Intelligence Community Technical Specification CVE Encoding Specification for ISM Country Codes and Tetragraphs (ISMCAT.CES) SchemaGuide

Notices

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Description

W3C XML Schema used to facilitate generation of the SchemaGuide for the Data Encoding Specification for CVE Encoding Specification for ISM Country Codes and Tetragraphs (ISMCAT.CES).

Introduction

This Schema file is only used to produce the schemaGuide for the CVE Encoding Specification (CES). Please see the document titled CVE Encoding Specification for ISM Country Codes and Tetragraphs for a complete description of the encoding as well as list of all components.

It is envisioned that this schema or its components, as well as other parts of the CES may be overridden for localized implementations. Therefore, permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this Schema and the other parts of the CES for any purpose is hereby granted in perpetuity.

Please reference the preceding two paragraphs in all copies or variations. The developers make no representation about the suitability of the schema or CES for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without expressed or implied warranty.

If you modify this Schema in any way label your schema as a variant of ISMCAT.CES.

Please direct all questions, bug reports, or suggestions for changes to the points of contact identified in the document referenced above.

Implementation Notes

ISMCAT.CES is a collection of 6 CVEs

• CVEnumISMCATFGIOpen
• CVEnumISMCATFGIProtected
• CVEnumISMCATOwnerProducer
• CVEnumISMCATRelTo
• CVEnumISMCATResponsibleEntity
• CVEnumISMCATTetragraph

ISMCAT.CES also contains the Tetragraph Taxonomy schema (Taxonomy.xsd) for mapping Tetragraphs to their memberships.

An ISMCAT.CES Taxonomy instance is an instance starting with the Tetragraphs root element:

A Tetragraphs

Creators

Office of the Director of National Intelligence Community Chief Information Officer