval by CODIB of data
elements to be standardized in response to Intelligence Community
needs. (Nominations of data elements for standardization may be made
by or through CODIB Subcommittees, Task Teams, Working Groups, Support
Staff, CODIB members, or components of member agencies,)
b. Develop a standards list of data items (subdivisions)
under each data element being standardized, develop standard rules and/
or codes for recording and/or representing each data element or item,
develop guidelines for their application where appropriate, and
submit them to CODIB for approval and implementation.
d. Perform liaison with other agencies, both in and out of
VWAP~ government, for the purpose of taking maximum advantage of applicable
existing or planned standardization efforts and, where appropriate,
for the purpose of furthering the acceptance by other agencies of
CODIB standardizations.
e. Arrange for publication and distribution of approved
standards, criteria and procedures.
It. Reports.
The Subcommittee will report its activities and
accomplishments to CODIB semiannually and as directed by CODIB and
may also submit special reports on its own initiative.
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Chairman, CODIB
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