C2 Core and UCore Message Design Capstone: Interoperable Message Structure

Abstract

UCore allows users to create multi-layered messages pairing UCore digests with detailed structured payloads. A MITRE Capstone was funded to explore the feasibility of a multi-layered message including a domain specific common core layer. The Capstone Team designed a multi-layered messaging solution where a UCore digest was paired with a notional "common core" payload from the Command and Control (C2) domain, and further extended with a Community of Interest (COI) payload. This approach was tested with an exchange satisfying real air operations planning requirements. Our design goals were to minimize content duplication and to create a message interpretable by both COI and unanticipated users from the domain. This document shares lessons learned from this approach and provides insights about challenges to designing and using multi-layer messages in the real world.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA596680

Entities

People

  • Catherine Macheret
  • M. D. Allen
  • Mary A. Malloy

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Best Practices
  • Classification
  • Command And Control
  • Commerce
  • Communities
  • Department Of Defense
  • Geolocation
  • Information Exchange
  • Language
  • Lessons Learned
  • Markup Languages
  • Message Processing
  • Production
  • Situational Awareness
  • Urban Areas
  • Xml

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control