S1000D Organizational Structure
S1000D is developed and maintained by an international community of business and technical experts from civil and defense aviation industries, as well as from the defense land and sea industries. Customers, suppliers, and solution providers are represented. The three sponsoring organizations of S1000D are:
Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD)
Aerospace Industries Association (AIA)
ATA e-Business Program
S1000D Council
The S1000D Council was formed from the Memorandum of Understanding signed between ASD, AIA and the ATA e-Business Program The main mission of the Council is to conduct the overall governance of the S1000D development.
The role of the Council is to provide the vision for the specification so that the mission can be achieved, together with overall administrative management, direction to the Steering Committee and general promotion of the use of the S1000D.
S1000D Steering Committee
The S1000D Steering Committee is a body of members representing nations and organizations who have a common interest in the specification.
The role of the Steering Committee is to maintain the currency of the specification by processing Change Proposal Forms (CPFs) and accepting or rejecting new and changed material for release in the form of issues of the specification, taking into account the visionary direction of the Council.
Working Groups and Task Teams
Within the organization several standing Working Groups and temporary Task Teams are formed to conduct the day-to-day work of developing, reviewing, and managing changes to the specification and XML Schemas.
The following diagram provides a high-level view of the S1000D organization.