22 Configuration Data

Acronym

ATP acceptance test plan
CC1 control category #1
CC2 control category #2
DAL development assurance level
EASA European Aviation Safety Agency
FAA Federal Aviation Administration
IMA integrated modular avionics
XML eXtensible Markup Language

22.1 Introduction

Many safety-critical systems are designed to be configurable. Configuration data provide a flexible, yet controlled, way to configure and reconfigure a system. The data used to configure the system are referred to as configuration data in this chapter. DO-178C and the certification authorities’ policy and guidance use a variety of other terms to describe these configuration data, including configuration files, databases, airborne system databases, ...

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