Re: DOD-STD-2167A in machine-readable format?

[bbs00576@uafcseg.uucp (Mike Bates)]

In article <5650@uafhp.uark.edu>, bbs00576@uafcseg.uucp (Mike Bates) writes:
> 
> Does anyone know of an anonymous ftp site that has a copy
> of DOD-STD-2167A?  I'd like to be able to search through
> for key words and phrases to get a better sense of how the 
> various documents fit together.  I'd also like to be able 
> to extract paragraphs for inclusion in other documents
> without retyping....
> 

I still have no leads on the whereabouts of machine-readable 2167A.
I have gotten a few replies from other frustrated government contractors
who would like to find 2167A and other MIL-STDs on the network.

Here's a request/suggestion for the folks at the Software Engineering
Institute: Since your mandate is to transfer software engineering knowledge 
to industry and academia, why not take it upon yourselves to put DOD-STD-2167A
and any other standards pertaining to software development on your ftp
site?  I suspect the SEI would know where to go to find the standards in
machine-readable format, or they could always type them in themselves.

One other suggestion: Some ftp site (perhaps SEI) should help relieve
traffic on SIMTEL20 by carrying the Ada Software Repository, in the
same way that wuarchive carries a mirror of SIMTEL20's MSDOS collection.
How about it?  These are small, practical things SEI could do to help
out a lot of people who are involved with software development for the
government.

Mike Bates
mbates@tusun2.mcs.utulsa.edu