PROPOSED TASKING STATEMENT FOR CIRS STANDARD CONCEPT CODE WORKING GROUP

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89B01354R000400610022-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 15, 2013
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: December 15, 1982
• Content Type: MISC

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15 December 1982
PROPOSED TASKING STATEMENT FOR
CIRS STANDARD CONCEPT CODE WORKING GROUP
The CIRS Standard Concept Code Working Group will include agency
representatives who are responsible for the development and maintenance of
agency-unique subject/concept codes. This working group will be supported by
a contractor and tasked to do the following:
o Provide a quantitative analysis of the frequency of use of agency-
unique codes over an identified time period (both in coding and in
actual usage for retrieval purposes).
o Compare the structure and content of the various subject codes to
identify the relationships and variations in the schemes.
o Perform an analysis and make a recommendation to the IHC regarding
the possible use of numerical designators for the subject codes
versus the possible use of alphabetic mnemonics.
o Develop a preliminary draft for a standard set of codes by assessing
the relationship and structure of the various codes as well as the
frequency of use of these codes using a limit of 100 standard codes
as a guideline for development.
o Evaluate alternatives and recommend to the IHC the most feasible
approach for the use of the standard concept codes (e.g., double
coding of standard codes in addition to agency-unique codes,
translation tables, or Community's adoption of the standard code).
o Coordinate the proposed standard with appropriate elements of the
Community through the IHC.
o Develop the "standard" set of codes and recommend to the IHC an
implementation plan for phasing in the use of the code.
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15 December 1982
PROPOSED TASKING STATEMENT FOR
INC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE
Request that your working group review the requirements stated in the
CIRS documentation and report to the CIRS management group and to the IHC on
the following:
o The ongoing status of efforts to implement the DODIIS network by mid-
1985 including a summary of any problems that may prevent the DODIIS
network from being implemented by that date.
o The ongoing status of efforts by appropriate organizations (either
DIA and/or DODIIS users) to implement the user/server protocols that
will be necessary to transition the current IDHSC II user to the new
network. Please specify when the organizations will complete their
efforts so that the network can be fully implemented to insure that
all authorized DODIIS components will have CIRS access.
o The ongoing status of the gateway development efforts between the
COINS II and DODIIS networks and the transition of COINS II to the
IP/TCP protocol. Please specify when these efforts will be complete
to the degree that COINS users can access CIRS host processors that
are tied to the DODIIS network.
o Recommendations for action on what can be done to meet communications
deadlines or to solve problems identified through the above analyses.
o Request a preliminary report on these items by 4 June 1983 followed
by quarterly updates on the status of efforts.
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