20. The relationship of the NISP and the Reference Architecture effort of Allied Command Transformation is of a mutual and reciprocal nature. The architecture products provide inputs to the NISP by identifying the technology areas that in the future will require standards. The architecture products also provide guidance on the coherence of standards by indicating in which timeframe certain standards and profiles are required.

21. The work on Reference Architectures (RA) and Technical Architecture (TA) will benefit from the NISP by selecting coherent sets of standards for profiles.