1、 UNCLASSIFIED CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF INSTRUCTION UNCLASSIFIED J-6 CJCSI 6241.04D DISTRIBUTION:A,B,C,S 12 January 2021 POLICY AND PROCEDURES FOR MANAGEMENT AND USE OF UNITED STATES MESSAGE TEXT FORMATTING References:See Enclosure D 1.Purpose.This instruction implements policy and proce
2、dures for management and use of United States Message Text Format(USMTF)/Extensible Markup Language-USMTF(XML-MTF)in Department of Defense(DoD)Information Technology(IT)systems,interfaces,and applications via the DoD Information Network(DoDIN).This instruction also implements the policies and proced
3、ures set out in CJCSM 3150.01,“Joint Reporting Structure General Instructions”(reference a).The USMTF Program,as set forth in Military Standard 6040(MIL-STD-6040)(reference b),establishes the standards and prescribes the rules and conventions governing message text formats(character-oriented informa
4、tion exchange requirements),their XML-MTF representations,and vocabulary for joint reporting systems.USMTF is to be used for all formatted character-oriented Defense Message System(DMS)information exchange requirements(IER)unless specifically excluded by multinational agreement.Data elements describ
