The S1000D Australian Specification Management Working Group (ASMWG) has been formed to coordinate and facilitate the management and use of S1000D by Australian Defence and Industry.

The primary purpose of the ASMWG is to act as the joint Industry and Defence forum that coordinates Australia’s input to the international S1000D Technical Publications Specification Management Group (TPSMG) and related Working Groups.

The secondary purposes of the ASMWG are:

1. Jointly develop defence and industry business rules
2. Jointly develop a set of stylesheets (XSL-T) for the presentation of S1000D data in IETP format and if required for hardcopy output (XSL-FO).
3. Provide management and coordination of S1000D activities in Australia
4. Coordinate liaison activities with S1000D organisations in the Asia Pacific region
5. To provide an avenue for Australian issues to be raised at the national and international level regarding S1000D
6. To facilitate discussion of S1000D issues between interested Defence and Industry representatives.