A Roadmap for Developing Architectures in a Net-Centric World
Abstract
Architectures are beginning to impact on the process that should accompany data collection and dissemination, more needs to be done to ensure that valid, useful data reaches the right people at the right time, enabling them to take the right action in the emerging Net-Centric Environment. This paper discusses architectural approaches that will facilitate required levels of information transfer and utilization. Information transfer is the critical ingredient in Net-Centric Transformation. Interoperability, integration, and convergence all rely on the availability of valid, current, and confirmable data that can be intelligently pulled as required to satisfy some aspect of a Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Security or Reconnaissance (C4ISR) requirement. A roadmap defines how the architecture is used in creating new systems, systems-of-systems and applications that support net-centricity. The authors propose a method for creating a roadmap to facilitate and focus architecture creation efforts that will maximize their usefulness in development of the Net-Centric Environment. Underlying the paper is a discussion of how two established tools the authors had roles in creating, the DoD Architecture Framework, version 1.0, (DoDAF 1.0) and the Core Architecture Data Model (CADM), provide the structure needed for creating architectures under the roadmap.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA466032
Entities
People
- David Mcdaniel
- John V. Tieso