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Wetlands Planning, Protection, and

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Donald W. Gohmert,

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[FR Doc. 95–6047 Filed 3–10–95; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

[Docket No. 950120021–5021–01]

RIN 0693–AB12

Approval of Federal Information

Processing Standards Publication 194,

Open Document Architecture (ODA)

Raster Document Application Profile

(DAP)

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology (NIST), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is

to announce that the Secretary of

Commerce has approved a new

standard, which will be published as

FIPS Publication 194, Open Document

Architecture (ODA) Raster Document

Application Profile (DAP).

On January 28, 1994, notice was

published in the Federal Register (59

FR 4032) that a Federal Information

Processing Standard (FIPS) for Open

Document Architecture Raster

Document Application Profile was being

proposed for Federal use.

NIST reviewed written comments

submitted by interested parties and

other available material. On the basis of

this review, NIST recommended that the

Secretary approve the standard as a

Federal Information Processing

Standard (FIPS), and prepared a

detailed justification document for the

Secretary’s review in support of that

recommendation.

The detailed justification document

which was presented to the Secretary,

and which includes an analysis of the

written comments received, is part of

the public record and is available for

inspection and copying in the

Department’s Central Reference and

Records Inspection Facility, Room 6020,

Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th Street

between Pennsylvania and Constitution

Avenues, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

This FIPS contains two sections: (1)

An announcement section, which

provides information concerning the

applicability, implementation, and

maintenance of the standard; and (2) a

specifications section, which deals with

the technical requirements of the

standard. Only the announcement

section of the standard is provided in

this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This standard become

effective September 1, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may

purchase copies of this standard,

including the technical specifications

section, from the National Technical

Information Service (NTIS). Specific

ordering information from NTIS for this

standard is set out in the Where to

Obtain Copies Section of the

announcement section of the standard.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Frankie Spielman, (301) 975–3257,

Computer Systems Laboratory, National

Institute of Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 12866: This FIPS notice

has been determined to be ‘‘not

significant’’ for purposes of E.O. 12866.

Dated: March 7, 1995.

Samuel Kramer,

Associate Director.

Federal Information Processing

Standards Publication 194

(Date)

Announcing the Standard for Open

Document Architecture (ODA) Raster

Document Application Profile (DAP)

Federal Information Processing

Standards Publications (FIPS PUBS) are

issued by the National Institute of

Standards and Technology after

approval by the Secretary of Commerce

pursuant to Section 111(d) of the

Federal Property and Administrative

Services Act of 1949 as amended by the

Computer Security Act of 1987, Public

Law 100–235.

1. Name of Standard. Open Document

Architecture (ODA) Raster Document

Application Profile (DAP), (FIPS PUB

194).

2. Category of Standard. Software

Standard, Graphics.

3. Explanation. This Federal

Information Processing Standard adopts

the International Organization for

Standardization (ISO)/International

Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)

12064–1 International Standard Profile

(ISP) FOD112, Open Document Format:

Image Applications—Simple Document

Structure—Raster Graphics content

architecture, Part 1: Document

Application Profile (DAP). This FIPS

PUB defines three levels of

conformance, the complete specification

is in section 10.

ISO/IEC 12064–1 specifies the use of

a subset of the ODA standard and, in

this FIPS PUB, is referred to as the ODA

Raster DAP. The ODA standard is

defined in a joint ISO/IEC and

International Telecommunications

Union Telecommunication

Standardization Sector (ITU–T)

document ISO/IEC 8613–ITU–T

Recommendation T.410 Series, Open

Document Architecture (ODA) and

Interchange Format.

The ODA standard supports the

interchange of compound documents

containing up to three types of contents:

character (text), raster graphics, and

geometric graphics. Developed by

international standards organizations,

the ODA standard specifies rules for

describing the logical and layout

structures of documents as well as rules

for specifying character, raster graphics,

and geometric graphics content of

documents, thus providing for the

interchange of complex documents. The

ODA standard was developed primarily

by the ISO/IEC Joint Technical

Committee (JTC1) and ITU–T, formerly

the Consultative Committee on

International and Telegraph (CCITT).

A DAP is a functional subset of the

ODA standard and facilitates the

interchange of documents among

different document systems by

specifying the constraints on document

structure and content according to the

rules of the ODA Standard. The ODA

Raster DAP specifies an interchange

format suitable for the transfer of

formatted structured documents

between systems designed for raster

graphics applications. The documents

supported by this standard are based on

a paradigm of an electronic engineering

drawing, illustration, or other electronic

image. Within an ODA document, only

raster graphics content is allowed and

supported by this FIPS.

The ODA Raster DAP was initially

developed by an ad-hoc Continuous

Acquisition and Life-Cycle Support

(CALS) Tiling Task Group. CALS,

formerly known as the Computer-aided

Acquisition and Logistic Support, is a

Department of Defense (DoD) initiative.

The ODA Raster DAP was further

developed by vendors and users of

computer networks/systems

participating in the Open Systems

Environment Implementors’ Workshop

(OIW), and finally harmonized with the

International organizations participating

in the Profile Alignment Group for ODA

(PAGODA). Finally, it was submitted to

ISO/IEC JTC1/Special Group on

Functional Standards (SGFS) for

processing as part 1 of the ISP.

4. Approving Authority. Secretary of

Commerce.

5. Maintenance Agency. U.S.

Department of Commerce, National

Institute of Standards and Technology

(Computer Systems Laboratory).

6. Cross Index.
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a. ISO/IEC 8613:1994—ITU–T 410

Recommendation Series (1993),

Information Processing—Text and

Office Systems Open Document

Architecture (ODA) and Interchange

Format Standard.

b. NIST Special Publication 500–224,

Stable Implementation Agreements for

Open Systems Interconnection

Protocols, Version 8, Edition 1,

December 1994.

C. ANSI/AIIM MS53–1993, Standard

Recommended Practice—File Format for

Storage and Exchange of Images—BiLevel Image File Format.

7. Related Documents. Related ISO

and ITU documents are listed in the

normative reference section of the ODA

Raster DAP. Other related documents

are:

a. FIPS PUB 149,

Telecommunications: Facsimile Coding

Schemes and Coding Control Functions

for Group 3 Facsimile Apparatus.

b. FIPS PUB 150,

Telecommunications: Facsimile Coding

Schemes and Coding Control Functions

for Group 4 Facsimile Apparatus.

c. NISTIR 5108, Raster Graphics: A

Tutorial and Implementation Guide.

8. Objectives. The FIPS for ODA

Raster DAP permits Federal

departments and agencies to exercise

more effective control over the

production, management, and use of

Government’s raster graphics

applications. The primary objectives of

this standard are:

—To promote interchange of structured

documents containing raster graphics

images between image processing

systems of different manufacturers,

—To facilitate the use of advanced

technology by the Federal

Government,

—To contribute to the economic and

efficient use of image and document

processing system resources, and

—To avoid the proliferation of vendorunique solutions.

9. Applicability. The ODA Roster DAP

is available for use by Federal

Government agencies when acquiring

and developing ODA raster graphics

applications. This FIPS applies to

systems processing, generating, and

receiving raster graphics images

utilizing the ODA standard in a

structured document environment. It

specifies the structure and parameters

for describing and interchanging bi-level

untiled compressed images as well as

tiled raster images. Each system

acquired or developed by Federal

agencies to support the ODA Raster DAP

shall include appropriate system-toDAP and DAP-to-system translators,

such that incoming data streams are

interpreted correctly and that outgoing

data streams are generated correctly.

These translators may be acquired

separately from the acquisition of the

application system when it is in the best

interest of the Federal agency to do so.

Use of the standard is independent of

the communications used to transfer

documents produced by these

applications; that is, this standard may

be used within the existing framework

of communication protocols. There are

three levels of applicability defined to

satisfy different implementation

requirements.

10. Specifications. This FIPS adopts

the provisions of ISO/IEC 12064–1 by

defining three levels of implementation

support. All levels must conform to the

document and raster layout

specifications of [ITU–T Rec. T.410

series—ISO/IEC 8613] and ISO/IEC ISP

12064–1 that are essential for raster

graphics applications. The

specifications for ODA data streams are

also defined in [ITU–T Rec. T.410

series—ISO/IEC 8613] and ISO/IEC ISP

12064–1 and apply to all levels defined

in this FIPS. The levels are: ANSI/AIIM

MS–53 (Untiled), Intermediated ODA

Raster DAP, and Full ODA Raster DAP.

10.1. ANSI/AIIM MS–53 (Untiled).

This level of implementation supports

ANSI/AIIM MS–53–1993, Standard

Recommended Practice—File Format for

Storage and Exchange of Images—BiLevel Image File Format: Part 1. Files

written in conformance with any of the

pre-defined file formats described in the

ANSI/AIIM MS–53 standard can be

imported into an ODA implementation.

Each of six file formats can be

implemented without either technical

knowledge or understanding of the ODA

format. This implementation does not

support tiled raster images but does

support both ITU–T Recommendation

T.6 (Group 4) and ITU–T

Recommendation T.4 (Group 3)

compression algorithms.

10.2. Intermediate ODA Raster DAP.

This level of implementation supports

raster graphics images in either the

untiled or tiled format. The following

restrictions apply to this level of

implementation.

a. The ITU–T Recommendation T.4

(Group 3) one-dimensional and twodimensional compression algorithms are

not supported.

b. If the image is tiled, the tile size

must be restricted to 512 X 512 pels.

c. The uncompressed escape option

defined in FIPS PUB 150 (ITU–T

Recommendation T.6) will not be used.

d. The bit ordering will be restricted

to only the most significant bit (MSB) to

least significant bit (LSB), the ‘‘down’’

bit order.

e. Only the ‘‘Document-reference’’

attribute within the Document Profile

Document Management attributes is

supported.

10.3. Full ODA Raster DAP. This level

of implementation supports raster

graphics images in either the untiled or

tiled format. It fully supports all aspects

of the ODA Raster DAP.

10.4. Miscellaneous requirements. A

bitmap image or tile represents the

‘‘information’’ in a document by one

bits and the ‘‘background’’ by zero bits.

This FIPS requires that the encoding

programs exporting document images

for interchange must produce the image

with a pel line dimension which is a

multiple of eight pels.

10.5. Conformance requirements. All

implementations, regardless of

implementation level, claiming

conformance to this FIPS must adhere to

the specific requirements defined in the

‘‘Conformance’’ clause of the ODA

Raster DAP and to the general rules

below.

Conformance Rules for Data Streams.

A conforming data stream shall be

syntactically, semantically, and

structurally correct as defined in this

standard.

Conformance Rules for Generators. A

generator which claims conformance to

this standard shall create only

conforming data streams which

correctly represent the raster graphics

image which was input to the generator.

Conformance Rules for Receivers. A

receiver which claims conformance to

this standard shall be capable of reading

and correctly processing any

conforming data stream without halting

or aborting such that it produces the

correct results.

11. Implementation. The

implementation of this standard

involves three areas of consideration:

acquisition of raster graphics

implementations, interpretations of the

standard, and validation of ODA Raster

DAP implementations.

11.1. Acquisition of Raster Graphics

Applications. This standard becomes

effective September 1, 1995. For a

period of twelve (12) months after the

effective date, agencies are permitted to

acquire alternative software that

provides equivalent functionality to the

ODA Raster DAP. Agencies are

encouraged to use this standard for

solicitation proposals for new raster

processing systems to be acquired after

the effective date. This standard is

mandatory for use in all solicitation

proposals for new ODA raster

application products acquired twelve

(12) months after the effective date.

11.2. Interpretation of the Standard.

NIST provides for the resolution of
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questions regarding FIPS for ODA Raster

DAP specifications and requirements,

and issues official interpretations as

needed. Procedures for interpretations

are specified in FIPS PUB 29–3. All

questions about the interpretation of

FIPS for ODA Raster DAP should be

addressed to: Computer Systems

Laboratory, Attn: Raster Graphics

Interpretation, National Institute of

Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899.

11.3. Validation of ODA Raster DAP

Implementations. Implementations of

FIPS ODA Raster DAP shall be validated

in accordance with NIST Computer

Systems Laboratory (CSL) validation

procedures for FIPS ODA Raster DAP.

The goal of the NIST ODA Raster DAP

Validation Test Service is to maximize

the probability of successful interchange

between conforming systems.

Validation testing provides a way of

determining the degree to which an

implementation conforms to a standard.

The testing of ODA Raster DAP

implementations to determine the

degree to which they conform to the

standard may be required by

Government agencies in accordance

with Federal Information Resources

Management Regulation (FIRMR) 201–

20.303, 201–20.304, 201–39.1002, and

the associated Federal ADP and

Telecommunications Standard Index.

The agency is advised to refer to the

NIST publication Validated Products

List for information about the validation

status of products.

Information concerning the NIST

Raster Graphics Validation Test Service

and validation procedures can be

obtained by contacting the: National

Institute of Standards and Technology,

Computer Systems Laboratory, ATTN:

Raster Graphics Test Service, Building

225, Room A266, Gaithersburg, MD

20899, (301) 975–3257.

12. Waivers. Under certain

exceptional circumstances, the heads of

Federal departments and agencies may

approve waivers to FIPS. The head of

such agency may redelegate such

authority only to a senior official

designated pursuant to section 3506(b)

of Title 44, U.S. Code. Waivers shall be

granted only when:

a. Compliance with a standard would

adversely affect the accomplishment of

the mission of an operator of a Federal

computer system, or

b. Cause a major adverse financial

impact on the operator which is not

offset by governmentwide savings.

Agency heads may act upon a written

waiver request containing the

information detailed above. Agency

heads may also act without a written

waiver request when they determine

that conditions for meeting the standard

cannot be met. Agency heads may

approve waivers only by a written

decision which explains the basis on

which the agency head made the

required finding(s). A copy of each such

decision, with procurement-sensitive or

classified portions clearly identified,

shall be sent to: National Institute of

Standards and Technology; Attn: FIPS

Waiver Decisions, Technology Building,

Room B–154; Gaithersburg, MD 20899.

In addition, notice of each waiver

granted and each delegation of authority

to approve waivers shall be sent

promptly to the Committee on

Government Operations of the House of

Representatives and the Committee on

Governmental Affairs of the Senate and

shall be published in the Federal

Register.

When the determination on a waiver

applies to the procurement of

equipment and/or services, a notice of

the waiver determination must be

published in the Commerce Business

Daily as a part of the notice of

solicitation for offers of an acquisition

or, if the waiver determination is made

after that notice is published, by

amendment to such notice.

A copy of the waiver, any supporting

documents, the document approving the

waiver and any supporting and

accompanying documents, with such

deletions as the agency is authorized

and decides to make under 5 U.S.C. Sec.

552(b), shall be part of the procurement

documentation and retained by the

agency.

13. Where to Obtain Copies. Copies of

this publication are for sale by the

National Technical Information Service,

U.S. Department of Commerce,

Springfield, VA 22161. When ordering,

refer to Federal Information Processing

Standards Publication 194

(FIPSPUB194), and title. Specify

microfiche, if desired. Payment may be

made by check, money order, or NTIS

deposit account.

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RIN 0693–AB25

Federal Information Processing

Standards Publication 119–1, Ada

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology (NIST), Commerce.

ACTION: The purpose of this notice is to

announce that the Secretary of

Commerce has approved a revised

standard, which will be published as

FIPS Publication 119–1, Ada. This

revised standard adopts the American

National Standard and the International

Organization for Standardization

Reference Manual for the Ada

Programming Language, ANSI/ISO/IEC

8652:1995, which specifies the form and

meaning of programs written in Ada.

SUMMARY: On July 11, 1994 (59 FR

35315–35317), notice was published in

the Federal Register that a revision to

Federal Information Processing

Standard 119, Ada was being proposed

for Federal use.

The written comments submitted by

interested parties and other material

available to the Department relevant to

the revised standard was reviewed by

NIST. On the basis of this review, NIST

recommended that the Secretary

approve the revised standard as a

Federal Information Processing

Standards Publication, and prepared a

detailed justification document for the

Secretary’s review in support of that

recommendation.

The detailed justification document

which was presented to the Secretary is

part of the public record and is available

for inspection and copying in the

Department’s Central Reference and

Records Inspection Facility, Room 6020,

Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th Street

between Pennsylvania and Constitution

Avenues NW., Washington, DC 20230.

The FIPS contains two sections: (1)

An announcement section, which

provides information concerning the

applicability, implementation, and

maintenance of the standard; and (2) a

specifications section which deals with

the technical requirements of the

standard. Only the announcement

section of the standard is provided in

this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This revised standard

becomes effective July 10, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may

purchase copies of this revised

standard, including the technical

specifications section, from the National

Technical Information Service (NTIS).

Specific ordering information from

NTIS for this standard is set out in the

Where to Obtain Copies Section of the

announcement section of the standard.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

William H. Dashiell, telephone (301)

975–2490, National Institute of

Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 12866: This FIPS notice

has been determined to be ‘‘not

significant’’ for purposes of E.O. 12866.