Standards Plenary

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Standards Plenary

• Standards Activity Committee (SAC)
• Chris Rouget

Plenary - Standards Activity Committee
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Standards

• Our Middle Name

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SISO Mission Statement
SISOs mission is To provide an open forum that
promotes the interoperability and reuse of models
and simulations through the exchange of ideas,
the examination of technologies, and the
development of standards.
SISO-ADM-004-2001 SISO Vision Document
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SAC Membership

• Chris Rouget Chair
• Adin Burroughs Vice Chair
• Mark McCall Secretary
• Chris Bouwens
• Allison Griffin
• Peggy Gravitz

• Jean-Louis Igarza
• Reed Little
• Chris Wertman
• Gene Wiehagen
• Jane Bachman CC Vice Chair
• Dave McKeeby
• Katherine Morse

Van Lowe IST Support
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SISO Products

• Balloted Products
• Standards
• Guidance
• Non-balloted Products
• Reference
• Administrative

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Balloted Products Development Process (BPDP)

• BPDP provides direction on the development of
  SISO balloted products
• It does not cover non-balloted products
• Built on Policies and Procedures (PP)
• Provides specific SAC guidance

Every PDG does not have to reinvent the process
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Six Step Process
Activity Approved
Product Development
Product Balloting
Product Approved
Distribution Configuration Management
Periodic Review
SISO-ADM-003-2002 SISO BPDP
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SISO Groups

• Product Development Groups (PDGs)
• SISO PDGs are created as the result of the
  Product Nomination (PN)
• PDGs perform steps 2 3 of the BPDP
• PDGs exist until the product is complete
• Study Groups (SGs)
• SISO SGs are created as the result of a Terms of
  Reference (TOR)
• SGs are chartered to answer questions of interest
  to the MS community
• SGs have a limited life generally 1 to 2
  workshop cycles
• SGs can be a first step to a PDG

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Study Groups (11 Active)

• Assessment of the Need for Product Data
  Representation Standards
• Common Image Generator Interface (CIGI)
• Discrete-Event Systems Specification (DEVS)
• DIS Extension
• Intelligent Tutoring System Interoperability
• Medical Modeling and Simulation Interoperability
• Open RTI Protocol
• Simulation Conceptual Modeling
• Simulation Reference Markup Language (SRML)
• Transfer of Control
• Extensible Modeling and Simulation Framework
  (XMSF) Profiles

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ANPDRS SG

• Leadership
• Chair James Coolahan
• Vice Chair Mike Haas
• Secretary Kim Larsen
• Purpose
• The ANPRDS SG will review existing methods of
  representing product data, identify significant
  gaps in product data representation standards and
  ongoing activities to address these gaps, and, if
  warranted, recommend SISO product group(s) to
  begin formulation of needed standards
• Product
• Final report, to include
• Bibliography of existing product data
  representation standards and methods
• List of, and justification of, areas in which new
  product data representation standards are
  warranted.
• If one or more SISO PDGs are recommended, draft
  Terms of Reference (TOR(s)) for the PDG(s).
• Schedule
• 2004 Spring SIW, Washington, DC (Thursday, April
  22, 0800-1200) interim bibliography of
  standards
• 2004 Fall SIW final report

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ANPDRS (Assessment of the Need for Product Data
Representation Standards) Study Group

• Motivation The data required to represent
  systems and products in MS is broad and diverse,
  describing requirements, conceptual and physical
  design, manufacturing means, cost, system
  performance, and the products operational and
  support environment.
• The ANPDRS SG will
• Identify categories of MS needed for product
  development
• Define the forms of needed product data
  representations
• Identify and review existing methods of
  representing product data, including
• Standards produced by recognized national and
  international standards bodies
• Product data representations in use or in
  development by major US international military
  system acquisition programs, MS organizations
  and U.S. international commercial organizations
• Identify significant gaps in the existence of
  product data representation standards
• Survey ongoing activities by other organizations
  to address such gaps

Performance/Effectiveness Simulation
Product Modeling
HLA
STEP
SEDRIS
XML
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ANPDRS SG

• Day Thursday, 22 April
• Time 0800 to 1200
• Location Lincoln
• Activities
• Review of Terms of Reference
• Discussion of submitted summaries of related
  standards efforts
• Development of outline of interim study group
  output
• Discussion of future efforts on standards needs
  assessment
• Action item review

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CIGI SG

• Leadership
• Chair Ronald G. Moore
• Vice Chair Willard B. Phelps
• Secretary Michael Butterworth
• Purpose
• Evaluate industry and government interest in
  developing a standard image generator interface
• Product
• Evaluation, alternatives, recommendation.
• Schedule
• Complete Study Spring 2004

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CIGI (Common Image Generator Interface) Study
Group

• The product of the study group will be a report
  that addresses
• The results of a survey of interests
• A top level technical review of the current
  Boeing CIGI
• Hardware interface
• Interface Control Document (ICD)
• Application Programmers Interface (API)
• Software Development Kit (SDK)
• Interface (host) Emulator and Test Tools
• Disposition of Open Source software
• Enforcing interface compliance
• Review of relevant industry organizations and
  standards
• Next step recommendation

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CIGI SG

• Day Friday, 23 April
• Time 0830 to 1200
• Location Arlington
• Activities
• Review Study Group Charter and Goals
• Present update on Boeing CIGI
• Present CIGI Survey results
• Complete Recommendation for Closing Study Group

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DEVS SG

• Leadership
• Chair Gabriel A. Wainer
• Vice Chair Bernard Zeigler
• Secretary Hessam Sarjoughian
• Purpose
• Study standard representation of DEVS to support
  common understanding, sharing and
  interoperability
• Analysis potential establishment of a core for a
  DEVS standard
• Relationship to other standards
• Potential creation of a proposed standardized
  language
• Product
• Interim Progress Reports during SIW conferences
• Final Report will include analysis report
  recommendation to SISO on any potential DEVS
  standards development
• Schedule
• Apr 2004 - Initial SG Kick Off Meeting at SISO
  Spring SIW
• Jul 2004 Meeting at SCSC
• Oct 2004 Meeting at SISO Fall SIW
• Apr 2005 End of the SG activities and delivery
  of final products

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DEVS (Discrete-Event Systems Specification) Study
Group
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DEVS SG

• Day Friday, 23 April
• Time 0800 to 1200
• Location Potomac 3
• Activities
• SG presentation
• Introduction to DEVS
• Current advances in the SG activities
• Open discussion
• Tuesday 20 700-900 pm. Free Tutorial
  Component-based Modeling Simulation using the
  DEVS Framework. Hessam S. Sarjoughian.
• Paper presentations (non-comprehensive list)
  Tuesday 20 Potomac 1- 130-300pm. Design and
  Implementation of Distributed DEVS Simulation in
  a Peer to Peer Network System Wednesday 21
  Potomac 5 130 - 500pm DEVS Session - ASTC
  Regency 'C' 930-1000am. On the Construction of
  Complex Models Using Reusable Components.
  TBD A High Performance Simulation Engine for
  Large-Scale Cellular DEVS

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DIS SG

• Leadership
• Chair Frank Hill
• Co-Vice Chair Graham Shanks
• Co-Vice Chair Ralph Weber
• Secretary Grayden Figart
• Purpose
• To survey the DIS community to determine the need
  to update IEEE 1278.1a-1998.
• To compile a list of DIS problems and change
  requests, including new PDUs that have been
  implemented, and to scope the extent of needed
  updates to the DIS Standard.
• Product
• A DIS Update PDG Nomination based on feedback
  from developers and users.
• Schedule
• Interim Report Fall 2003 SIW
• Final Report Spring 2004 SIW

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DIS (DIS Extension) Study Group

• Activities
• The DIS Study Group has reached out to the DIS
  community to gather feedback on DIS in the world
• 77 Subscribers to DIS SG Reflector from 6
  countries
• Many DIS SG Telecons were held including separate
  Australian DIS SG Telecons on a regular basis
• A system was developed to process and track over
  100 DIS Problem/ Change Requests (PCRs)
• A DIS Document Library has been established
• The DIS SG has been responsive to DIS user
  queries
• It is Clear There is a need to actively support
  DIS

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DIS (DIS Extension) Study Group

• A DIS Update Product Development Group (PDG)
  nomination has been submitted to the SAC for
  approval
• The DIS PDG will be chartered to
• Prepare incremental updates to IEEE 1278.1a on a
  6-month cycle as a balloted standards product
• Continue to provide DIS support via email, phone
  and a SISO DIS Reflector
• Identify other DIS products that need to be
  developed or updated
• Maintain a SISO DIS PDG Document Library

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DIS SG

• Day Thursday, 22 April
• Time 0800 to 1200
• Location Jefferson
• Activities
• Discuss Final Report of DIS Study Group
• Discuss DIS PDG Nomination and action plan
• Discuss the PCR process as related to the
  Drafting Group (DG) process
• DIS Implementer's Presentations (5 DIS projects.)
  
• Discuss some of the PCRs that should be
  considered for the first update to 1278.1a

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ITSI SG

• Leadership
• Chair Susann Luperfoy
• Vice Chair John Tyler / Vacancy
• Secretary Elizabeth Biddle
• Purpose
• Investigate targets for standardization in
  interoperable ITS applications and ITS component
  modules in simulation-based training environments
• Product
• Progress report with recommendations
• Schedule
• SG formally launched at Fall 2003 SIW
• Completion at Fall 2004 SIW

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ITSI (Intelligent Tutoring System
Interoperability) Study Group
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ITSI SG

• Day Thursday, 22 April
• Time 1330 to 1700
• Location Kennedy
• Activities
• Progress update and summary
• Officer transition - nominations for Chair and
  Vice Chair
• Presentation of proposal
• Start with one type of Intelligent
  Tutoring/Training System
• Simulation based tactical decision making ITS
  applications
• Proposal presentation and discussion
• Plan for culmination of SG by Fall SIW 2004

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MMS SG

• Leadership
• Chair William Beavin
• Co-Vice Chair Richard Severinghaus
• Co-Vice Chair Kenneth C. Curley
• Secretary Sean Murphy
• Purpose
• identifying categories of MS applications needed
  by the health care community and defining
  relevant information exchange requirements.
• Product
• Define existing object models.
• Plan for engaging existing developers to
  standardize products.
• Develop how to guide for existing developers to
  utilize in order to create
• Increase participation of MMS community over
  next couple SIWs
• Schedule
• Draft how to guide for Fall 2004 SIW

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MMS (Medical Modeling and Simulation
Interoperability) Study Group

• Medical simulation systems have unique technical,
  operational, and regulatory requirements and
  serve a broad array of users and customers.
  Medical simulation increasingly needs
  interoperability standards that build upon
  already extensive medical interface standards.
  The Medical Modeling and Simulation
  Interoperability (MMS SG) is identifying
  categories of MS applications needed by the
  health care community and defining relevant
  information exchange requirements

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MMS SG

• Activity Joint meeting with Web3D Consortium
• Day Tuesday, 20 April
• Time 1900 to 2100
• Location Lincoln
• Activity Visit to National Capital Area Medical
  Simulation Center
• Day Thursday, April 21
• Time Depart 1200 and return 1730
• See Ken Curley for sign up (limited to 25 people)
• Activity Study Group Meeting
• Day Friday, 23 April
• Time 0830 to 1200
• Location Regency B

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SCM SG

• Leadership
• Chair Jake Borah
• Vice Chair Vacancy
• Secretary Vacancy
• Purpose
• The Simulation Conceptual Modeling Study Group
  has been formed to conduct a preliminary
  investigation on the best practices of simulation
  conceptual modeling and to establish
  recommendations for pursuit of the topic within
  the scope of the SISO, if appropriate. Primary
  goals of SG
• Research the use of conceptual modeling in the
  MS or related information technology domains
• Perform exploratory work into the establishment
  of best practices for simulation conceptual
  modeling
• Consolidate the findings of the topical
  committees and establish recommendations for
  persistent management of the topic within SISO
• Product
• Spring 04 Vision Statement
• Bibliography of Conceptual Modeling References
  (Initial Draft)
• Schedule
• Spring 04 SIW Meeting

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SCM (Simulation Conceptual Modeling) Study Group

• Meetings
• Kickoff meeting during Spring 03 SIW
• Follow-up Progress meeting during Euro-SIW
• Working Meeting during Fall 03 SIW
• Progress
• IAW TOR, established SISO reflector with 71
  subscribers
• IAW TOR, issued data call for empirical evidence
  on simulation conceptual modeling
• Established linkages to VVA and BOM PDGs
• Drafted Vision Statement to guide follow-on
  activities
• Collected references for Conceptual Modeling
  Bibliography

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SCM SG

• Day Friday, 23 April
• Time 0830 to 1200
• Location Regency C
• Activities
• Review of Vision Document
• Review of Conceptual Modeling Bibliography
• Discussion of Follow-on Steps

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SRML SG

• Leadership
• Chair Steve Reichenthal
• Vice Chair Larry Root
• Secretary Vacancy
• Purpose
• Potential standardization of an XML-based
  simulation execution language and engine
  specificationsimilar in concept to HTML and the
  Web browser specifications
• Product
• Final Report
• Schedule
• Draft SG report available for comment, May 2004
• Final SG report complete Fall 2004 SIW

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SRML (Simulation Reference Markup Language) Study
Group

• Business Cases
• Potentially reduces cost to build models, obtain
  tools, interoperate, plug-in existing code,
  execute and maintain simulations
• Potentially increases availability of simulation
  through use of XML tools, ability to provide
  plug-ins, libraries of scripts made available on
  the web
• Potentially decreases obstacles entering into
  simulation through familiar web paradigm making
  it easier to find and grow modelers, easier to
  learn how to develop simulations, attractive view
  of the investment in simulation
• Potentially reduces risks by supporting
  validation of requirements through conceptual
  models, rapid prototyping, user in the loop
  sooner, greater communication amongst all the
  stakeholders

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SRML SG

• Day Thursday, 22 April
• Time 1900 to 2100
• Location Potomac 2 (changed from Regency D)
• Activities
• Share XML-based simulation experiences and demos
• Review goals, needs, business case, and potential
  benefits to the simulation community
• Summarize the SRML survey to date
• Relate SRML to HLA, BOMs, XMSF, MDA, and other
  emerging trends
• Identify various forms of standardization
• Discuss technical and non-technical aspects of
  standardizing a simulation markup language and
  corresponding simulation engine

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TC SG

• Leadership
• Chair Frank Hill
• Vice Chair Patrick Merlet
• Secretary Vacancy
• Purpose
• To correct present IEEE 1278.1a DIS design
  deficiencies, ambiguities and shortcomings with
  transfer control
• To review and analyze HLA Transfer Ownership
• To determine changes to the HLA RPR FOM and GRIM
• Product
• Draft Changes to 1278.1a and the DIS Enumeration
  Document will be submitted to the new DIS PDG
• Schedule
• Spring 2004 SIW Interim Report - Draft DIS
  Changes
• Fall 2004 SIW Final Report - Draft HLA changes

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TC (Transfer of Control) Study Group

• Prepared draft IEEE 1278.1a DIS changes and
  achieved initial transfer control community
  consensus as follows
• Para. 4.5.8.3 Entity handover completely revised
• Annex D Transfer Control Design Guidelines
  added
• Para. 5.2 Basic Data Types and Records
  developed
• Revisions to other paragraphs as applicable to
  the new design
• DIS Enumeration document new enumerations
• Draft changes were prepared to expedite the
  process since there was good community
  representation and key study group members were
  experienced in performing system engineering
  analysis and preparing standards
• Prepared an Interim Report covering activities to
  date

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TC (Transfer of Control) Study Group

• Activities
• The TC Study Group held over 30 weekly telecons
• A TC Study Group Reflector and Document Library
  is being maintained
• Participation by experienced DIS software
  developers and knowledgeable joint training
  exercise integrators.
• Representatives present from all known DIS
  transfer control software projects that have been
  completed or are in development
• Systems analysis and engineering studies
  performed
• Draft HLA RPR FOM and GRIM changes prepared
• Initial review of HLA transfer ownership issues

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TC SG

• Day Thursday, 22 April
• Time 1330 to 1700
• Location Jefferson
• Activities
• Detailed Briefing on New DIS Transfer Control
  Design
• Discuss Known HLA Transfer Ownership Issues
• Discuss Remaining Tasks

A few Transfer Control projects have been
implemented in DIS and HLA. Transfer Control
efforts are underway or under consideration by
the Air Force, Navy, JNTC and commercial vendors.
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XMSF Profile SG

• Leadership
• Chair Katherine L. Morse
• Vice Chair Andreas Tolk
• Secretary Johnny Garcia
• Purpose
• Determine the required scope for XMSF profiles
  and define their structure
• Products
• Profile definition and conops
• Survey of profile definitions in other technology
  domains
• Draft XMSF profile standard
• Schedule
• By April 2004
• Develop profile definition and conops
• Identify potential candidate exemplars for
  profiling
• By September 2004
• Survey of profile definitions in other technology
  domains
• By March 2005
• Draft XMSF profile standard
• Recommendation for next steps

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XMSF Profile Definition

• XMSF profiles are formal technical specifications
  for application of interoperable web based
  technologies to enabling composable and reusable
  modeling and simulation, and facilitating
  enterprise integration. The objectives of XMSF
  profiles are to
• Provide unambiguous specification of the
  functionality of components, and interfaces among
  components of the framework
• Ensure interoperability between existing and new
  web enabled technologies, both within MS and in
  related domains
• Provide the necessary metadata to facilitate
  composability and reuse of components across
  multiple MS application domains
• Facilitate development of new applications and
  services that are functionally interchangeable
  with existing applications and services
• Enable development of new applications and
  services that readily extend functionality for
  continuous evolution of capabilities

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XMSF Profile SG

• Day Thursday, 22 April
• Time 0800 to 1200
• Location Regency D
• Activities
• Assignment of other profile definitions for
  review
• Complete conops
• XMSF specific requirements
• Invited Presentations
• UML
• SRML update 
• BOM  update

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Product Development Groups (8 Active)

• Base Object Model (BOM)
• C4ISR Sim Interoperability Technical Reference
  Model
• Dynamic Link Compatible HLA API
• Environmental Data Coding Standard (EDCS)
• HLA Evolved
• Link 16
• Realtime Platform Reference (RPR) FOM
• VVA Overlay to FEDEP

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BOM PDG

• Leadership
• Chair Larry Root
• Vice Chair Bob Lutz
• Secretary Jane Bachman
• Purpose
• Develop an Open and Community Supported
  Specification for Base Object Models
• Product
• Effort includes a Guidance Document and two
  volumes numbered as follows
• SISO-STD-003-2003 Guide For BOM Use and
  Implementation
• SISO-STD-003.1-2003 BOM Template Specification
  Vol 1 Interface BOM
• SISO-STD-003.2-2003 BOM Template Specification
  Vol 2 Encapsulated BOM
• Schedule
• Jun04 120-day Trial Use of Vol 1 Begins
  Publish Draft Guidance for Vol 1 Start Draft
  Development of Vol 2
• Oct04 Adjudicate Comments from Trial Use Period
• Nov04 Publish Updated Vol 1 and Guidance
• Dec04 Submit Vol 1 for SISO Balloting
• Jan05 Submit 1st Round PDG Review of Vol 2
  Begin Update of Guidance for Vol 2

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BOM (Base Object Model) PDG

• This Standard is Needed Now More Than Ever
  Before

• Discussed and/or Mentioned in Over Different 14
  Sessions at Fall03 SISO
• Anticipate Start of 120 Day Trial Use Period,
  Jun04
• Encourage application of standard to your problem
  space
• Accept comments, lessons learned, and
  recommendations
• Includes draft of SISO-STD-003-2003 BOM Guidance
  Document in support of Vol I
• Update SISO-STD-003.1-2003 Based on Comments from
  Trial Use Period, Nov04
• Submit SISO-STD-003.1-2003 to SISO Balloting
  Process, Dec04 (if deemed ready)
• Begin Addressing SISO-STD-003.2-2003 BOM Template
  Specification Vol 2 Encapsulated BOM, Jun04

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BOM PDG

• Day Thursday, 22 April Friday, 23 April
• Time 1330 to 1700 0900 to 1200
• Location Regency D Regency D
• Activities
• BOM PDG Status
• Metrics and Overview of Round 2 Comments
• Adjudication of Round 2 Comments
• Review and Update Schedule
• Plans For Fall04 SIW

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C4ISR/Sim TRM PDG

• Leadership
• Interim Co-Chairs Frank Carr Jim Caylor
• Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary Kickoff Elections
  on Thursday
• Purpose
• Generate a guidance document for use of the
  C4ISR/Sim TRM
• Product
• Guidance for Use of the C4ISR/Simulation
  Interoperability Technical Reference Model
• Schedule
• April 22, 2004 Kickoff Meeting
• April, 2005 First Release

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C4ISR/Sim TRM (C4ISR Sim Interoperability
Technical Reference Model) PDG

• Product Type
• Guidance
• Purpose
• Crystallize the groundwork of three C4ISR/Sim TRM
  Study Groups
• Description
• Describe how to apply the TRM to interoperability
  applications
• Provide a summary of past and present work
• Define levels of simulation, fidelity, and
  interoperability
• Relate the TRM to other existing and evolving
  standards
• Serve as a tutorial for those new to the field

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C4ISR/Sim TRM PDG

• Day Thursday, 22 April
• Time 0800 to 1200
• Location Kennedy
• Activities
• Kickoff Meeting
• Leadership Elections
• Initial Planning

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DLC HLA API PDG

• Leadership
• Founding Chair Steve Monson (The Boeing Company)
• Acting Chair Len Granowetter (MAK Technolgies)
• Secretary Katia Sullivan (AEgis Technologies
  Group)
• Editors Steve Drake (The Boeing Company)
• Len Granowetter (MAK Technologies)
• Björn Möller (Pitch)
• Roger Wuerfel (SAIC)
• Purpose
• Produce alternative C and Java APIs (for both
  HLA 1.3 and IEEE 1516 series) which allow
  dynamically-link compatibility among RTIs
• Schedule
• 2/04 1.3 Balloting Begins
• 5/04 1.3 API Standard Approved
• 6/04 1516 API Ballotting Begins
• 9/04 (SIW) 1516 API Standard Approved
• 4/05 (SIW) PDG Disbands

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DLC HLA API (Dynamic Link Compatible HLA API) PDG

• Benefits
• HLA Tool Vendor Single tool version can support
  various RTIs
• RTI Vendor Demonstrate alternative RTI without
  imposing federate modifications
• Federation integrators
• Any HLA tool will work with program-specified RTI
• Avoid vendor-lock
• 1.3 API Ballot Results
• 17 Accept, 9 Accept with Comments, 9 Reject
• Comment Resolution Teleconference 3/25/04
• Re-ballot beings 4/04 (expected to be final
  ballot)
• 1516 API Status
• Reached consensus on API
• Document being prepared for ballotting

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DLC HLA API PDG

• Day Friday, 23 April
• Time 0800 to 1200
• Location Fairfax
• Activities
• Review 1516 API, and prepare document for
  balloting
• Any outstanding issues regarding the 1.3 API
  ballot

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EDCS PDG

• Leadership
• Chair Bob Richbourg
• Vice Chair Dale Miller
• Secretary Vacancy
• Drafting Group Paul Foley, Annette Jannett,
  David Jodeit, Bob Richbourg (Editor), Guy
  Schiavone
• Purpose
• To review the ISO EDCS technologies and recommend
  SISO course of action on adopting as a standard
• Product (to date)
• 00F-SIW-071, Standardizing the Codification of
  Environmental Objects The Environmental Data
  Coding Specification
• 02S-SIW-049, The Environmental Data Coding
  Specification The Standard for Specification of
  Environmental Data and Properties
• Schedule
• Meetings in conjunction with SIW - final products
  in line with ISO development

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EDCS (Environmental Data Coding Standard) PDG

• To review the EDCS technologies and the
  associated software implementation
• To provide comments, modifications,
  improvements for incorporation into the ISO/IEC
  standard
• Once the results are satisfactory to SISO, to
  recognize the EDCS as a formal SISO product,
  recommending and encouraging its use within the
  MS community -- That product will reference
  appropriate ISO/IEC specification standards
• To encourage and guide the development of
  utilities (software, mapping documents, use
  guides, etc.) that will enhance usability of the
  EDCS

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EDCS PDG

• Day Thursday, 22 April
• Time 1330 to 1700
• Location Lincoln
• Activities
• Review EDCS ISO progress (Paul Foley)
• Environmental Data Models (Virginia Dobey)
• Solicit Drafting Group Members

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HLA-Evolved PDG

• Leadership
• Interim Chair Roy Scrudder, Univ. of Texas,
  Applied Research Labs
• Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary Kickoff Elections
  on Wednesday
• Purpose
• Revise the existing HLA standards to address
  requirements of the HLA user community.
• Product
• Updated versions of
• IEEE Std 1516 HLA Rules
• IEEE Std 1516.1 HLA Federate Interface
  Specification
• IEEE Std 1516.2 HLA Object Model Template
• Schedule
• Proposed-to be voted on 21 Apr 04
• Apr 04 and Jun 04 US and Euro Kickoff Meetings
• Jun 04 - Release Draft 0 for comment
• Jan 05 - Release Draft 1 for comment
• Jul 05 - Ballot 1
• Jan 06 - Ballot 2
• Apr 06 - Revised 1516 standards released
• May need more draft review rounds or fewer
  balloting rounds based on comments received

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HLA-Evolved PDG

• Existing HLA Standards were published in March
  2001
• Strong evidence of need and user community
  interest in evolving the existing standards
• Numerous interpretations have been requested and
  provided
• Primarily for the Federate Interface
  Specification
• Some for the Object Model Template
• Dynamic Link Compatible HLA API targets resuse of
  simulation components across runtime
  infrastructures (see HLA API PDG)
• This standardization effort represents the first
  use of the MOA recognizing SISO as Standards
  Development Organization for IEEE
• PDG activities to be conducted using SISO
  Balloted Products Development Process
• Balloting to be conducted using IEEE policies and
  procedures

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HLA-Evolved PDG

• Day Wednesday, 21 April
• Time 1900 to 2100
• Location Jefferson
• Activities Kickoff Meeting
• Review Product Nomination
• Review SISO Balloted Product Development Process
• Update on SISO-IEEE MOA
• Elect officers
• Select PDG chairs and membership
• Review and adjust schedule
• A 2nd kickoff meeting will be held at European
  SIW in June 2004

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Link-16 PDG

• Leadership
• Chair Joe Sorroche
• Vice Chair Adin Burroughs
• Secretary Robert Byers
• Purpose
• Create a standard that can be used to exchange
  TADIL J data via DIS and HLA.
• Product
• SISO Standard
• Submit proposals for changes to DIS EBV Document
• TDL Enumerations
• Schedule
• Spring SIW 04
• Final SISO Standard Review
• Draft and Send Ballot Announcement
• Brief Ballot Status at Euro SIW 04
• Brief Status at Fall SIW 04 (Accepted Standard??)

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Link-16 PDG

• Fall SIW 02 Link-16 PDG Kickoff
• Review of TADIL TALES
• Created new Draft Standard
• SISO-STD-002 V2.1
• Proposed and Awarded JSB Infrastructure Upgrade
  funding to implement standard in Northrop/Grumman
  Common Connectivity Device (CCD)
• Conducted Tests in September 2002 and February
  2003
• Used results to modify standard
• Spring SIW 03
• Presented September and February Test results at
  PDG and Air Force Night
• Fall SIW 03
• Continued modifications to draft standard
• Election of New Officers
• Briefed Status, BPDP Process

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Link-16 PDG

• Proposed and Accepted for Experimentation in
  Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment (JEFX) 04
• Conducted Tests during JEFX MS Operational
  Testing, 22 26 March 04
• Will present results at Spring SIW PDG
• Conduct additional tests, 10 15 May and 12 16
  July
• Received Several Requests from Air Force Programs
  on when Standard will be available
• Joint Cruise Missile Defense, Boeing Virtual
  Warfare Center, Boeing MTC Facilities, and DMOC
  Virtual Flag Exercises
• Pressing ahead as fast as we can!

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Link-16 PDG

• Day Thursday, 22 April
• Time 1330 to 1700
• Location Regency A
• Activities
• Present JEFX 04 Experiment Results
• Final Review of Draft Standard
• Incorporation of DIS and HLA Final Adjustments
• Present BPDP Process
• Draft Ballot Announcement
• Post Ballot Announcement

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RPR FOM PDG

• Leadership
• Chair Jim Kogler
• Vice Chair Vacancy
• Secretary Doug Wood
• Purpose
• Development and Maintenance of a Real Time
  Platform Reference FOM
• Product
• RPR FOM Version 2.0
• Schedule
• Version 2.0 currently in Ballot Period

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RPR FOM (Realtime Platform Reference Federation
Object Model) PDG

• Version 2.0
• A long journey is coming to a close
• 17 Drafts / many years of work
• Ballot opened on the 19th of March 2004
• Ballot closes on the 7th of May 2004
• 29 ballot pool members
• Many exercises using various Version 2.0 drafts
• Future
• Version 3.0 or 2.x
• Rewrite RPR FOM for 3.0? or extend 2.0 to work
  with new changes to DIS? Both?

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RPR FOM PDG

• Day Thursday, 22 April
• Time 0800 to 1200
• Location Regency A
• Activities
• Discuss future development of the RPR FOM.
• Version 3.0 road map?
• Version 2.x, a cleaned up Updated version of 2.0?
• Informal discussion of comments for version 2.0

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VVA PDG

• Leadership
• Chair Simone Youngblood
• Vice Chair Susan Solick
• Secretary Virginia Dobey
• Purpose
• Formalize a VVA overlay to the FEDEP
• Product
• A Recommended Practices Guide for Verification,
  Validation, and Accreditation (VVA) of a
  Federation
• Schedule (Meetings Held)
• 20 Oct 2003 Kick-off meeting
• 11 Dec 2003 Cooperative discussion with NATO
  Task Group 016
• 17 Mar 2004 Discussion of VVA process outline

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VVA (VVA Overlay to FEDEP) PDG

• Product Type
• Guidance Document
• Description
• Address overall VVA objectives, methodology,
  roles and responsibilities, tasks, resulting
  products, and challenges
• Use lessons learned derived from the community as
  the foundation for the documented recommended
  practices
• Leverage past and ongoing activities in
  organizations (NATO Task Group 16, DMSO VVA RPG
  Build 3, 03S-SIW-085) that have vested interest
  in the development and formalization of
  federation VVA guidance

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VVA PDG

• Day Thursday, 22 April
• Time 1330 to 1700
• Location Regency C
• Activities
• Review progress from previous meetings
• Discuss relationship with NATO Task Group 016
  overlay product
• Review THALES JP 11.20 VVA process model
• Discuss VVA process overview

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Summary

• SISO provides a proven infrastructure for
  creating standards and guidance products for the
  MS community
• SISO Products are in wide use
• SISO members expertise and experience is a asset
  in developing products
• SISO has experienced tremendous growth in new
  activities

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