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'''XTCE''' (for XML Telemetric and Command Exchange)[http://www.omg.org/space/xtce XTCE home] is an [[XML]] based exchange format for spacecraft telemetry and command meta-data standardized by the [[Object Management Group|OMG]]. The XTCE specification -currently 1.0- is a [[Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems|CCSDS]] red-book specification. The XTCE 1.1 specification is currently under evaluation by the [[Object Management Group|OMG]] as an update to the available specification. Version 1.1 is also a candidate [[Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems|CCSDS]] blue-book specification.
During the entire ground system development and operation phases of a mission,
telemetry and telecommand definitions may be exchanged between multiple systems and
organizations. Without a standard format, databases need dedicated converters are needed
to convert between the various proprietary database formats and editors. Allowing for a
common database exchange format throughout the entire mission lifecycle will significantly
reduce the cost of database conversions that occur in many space projects. As part of an
international cooperation involving the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Goddard Space Flight Center, the European Space Agency
and the wider international space community including Boeing and Lockheed Martin and
coordinated via the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems and the Object
Management Group, experts are finalizing the XML Telemetry and Command Exchange
standard as a mean to exchange mission databases, thereby providing a potential solution to
this problem. This paper will present the various international groups that have already
begun to make this database exchange a reality.
==References==
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