Semantic Web for the Military User

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Semantic Web for the Military User

• C2 Applications

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Outline

• Framework
• Participants
• Transition actions by area

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Framework for Review Expeditionary Sensor Grid
Characteristics Time Deployed When
Committed Sensor Coverage Real Time High Interest
Areas Numbers Many (100s 1,000s) Cost Low Ne
twork Fully Netted (FORCEnet) Stability
Endurance Hours to
Months Limited Vulnerable
Counters CCD
KEY UUV sensor USV
sensor UAV sensor medium
UAV sensor small Unattended ground
sensors Unattended sea sensors
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C2 Applications Review ESG Framework

• Control of systems/sensors/and networks
• With auto registration, knowledge of
  capabilities, can more intelligently control for
  optimal or appropriate coverage for the mission
  at hand for planning, and adaptation to changing
  conditions.
• Infrastructure Applications
• Semantic interoperability of systems, dynamic
  reconfiguration with understanding at the
  machine level of the implications
• Sensor Applications
• Smart Sensors communicating with one-another
• E.g., unattended acoustic/IR aerial, ground, or
  underwater sensor (one of potentially thousands)
• Fusion, aggregation and reporting

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C2 Applications Participants
Don Conklin BBN Marti Hall DRC Phil
Barry DMSO David Marsh AFRL/IFT Wayne
Perras NWDC Mike Siracuse USJFCOM Rick
Metzger AFRL Mel Peters Raytheon Mike Dean BBN

• Gunnar Ramstrum SSC
• Mark Nelson COMEODGRU 2
• Steve Hoffmann AMC/AFRL
• Pedro Szekely ISI
• Mark Gorniak AFRL
• Ken Whitebread LMSC/ATL
• Frank White SSC
• Doyle Weishar Global Infotek
• Mark Tempestilli USNA
• Rich Coupland NWDC

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Summary of areas of interest

• We discussed promising DAML capabilities,
  potential DAML implementation problems/issues,
  but really keyed on promising applications
• AMC Markup for Diplomatic Clearance Guidance
  for Military Air
• ESG Tackle sensor level fusion applications in
  FY 02 lab testing, infrastructure and Command and
  Control Level at modeling level
• JBI Address systems interoperability issues and
  fusion
• Other potential pointers (outside this group)
• Suggestion was to approach Air Traffic Control
  System

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AMC Proposed Approachto Diplomatic Clearance
DAML Markup (Australia)
Foreign Clearance Guide
Flight Planning/ Dip Reqs
Logic/Business Rules
DAML Markup (Saudi Arabia)
DAML Ontology
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AMC Proposal

• Create Prototypical Ontology for Foreign
  Clearance Guidance
• Develop Classes and attributes
• Identify Relationships/Other Properties
• Mark Up Sample Pages (Selected Content vs.
  Selected Countries)
• Develop/Harness Front-End for Demonstration
• Goals
• Reduce Mistakes/Misses Within AMC
• Demonstrate Feasibility of DAML in FCG Domain
• Action
• DAML/Horus Integrator will connect with ISX
  regarding potential ontology building approaches

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Joint Battlespace Infosphere

• Objective A system of systems that integrates,
  aggregates, distributes information to users at
  all echelons, from command center to battlefield.
• Multiple enablers, but regarding DAML potential,
  the enabler of Transforming Data into Knowledge
• Promote information interoperability amongst
  numerous heterogeneous clients (ie., apps,
  sensors)
• Potential for using DAML markup in JBI info
  object metadata headers and Fuselets for info
  tailoring
• AFRL took action to explore DAML use as part JBI
  info object representation

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ESG/EEE Actions

• Actions
• SSC took multiple actions related to ESG Enabling
  Experiments at SSC San Diego
• Identify sensors for DAML representation in FY 02
  laboratory testing
• Look at modeling the Infrastructure and System
  Control level for DAML implications, specifically
  look at ties to other DARPA programs in ATO
  (candidate programs include IA programs and
  Dynamic Data Base/Dynamic Target
  Tracking/Advanced ISR Management and UGS).

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ESG-related discussion

• Data registration, uncertainty estimation, and
  further articulation of sensor and network
  information are important issues.
• SRI might be willing to take on as challenge
  problem for their work. DAML Integrator will
  follow up.
• CNO N-6 (C3) has a related project in
  communications Capt Tempestelli will provide
  further information/ contact to pursue, and fold
  into ESG/EEE

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Other Potential Applications

• Air Traffic Control
• Air Traffic Control System is transitioning to
  web-based information management.
• Clearly, they will have the kinds of issues that
  might be aided by the use of DAML.
• DAML integrator will follow up.