Charters & Policies

The PDS Management Council (MC) has approved a number of policies and processes that address a system-wide approach to how the PDS operates. The MC approved policies and processes are listed herein. Also, the Charters under which the PDS operates are listed herein.

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Charters

The PDS is currently operating under a Charter that was drafted in late 2005. The PDS MC has additionally instituted Charters for the Management Council and the Technical Group:

• DDWG Charter
• Draft Planetary Data System (PDS) Charter (2015-12-10) (PDF)
• Technical Group Charter (2007-07-24) (PDF)
• PDS4 Change Control Board Charter (2016-06-08) (PDF)

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Policies

All PDS policies can be found at PDS Policy Site

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Processes

Processes affectng how PDS addresses system-wide issues include:

• E-Mail Voting Procedure for Management Council (2007-03-31) (PDF)
• PDS4 Standards Change Request Process Document (PDF)
• PDS MC Requirements Process (2007-03-29) (PPT)
• JPL Flight Project Requirements Levels Definition (2007-03-31) (PDF)