401. AEDP-2, Ed.1:2005- NATO Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Interoperability Architecture (NIIA). The NIIA provides the basis for the technical aspects of an architecture that provides interoperability between NATO nations' ISR systems. AEDP-2 provides the technical and management guidance for implementing the NIIA in ISR systems.
| Purpose | Standard | Guidance |
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| Storing and exchanging of images and associated data | STANAG 4545, Ed. Amendment 1:2000, NATO Secondary Imagery Format (NSIF) | AEDP-4, Ed. 1, NATO Secondary Imagery Format Implementation Guide, 15 Jun 07, NU |
| Providing a standard software interface for searching and retrieving for ISR products. |
NATO Standard ISR Library Interface (NSILI) Mandatory: STANAG 4559, Ed. 3:2010 (starting Dec 2011) Fading: STANAG 4559, Ed. 2:2007 (beginning July 2011) |
AEDP-5, Ed. 1, NATO Standard Imagery Library Interface Implementation Guide, TBS, NU STANAG 4559,Ed.2 and Ed.3 are NOT compatible with each other (No backwards compatibility). |
| Exchange of ground moving target indicator radar data |
NATO Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI) Format Mandatory: STANAG 4607, Ed. 2:2007 Emerging (Dec 2012): STANAG 4607, Ed.3:2010 |
AEDP-7, Ed. 1, NATO Ground Moving Target Indication (GMTI) Format Implementation Guide, TBS, NU |
| Provision of common methods for exchanging of Motion Imagery (MI)across systems |
NATO Digital Motion Imagery Standard Mandatory: STANAG 4609, Ed. 2:2007 Emerging (Dec 2011): STANAG 4609, Ed. 3:2009 |
AEDP-8, Ed. 2, Implementation Guide For STANAG 4609- NDMI , Jun 07, NU |
| Exchange of unstructured data (documents, jpeg imagery) | IPIWIG V4 Metadata Specification:2009, Intelligence Projects Integration Working Group (IPIWG), Definition of metadata for unstructured Intelligence. [a] | |
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[a] Document currently not included in NISP Vol.2 (ed. E), as it was not available from the author. |
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