goldduck...
You're referring to the protocol of "military specification",
or "mil spec" as in this example:
"Connectors, Electrical, IEEE 488 Compatible, Rectangular,
Miniature, Polarized Shell, Plug, Low Profile, 24 Position,
Flat Cable Terminating, Insulation Displacement, Screw Locking"
from this page:
http://www.dscc.dla.mil/Programs/MilSpec/default.asp?DocTYPE=AA
which is a page from the Defense Supply Center Columbus'
mil spec resource page:
http://www.dscc.dla.mil/Programs/MilSpec/
Their home page is here:
http://www.dscc.dla.mil/
Their "doing business" page notes:
"We are the largest Inventory Control Point (ICP) in
the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). Currently, we
manage over 1.8 million S9C (Construction) and S9E
(Electronics) spare parts in over 150 different
Federal Supply Classes (FSCs)." ...from:
http://www.dscc.dla.mil/Doing_Business/index.html
So they know a thing or two about mil spec.
Unfortunately, they don't teach about it.
You may find this page useful:
http://www.ntsc.navy.mil/Resources/Library/Acqguide/acqpack.htm#specification
It includes links to software for Windows and DOS
which provide templates related to spec writing.
This seems to indicate that mil specs were authored
by government engineers, and included in RFPs, or
"Request for Proposals", wherein the government
solicits bids for products or services from private
industry. RFP is defined here:
http://www.ntsc.navy.mil/Resources/Library/Acqguide/final.HTM
Therefore, a formula for writing military specifications
of simple objects does not readily appear. Moreover, it
would seem that the military has decreed that RFPs or
Request for Proposals, should not include mil spec
references, and that they would prefer "Industry
Standard" references in their stead, except where
the "Industry Standard" is copyrighted, and more
costly to include than a mil spec reference:
http://www.ntsc.navy.mil/Resources/Library/Acqguide/SpecTop.htm#indstd
and:
http://www.ntsc.navy.mil/Resources/Library/Acqguide/spsdrfp.htm
This page discusses the process of converting military
specifications (MIL-SPECs) into standard performance
specifications (MIL-PRFs), which seem to be the newest
and preferred standard:
http://www.acq-ref.navy.mil/tools/specright/cms0.htm
"The Department of Defense Single Stock Point for Military
Specifications, Standards and Related Publications" page is:
http://www.dodssp.daps.mil/
In summary, if your intention in describing an object in
accord with military specification protocols is to obtain
a contract to provide products to the military, this page
may serve you best:
http://www.bidsource.com/publications.asp
One of the links from that page, "Selling to the Military":
http://www.acq.osd.mil/sadbu/publications/selling/index.html
notes in its preface:
"This handbook is an introduction to the broad subject
of contracting with agencies of the U.S. Department of
Defense (DoD). It is intended to be useful to those who
manage the marketing efforts of small businesses,
especially firms that have not previously had Government
contracts. The handbook contains general information
about contracting. It provides lists of products and
services, keyed to particular major buying offices."
"After reading it, you may seek additional, more
specific advice from DoD's small business specialists;
they are located at all buying offices. These buying
offices are located geographically and can be found
in the Small Business Specialist directory. Appendix
A-2 will explains how to obtain a copy of this directory."
Searches done, via Google:
"mil spec"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22mil+spec%22
writing "military specification"
://www.google.com/search?num=50&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=writing+%22military+specification%22
"military specification"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22military+specification%22&btnG=Google+Search
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