PISCATAWAY, N.J., USA, 6 November 2007 The IEEE has approved three new computer-related standards in the fields of learning technology, verification, validation, and accreditation (VV&A), and software maintenance. It has also begun work on several systems and software engineering standards in cooperation with ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7.
IEEE has approved IEEE 1484.20.1™, “Standard for Learning Technology - Data Model for Reusable Competency Definitions”, which defines a data model for describing, referencing and exchanging competency definitions, primarily in the context of online and distributed learning. It represents the key characteristics of a competency independent of a particular context and enables interoperability among learning systems that deal with competency information.
The IEEE has approved IEEE 1516.4™, “Verification, Validation, and Accreditation of a Federation, an Overlay to the High Level Architecture Federation Development and Execution Process”. The VV&A overlay offers implementation guidance to VV&A practitioners for many end uses by focusing on VV&A processes that apply to federations. It also describes the information to be fed to and resulting from those processes, as well as the relationships between federation development and execution process, and VV&A processes and their information products. IEEE 1516.4™ supports consistent planning, implementation and documentation of VV&A activities, which generally involve participants from multiple organizations or countries.
The IEEE has approved a new standard, IEEE P1636.1™, “Software Interface for Maintenance Information Collection and Analysis (SIMICA): Exchanging Test Results via the Extensible Markup Language (XML)”, which facilitates the capture of test data in storage devices and databases by defining a format for exchanging data from a test program in an automatic test environment.
IEEE has begun work on IEEE P15939 “Standard for Systems and Software Engineering. Measurement Process”, to adopt ISO/IEC JTC 1 ISO/IEC 15939 as an IEEE standard. This document identifies the activities and tasks needed to identify, define, select, apply and improve measurement within an overall project or organizational measurement structure. It also provides definitions for measurement terms commonly used within the system and software industries. The project supports the harmonization of IEEE and ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 software and systems engineering standards so users can choose standards from either collection without fear of contradiction.
IEEE has begun to revise IEEE P42010™, “Systems and Software Engineering - Architectural Description” jointly with ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 by changing the number of IEEE 1471™ to this one and altering its title. The goal is to reduce confusion by using the same number and title change to align this standard across both organizations.
IEEE has begun to revise IEEE P24765™, “Systems and Software Engineering - Vocabulary”,in coordination with ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 so both organizations publish identical standards. ISO/IEC 24765 provides a common vocabulary applicable to all systems and software engineering work within the scope of ISO JTC1/SC7.
The IEEE also has confirmed the continued use of the following standards:
IEEE 1063™, “Standard for Software User Documentation”
IEEE 1175.1™, “Guide for CASE Tool Interconnections - Classification and Description”.
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