FEDERATION DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FORUM

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FEDERATION DEVELOPMENTPROCESS FORUM
INTRODUCTION TO

• Federation Development Track
• Spring 1999
• Simulation Interoperability Workshop
• 15-19 March

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PROC FORUM
Charter
This forum is focused on the process of
federation development and execution. The
primary goals of this forum are to exchange
practical experiences regarding the process of
federation design and development, support the
development of generalized guidelines for
federation construction, and to assist in the
establishment of standards which support this
process.
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PROC FORUM
PRP Members
Bob Lutz (Chair) Margaret Horst (Vice Chair) Phil
Zimmerman (Rec Secretary) Graham Shanks Judy
Schandua
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FEDEP DEVELOPMENTCONOPS
Encourage
FEDEP
Usage
Prepare
Technical
Papers
Present
Technical
Papers
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FEDEP EVOLUTION

• FEDEP V1.0 (Sept 96)
• - Built off of protofederation experiences
• FEDEP V1.1 (Dec 97)
• - Complete textual description
• - Improve uniformity of process
  description
• - Reflect new products/resources in
  FEDEP
• FEDEP V1.2 (July 98)
• - Roles and products
• - Federation reuse
• FEDEP V1.3 (Dec 98)
• - New graphical representation

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WHATS NEXT?

• FEDEP V1.4 development
• FEDEP Clickable Image

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FEDEP V1.4 DEVELOPMENT

• This workshop provides another opportunity
• for federation developers to comment on the
• accuracy, completeness, and usefulness of
• the current FEDEP (V1.3)
• List of possible FEDEP modifications will be
• identified based on paper presentations
• This list will provide the basis for discussions
• at the next FEDEP tech exchange
• FEDEP V1.4 expected to be finalized in late
• June

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FEDEP Clickable Image

• Clickable Image provides quick, easy to
  understand
• introduction to all FEDEP activities
• Simply point-and-click on any activity box, and
• a short textual description of that activity
  is
• provided on the screen
• Clickable image has recently been updated to
  reflect
• FEDEP V1.3 document

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PROC FORUM AGENDA
0800-0830 Introduction 0830-0900 AC-130U Testbed
Migration to HLA 0900-0930 Lessons Learned in the
SOM and FOM Development Process for a
Legacy Simulator 0930-1000 Test and
Evaluation Federation Experience and Lessons
Learned Using the Federation Development and
Execution Process 1000-1030 Break
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PROC FORUM AGENDA
1030-1100 Analysis Process Overlay for the
FEDEP 1100-1130 Design of JWP Trailblazer
Federation in Support of Analysis
1130-1200 HLA Object Model Data Dictionary
Population and Use 1200-1330 Lunch
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PROC FORUM AGENDA
1330-1430 HLA Federation Development and
Execution Automated End-to-End Support of
the FEDEP with the HLA Tools Suite
1430-1500 A New Paradigm for Developing and
Maintaining Scenarios for Distributed
Simulation Systems 1500-1530 Break
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PROC FORUM AGENDA
1530-1600 Just-In-Time Use Of CMMS Knowledge
Products By Software Developers 1600-1630 A
Structural Description of Base Object Models
(BOMs) 1630-1700 Object Model Use Cases A
Mechanism for Capturing Requirements and
Supporting BOM Reuse 1700-1710 Wrap-Up