From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_DATE, MSGID_SHORT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Xref: utzoo comp.software-eng:4522 comp.lang.ada:4575 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!samsung!uunet!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!uafhp!uafcseg!bbs00576 From: bbs00576@uafcseg.uucp (Mike Bates) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: DOD-STD-2167A in machine-readable format? Summary: Still no leads, but others have indicated interest. Recommend that SEI find 2167A and make it available for ftp. Keywords: DOD-STD-2167A, ftp, SEI Message-ID: <5687@uafhp.uark.edu> Date: 12 Dec 90 16:20:48 GMT References: <5650@uafhp.uark.edu> Sender: netnews@uafhp.uark.edu Followup-To: comp.software-eng Distribution: usa Organization: College of Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville List-Id: 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