Technical Support for the Active Templates Program
Abstract
The DARPA Active Templates (AcT) program was established to develop a scalable, simple, distributed software infrastructure for mission planning and execution, in essence, a kind of "spreadsheet" for planning, information monitoring, and execution replanning. This effort addressed the concept of spreadsheets for planning by developing a suite of forms-based planning tools. In particular, the objective was to enable users to create and modify forms with sharable information elements to support real-time collaboration and a core technology was implemented to facilitate collaborative form development. The resulting technology was then used as a foundation for a number of demonstration applications, including weather report visualization, command logs, and more importantly, a general form-building application called CommandLink. CommandLink provides a simple, intuitive tool for users to support planning with unique features that enable real-time collaboration, reusability of information elements, and connectivity to external information sources.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA436279
Entities
People
- Carl S. Lizza
- Lawrence G. Lafferty