9. This purpose of this chapter is to specify the NISP near term standards. The document organises these standards into five service areas and included service categories:
Operational Mission/Activities/Tasks
User Information Services
Technical Services
COI Services
Generic COI Services
Specific COI Services
Information Integration
Core Enterprise Services
Discovery
Service Discovery Services
Information Discovery Services
Repository
Metadata Registry Services
Enterprise Directory Services
Mediation
Composition Services
Translation Services
Interaction
Messaging Services
Publish/Subscribe Services
Transaction Services
Collaboration Services
Infrastructure
Application Services
Storage Services
Communication Services
Network and Transport Services
Data Link and Connection Services
Information Assurance
SMI Services
Confidentiality
Encryption
Integrity
Authentication
Detection
Transsec
Service Management and Control
10. This section describes the role and requirements of each service area, and presents all associated standards in tabular form. The tables refine each service area into one or more service categories, with service components mapping to one or more mandatory, emerging near term or fading categories (see NISP vol. 1). A remarks column provides optional supplementary information on each standard plus CCEB-specific information.
11. In principle, NISP includes only standards/STANAGs/documents, which are generally available for NATO/Nato member nations/CCEB.
12. However, a subset of documents are only available for those nations/ organisations, who are joining a specific mission (e.g. ISAF) or are member of a special working group (I-ICWG). The membership in these activities is outside the scope of NISP.