Metadata, Data Models, Validation, and M&S Education: Some of the Many Dimensions of MOVES. Curtis Blais Research Associate July 22, 2009

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1 Metadata, Data Models, Validation, and M&S Education: Some of the Many Dimensions of MOVES Curtis Blais Research Associate July 22, 2009

2 Metadata Activities M&S Community of Interest Discovery Metadata Specification (MSC-DMS) M&S Catalog DoD Verification, Validation, and Accreditation (VV&A) Documentation Tool (DVDT) DoD Standards Vetting Tool (DSVT) Capability Requirements Tool (CRT) USN Software Hardware Asset Reuse Enterprise (SHARE) 2

3 M&S COI Discovery Metadata Specification Producers and consumers need a common way to tag & bag M&S resources. C++ Battle Ready Model Joint Combat Object Models Special Sim Consistent labeling requires agreed upon markup that can be associated to a variety of resources Source: Spring 2009 SIW paper 09S-SIW-076 3

4 MSC-DMS Types of M&S Resources Addressed 1.M&S Software 2.M&S Adjunct Tools 3.Federations of Sims 4.M&S SW Components 5.M&S Services 6.M&S Data 7.M&S Data Models 8.Interface Specifications 9.Design Documents MSC-DMS is result of integrating common practices and templates for tagging resources Source: Spring 2009 SIW paper 09S-SIW-076 Primary Elements ID Title Type Description Dates Version Security Rights Releasability Associations POCs Keywords Usages Media 4

5 M&S Catalog (CAC access) consumer Sources send MSC-DMS records to Catalog DoD MSC-DMS XML MSC-DMS XML Other (e.g., SAVAGE 3D Models) User interested in a resource can learn of availability from virtual search of multiple repositories w/ single query Source: Spring 2009 SIW paper 09S-SIW-076 5

6 DoD VV&A Documentation Tool 6

7 DoD M&S Standards Vetting Tool (DSVT) 7

8 Capability Requirements Tool 8

9 Software Hardware Asset Reuse Enterprise Component Specification Common System Function List (CSFL) Metadata Ontology Representations WSDL Elements Element <porttype> <message> <types> <binding> Defines Operations performed Messages used Data types used Communication protocols 9

10 Data Models Anti-Submarine Warfare Community of Interest Data Model Working Group Principal models ASW Data Model Tactical Assessment Markup Language (TAML) (ASW Tactical Assessment System, A-TAS) Universal Core (UCore) Autonomous Vehicle Command Language (AVCL) TrackLite (Undersea Warfare Decision Support System, USW-DSS) Joint Consultation Command and Control Information Exchange Data Model (JC3IEDM) Maritime Information Exchange Model (MIEM) Rich Semantic Track 10

11 USW-XML Syntactic and Semantic Mappings Initial mappings across TAML, UCore, TrackLite Additional mappings in progress Conceptual models and mappings being expressed in Semantic Web languages (RDF, OWL) General theory of tracks under development (Rich Semantic Track model) as conceptual base for semantic interoperability and track data processing 11

12 Tactical Data Conversion Hub 12

13 Validation Methodology for Validation of Irregular Warfare Models New start: M&S Coordination Office IW Steering Committee Extend USMC IW Agent-Based Simulation Validation Study Apply methodology to Peace Support Operations Model (PSOM) TRAC-Monterey Cultural Geography Model Battlespace Terrain Reasoning and Awareness (BTRA) Battle Engine (BBE) New start: Army Geospatial Center Course of Action Evaluation Tool 13

14 M&S Education M&S for Stability, Security, Transition, and Reconstruction (SSTR) Operations (MV4657) Investigation into application of PSOM for US Army III Corps senior leader education US Army Senior M&S Professional Advanced M&S Course Review of course materials developed for Educating the Acquisition M&S Workforce program 14

15 Summary Numerous activities performed for many sponsoring organizations MOVES has the intellectual capital to address broad areas of M&S, from governance to development to application to education 15

16 Questions? Contact Information: Curtis Blais