Enclosure (1) to COMDTINST 5230.42A
(Mod
/Prime
/Mod)
Restructured DE:
COUNTERMEASURE ELECTRONIC TYPE IDENTIFIER
(Prime
/Mod
/Mod /Class)
Comment: Eliminating articles, conjunctions and prepositions from data element names
results in more simplified naming. It also encourages designers to avoid coupling two
or more concepts in a single data element and increases the probability that two people
will develop the same name for identical elements.
Example 1: DATE OF ACQUISITION
(Class
/Prime)
Definition: Date of system's acquisition
Reconstructed DE: SYSTEM ACQUISITION DATE JULIAN
(Prime /Mod
/Class/Qual)
Example 2: COUNTRY OF THE WORLD
(Prime
/Mod)
Definition: The independent first-level geographic political areas and their
dependencies; areas of quasi-independence; and areas with special sovereignty
associations; unrecognized, but sovereign political regimes; and administrative divisions
without sovereignty and outlying areas of the United States, including islands in dispute.
Reconstructed DE: COUNTRY NAME
(Prime /Class)
Example 3: AS OF DATE AND TIME
(Class
/Class)
Definition: The reported as of date and time of an event.
Reconstructed DE: EVENT REPORT DATE
(Prime/Mod
/Class)
Reconstructed DE: EVENT REPORT TIME
(Prime/Mod
/Class)
Rule 8: Abbreviations and acronyms shall not be permitted unless: (1) a data element
name exceeds the maximum length of 250 characters; or (2) the
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