The NetCentric Data Strategy

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The Net-Centric Data Strategy Communities of
Interest
Jeff Miller
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B A R R I E R B A R R I E R B A R R I
E R B A R R I E R
Identifying, Accessing and Understanding
DataDefining the data challenge
What data exists? How do I access the
data? How do I know this data is what I
need? How can I tell someone what data I need?
How do I share my data with others? How do
I describe my data so others can understand
it?
User knows data exists and can access it but may
not know how to make
use of it due to lack of
under- standing of
what data represents
User is unaware this data exists
User knows this data existsbut cannot access it
because of
organizational and/or
technical barriers
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Organization A
Organization B
Organization C
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DoD Net-Centric Data StrategyThe Departments
data vision

• The Net-Centric Data Strategy, signed May 9,
  2003, is a key enabler of the Departments
  transformation
• The Strategy provides the foundation for managing
  the Departments data in a net-centric
  environment, including
• Ensuring data are visible, accessible, and
  understandable when needed and where needed to
  accelerate decision making
• Tagging of all data (intelligence,
  non-intelligence, raw, and processed) with
  metadata to enable discovery by known and
  unanticipated users in the Enterprise
• Posting of all data to shared spaces for users to
  access except when limited by security, policy,
  or regulations
• Organizing around Communities of Interest (CoIs)
  that are supported by Warfighter, Business, and
  Intelligence Domains.

The Strategy defined several information sharing
goals
http//www.defenselink.mil/nii/org/cio/doc/Net-Cen
tric-Data-Strategy-2003-05-092.pdf
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DoD Net-Centric Data StrategyImplementing the
key goals
Key Actions
Key Goals

• Make data assets available to the enterprise
• Use metadata to describe and advertise data
  assets (e.g., documents, web pages, images, etc)
• Create data asset catalogs and organize by
  community-defined structure (ontology)
• Make data assets available to shared space
  where enterprise users can access it
• Make system data and processes available to the
  enterprise
• Define and register the format and semantics of
  system data and processes
• Provide reusable/easy-to-call access services to
  make system data and processes available to the
  Enterprise

Make Data Visible
Make Data Accessible
Enable Data to be Understandable
Enable Data to be Trusted
Enable Data Interoperability
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Net-Centric Data Strategy Enabling unanticipated
users
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Net-Centric Data StrategyCONOPS
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DoD Net-Centric Data StrategyPolicy and guidance
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The DoD CIO has recognized Communities of
Interest (COIs) as an important enabler of
Net-Centric Operations

• The DoD CIO has outlined the vision for the use
  of COIs to support the evolution of the
  Departments Net-Centric environment
• Acknowledging the importance of COIs, the
  Department has begun to institutionalize the
  construct in policy, guidance, and architectures.

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Within the DoD, the term COI has been carefully
defined to include any group who performs
net-centric information sharing activities
Communities of Interest (COI) is the inclusive
term used to describe collaborative groups of
users who must exchange information in pursuit of
their shared goals, interests, missions, or
business processes and who therefore must have a
shared vocabulary for the information they
exchange From the DoD Net-Centric Data
Strategy, DoD CIO
Time Sensitive Targeting COI
Blue Force Tracking COI
Military Pay COI
DoD Programs
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COIs share certain attributes in common that
enable them to support, and be supportive of, the
net-centric environment

• Key COI Attributes
• Formed to solve a mission or fulfill a task
• Actively support information sharing in
  relationship to their mission and/or task
  objectives (e.g. make information visible,
  accessible)
• Comprised of all appropriate stakeholders
  including end-users, developers, data owners,
  data producers, architects, and program managers
• Work to define and post their agreed-upon
  vocabularies

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There is a set of activities that COIs must
perform in order to turn information overload
into a warfighting advantage
The Department has developed a framework that
provides a structured approach to executing the
Departments COI activities
Net-Centric COI Activity Framework

Establish Evolve
Implement Integrate
Promote Understanding
Governance
Promote Trust Assurance
PromoteVisibility
Promote Accessibility
The following slides go into more details of each
activity area within the Net-Centric COI Activity
Framework
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Net-Centric COI FrameworkActivity Area
Establish Evolve
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Net-Centric COI FrameworkActivity Area Promote
Understanding
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Net-Centric COI FrameworkActivity Area Promote
Visibility
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Net-Centric COI FrameworkActivity Area Promote
Accessibility
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Participating in COIs and adhering to their
agreements is vital to the success of Programs
and organizations

• The momentum of Net-Centricity is changing the
  culture, processes, and capability development
  approaches of the Department of Defense.
• Successful programs and organizations will need
  to utilize Communities of Interest to prepare for
  this change.
• By understanding and implementing the activities
  outlined in the COI Framework your Program and
  organization will be well-positioned to fit
  within the DoD Net-Centric environment.