The NASA Marshall Space Flight Center's Materials, Processes and Manufacturing Department manages the Materials and Processes Technical Information System (MAPTIS-II). MAPTIS-II is an information technology tool that offers services to acquire, process, and disseminate knowledge of materials, materials properties, materials processes, and manufacturing to dependent audiences. Objectives for MAPTIS-II are acquisition and synthesis of knowledge relevant to materials science to adaptively support NASA’s interrelated elements of engineering research and product development. The system is designed to serve an audience of engineers, scientists and technologists who rely on up-to-date information characterizing various attributes of materials to accomplish their tasks. The MAPTIS-II content offers diverse sources of online materials information that includes materials test results from legacy systems, design allowables, general materials information, and technical standards. The eXtensible Markup Language (XML) allows the system to capitalize on the latest Internet and browser technology to exchange information. XML represents a key advance in web technology; it advances document delivery as much as data exchange and will alter the competitive landscape not only on the World Wide Web but in electronic and print publishing as well."