Flowing Focused and Relevant Information to the Edge through Semantic Channels
Abstract
The Department of Defense (DoD) Global Information Grid (GIG) Enterprise Service and Net-Centric Data Strategies envision a shared market of information services across the Enterprise. The authors believe that this vision lacks an essential means for adding situational context to the services and data. Without this context, shared information in the GIG will inevitably become, like that of today's World Wide Web, increasingly difficult to research, analyze and make accessible to commanders and decision makers. The GIG information explosion will also become increasingly expensive to support in terms of bandwidth and computing capacity. The authors propose extending GIG capabilities with Semantic Channels that provide the needed context for discovery and analysis. The authors are exploring how COTS software and a standardized categorization framework can be combined with GIG service and metadata registries to yield a near-term GIG Semantic Channel solution. Initial results show significant reduction in information dissemination complexity for GIG consumers without limiting the ability to explore related information. Future steps include exploring how GIG Semantic Channels can simplify information dissemination, the insertion of caching, bandwidth compression, and synchronization technologies to efficiently and effectively extend the GIG information space to tactical edge commanders and operators.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA464216
Entities
People
- Derek T. Anderson
- Robert Damashek