COMMITTEE ON DOCUMENTATION, SUBCOMMITTEE ON STANDARDIZATION (SOS)

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 30, 2001
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: July 29, 1966
• Content Type: REGULATION

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29 July 1966
UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE B 0 A R D
COMMITTEE ON DOCUMENTATION
Subcommittee on Standardization (SOS)
Pursuant to DCID No. 1/4 paragraph 1 (b), dated 23 April
1965, and CODIB-M-70, paragraph 19, dated 13 April 1966,
a subcommittee on standardization of data elements* and
codes 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.
fir'' b. The Chairman of the 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. CODIB Support Staff will provide necessary research,
analytical and staff support from:
(1) its permanently assigned personnel complement
(2) additional member-agency personnel assigned to
it for specified periods on an ad hoe project basis
(3) contractor personnel made available to it by
member agencies on an ad hoc project basis.
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 a ement is a grouping of informational units having a
unique meaning and subdivisions (date 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 t se ect or develop standard data elements and data codes
for use in intelligence Information systems to facilitate data inter-
change and-compatibility among and between systems in the USIB agencies
and, to the extent appropriate, other U. S. Government agencies.
3. Functions.
a. Develop, for CODIB approval, criteria for selection and
development of data elements and codes as Intelligence Community
standards.
b. Receive approved nominations for selection or develop-
ment of data element and code standards from CODIB. Analyze these
nominations to determine that they meet CODIB-approved criteria for
standardization.
c. Specify and detail the standardization requirements for
those nominations which meet CODIB-approved criteria.
d. Provide guidance and assistance to CODIB Support Staff
(CSS) in obtaining information upon which to base the selection or
development of standards, instructions, procedures and guidelines.
e. Review and evaluate proposed standards together with
pertinent instructions, procedures, guidelines, and revisions thereof.
f. Determine need for revision and update of standardization
criteria, standards, and pertinent instruction, procedures and guide-
linese Submit proposed revisions to CODIB for approval.
g. Assist CODIB members in implementing approved standards
in member agencies.
h. Maintain cognizance of degree to which approved standards
have been, or are being adopted by member agencies.
1. Perform liaison with agencies, both in and out of govern-
ment, for the purpose of making maximum use of applicable or planned
standardization efforts and, where appropriate, for the purpose of
furthering acceptance of CODIB standardizations.
4 Reports. The Subcommittee will submit standardization
criteria and proposed data element and code standards to CODIB for
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approval. Status reports will be submitted to CODIB semi-annually
and as requested by CODIB. The Subcommittee may also submit reports
on its own initiative.
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