Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com MIL-STD-3001-2A(AS) 1. SCOPE 1.1 Scope. This part of the standard establishes the technical content requirements for the preparation of description, principles of operation, and operating data for aircraft weapon systems, aeronautical equipment, airborne weapons/equipment, and support equipment. This data can be used to develop TMs in a variety of output forms, including interactive screen presentations and page-based printed and screen displayed PDF TMs. 2. APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS The applicable documents in section 2 of MIL-STD-3001-1 apply to this Part. 3. DEFINITIONS The definitions in section 3 of MIL-STD-3001-1 apply to this Part. 4.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 4.1 General. Sufficient descriptive information and principles of operation necessary for a user to familiarize and comprehend the aircraft weapon system, aeronautical equipment, airborne weapons/equipment or support equipment shall be developed. In addition, operating data for selected end item equipment shall also be prepared. 4.2 Maintenance level applicability. Requirements contained in this Part are applicable to all types and maintenance levels of TMs, unless specifically noted in bold and in parentheses (e.g., Support Equipment Manuals only , Depot Level only , etc.). 4.3 Selective application and tailoring.
This Part contains some requirements that may not be applicable to the preparation of all TMs. Selective application and tailoring of requirements contained in this Part shall be accomplished through the use of the Technical Manual Content Selection Matrixes contained in MIL-STD-3001-1, Appendix A. The applicability of some requirements is also designated by one of the following statements: unless specified otherwise by the requiring activity or as/when specified by the requiring activity. 4.4 Preparation of digital data for electronic delivery.
TM data prepared and delivered digitally in accordance with this Part of the standard shall be XML-tagged and assembled using the modular Document Type Definition (DTD). Refer to MIL-STD-3001-1 for information on obtaining or accessing this modular DTD. XML tags used in the modular DTD are noted throughout the text of this Part in bracketed, bold characters (i.e., ) as a convenience for the TM author and to denote the appropriate tag to be used for the specific information when developing a document instance. 1