In this paper, we describe a framework for maintaining operation flow diagrams and operation procedures based on the generation of source descriptions for operating procedures. This framework aims at not only reducing the time and effort required to develop such information, but also at acquiring quality and consistency between the diagrams and the procedures. This paper describes technical problems of previous methods on building operation products, our method to solve those problems, implementation and evaluation of the framework. The result of the evaluation shows that the method is especially effective for maintaining consistency between operation products. The framework is now being developed and applied to spacecraft mission operations.

We have been investigating a method to accomplish critical operations efficiently and accurately for future spacecraft such as HTV. We are now developing a framework for maintaining operation flow diagrams and operation procedures based on the generation of source descriptions for operating procedures. This framework aims at not only reducing the time and effort required to develop such information, but also acquiring quality and consistency between the diagrams and the procedures. This paper describes the system used to configure the description built on the framework and the effectiveness of the method by applying the system to the spacecraft mission operations.