Talk:Formatting Output Specification Instance

Latest comment: 1 year ago by Jim Grisham in topic History and references

Multiple Meanings edit

FOSI also can stand for the Family Online Safety Institute (see http://www.fosi.org), incorporators of the Internet Content Rating Association. Maybe someone more experienced than me can make a disambig. page? Gulliveig 05:37, 12 March 2007 (UTC)Reply

Belatedly   Done; we have a page about them as well: Family Online Safety Institute. Enjoy, --John Vandenberg (chat) 08:36, 9 May 2010 (UTC)Reply

History and references edit

FOSI was mentioned in MIL-M-28001 (published February 26, 1988; later superseded by MIL-PRF-28001B and MIL-PRF-28001C), but the term may have been in other documents prior to 1988.

MIL-PRF-28001 - Markup Requirements and Generic Style Specification for Electronic Printed Output and Exchange of Text
... overall requirements for the creation and management of Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) applications.

See also:


MIL-STD-2361(SC) - Department of Defense Interface Standard
... establishes the Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) requirements for use in Army digital publications.

Note: Later versions were to include (some of? / all of?) the ETM/IETM functionality (e.g., display and database requirements) from MIL-M-87268 and MIL-D-87269

MIL-STD-40051, Technical Manual Preparation
The SGML requirements for technical equipment publications are applicable for the development, acquisition, and delivery of Electronic and Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (ETM/IETM).
MIL-M-87268 - Manuals, Interactive Electronic Technical
General Content, Style, Format, and User-Interaction Requirements
MIL-D-87269 - Data Base, Revisable
Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals, for the Support of
Jim Grisham (talk) 22:12, 25 July 2022 (UTC)Reply