<s>
JEDMICS	B-General_Concept
stands	O
for	O
"	O
Joint	O
Engineering	O
Data	O
Management	O
Information	O
and	O
Control	O
System	O
”	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
Department	O
of	O
Defense	O
(	O
DoD	O
)	O
initiative	O
for	O
the	O
management	O
and	O
control	O
of	O
engineering	B-Architecture
drawings	I-Architecture
and	O
related	O
text	O
in	O
a	O
standard	O
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JEDMICS	B-General_Concept
has	O
been	O
designed	O
as	O
an	O
open	O
,	O
client-server	B-Operating_System
architecture	I-Operating_System
which	O
provides	O
the	O
user	O
with	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
locate	O
and	O
obtain	O
approved	O
engineering	B-Architecture
drawings	I-Architecture
(	O
and	O
associated	O
data	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
providing	O
the	O
repository	O
functions	O
for	O
engineering	B-Architecture
drawings	I-Architecture
and	O
associated	O
technical	O
data	O
,	O
JEDMICS	B-General_Concept
defines	O
the	O
indexing	O
elements	O
and	O
data	O
relationships	O
needed	O
to	O
store	O
and	O
locate	O
that	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JEDMICS	B-General_Concept
also	O
provides	O
necessary	O
interfacing	O
to	O
configuration	O
management	O
systems	O
that	O
control	O
the	O
version	O
and	O
applicability	O
of	O
that	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
JEDMICS	B-General_Concept
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
new	O
engineering	O
data	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
primarily	O
intended	O
to	O
store	O
data	O
originally	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
various	O
weapon	O
system	O
vendors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JEDMICS	B-General_Concept
provides	O
a	O
centralized	O
and	O
secure	O
publishing	O
mechanism	O
for	O
access	O
to	O
this	O
data	O
by	O
authorized	O
personnel	O
in	O
their	O
house	O
and	O
maintenance	O
of	O
the	O
weapon	O
systems	O
as	O
deployed	O
within	O
the	O
DoD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JEDMICS	B-General_Concept
C4	O
and	O
CALS	O
are	O
raster	O
(	O
bitmap	O
)	O
image	O
formats	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
US	O
Department	O
of	O
Defense	O
for	O
military	O
use	O
.	O
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