Lessons Learned in Using and Adapting an Information Exchange Data Model
Abstract
A primary objective of the Global Force Management Data Initiative is the deployment of a suite of information sources called organization servers (OS) that provide default organizational and forces structure data for the Department of Defense (DOD). The data in the OSs are produced and maintained by the agencies across the DOD who are responsible for this information. From the net-centric perspective, these seven sources are seven URLs on the Global Information Grid. A somewhat contentious issue was the decision by the GFM Community of Interest (COI) to create a unified front across the suite of OS so that an information consumer can retrieve the managed organizational and force structure data in the same form regardless of which source was being accessed. This allows one to build a virtual DOD OS even though multiple sources are being used. To accomplish this, a common access format had to be developed and agreed upon. This paper addresses several issues and lessons learned from their resolution which resulted in the creation of the GFM Information Exchange Data Model (IEDM), an augmented subset of an existing IEDM, and its associated transition to an XML Schema Definition (XSD).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA486789
Entities
People
- Ilean Keltz
- Sam Chamberlain
Organizations
- United States Army Research Laboratory