Issue 9073: MM-001	What missions need (xtce-rtf)
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Summary: Source:	Mario Merri	Mario.Merri@esa.int
	Description :	In an ideal world, the Project Manager of a new space mission would 

like to have a
	 simple life and put a single requirement to the Spacecraft Prime Contractor that 
	reads something like: "It shall be possible to export the operational database into 
	XTCE (ref. .)".
	
	To have project managers buying in XTCE, we should be able to demonstrate the 
	goodness of the requirement above and explain that the Prime Contractor will have 
	to produce a simple tool to translate from their internal DB format into XTCE. 
	Therefore, the questions are: 
	
	a) are the XTCE specifications enough to unambiguosly develop the software tool 
	that translates into XTCE?
	
	b) Where should a new mission start from? (missions tend to re-use what has 
	been done by other mission before. In the absece of a predecessor is there any 
	help that we coulf provide to missions?)
	
	Clarification and possibly real-mission examples should be provided to clarify the 
	above.
	Resolution:	Update introductory section and consider development of associated 

tools (e.g. 
	validator).
Resolution: 
Revised Text: 
Actions taken:
October 12, 2005: received issue
Discussion: 

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s is issue # 9073

MM-001	What missions need

Source:	Mario Merri	Mario.Merri@esa.int
	Description :	In an ideal world, the Project Manager of a new space mission would 

like to have a
	 simple life and put a single requirement to the Spacecraft Prime Contractor that 
	reads something like: "It shall be possible to export the operational database into 
	XTCE (ref. .)".
	
	To have project managers buying in XTCE, we should be able to demonstrate the 
	goodness of the requirement above and explain that the Prime Contractor will have 
	to produce a simple tool to translate from their internal DB format into XTCE. 
	Therefore, the questions are: 
	
	a) are the XTCE specifications enough to unambiguosly develop the software tool 
	that translates into XTCE?
	
	b) Where should a new mission start from? (missions tend to re-use what has 
	been done by other mission before. In the absece of a predecessor is there any 
	help that we coulf provide to missions?)
	
	Clarification and possibly real-mission examples should be provided to clarify the 
	above.
	Resolution:	Update introductory section and consider development of associated 

tools (e.g. 
	validator).