Coalition Battle Management Language CBML

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Coalition Battle Management Language (C-BML)

• Drafting Group Report to the Product Development
  Group
• 20 September 2007

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Outline

• C-BML DG Members
• C-BML Standard Development
• C-BML Phase 1 Specification
• Outline
• Status
• C-BML Phase 1 Guidelines
• Drafting Group Plan of Action

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C-BML DG Members

• Co-Lead Editors
• Curtis Blais
• Saikou Diallo
• Contributing Members
• Bruce Carlton
• Gary Farmer
• Kevin Gupton
• Stan Levine
• Chuck Turnitsa

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C-BML Standard Development

• 3 Phases
• Phase 1 Data Model
• Phase 2 Grammar
• Phase 3 Ontology
• Products of each phase
• C-BML Specification(s)
• Data model
• Information exchange content and structure
  specification
• Information exchange mechanism specification
• C-BML Guidelines

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C-BML Phase 1 Specification

• Information exchange content and structure
  platform-independent model and XML Schema
  representation of BML 5Ws
• Information exchange mechanism Web Services
  Description Language (WSDL) specification of
  operations and messages
• Data model JC3IEDM, extended as needed

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Phase 1 Specification Outline

• Introduction
• 1.1 Background
• 1.2 Purpose and Intended Audiences
• 1.3 Scope
• 1.4 Objectives
• 1.5 Related Standards
• References
• 2.1 SISO References
• 2.2 Technical References
• Definitions
• Acronyms and Abbreviations

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Phase 1 Specification Outline

• 5. C-BML Concepts
• 1.1 BML Doctrine View
• 1.2 BML Representation View
• 1.3 BML Protocols View
• C-BML Information Composites
• C-BML Data Model
• 7.1 Base Model JC3IEDM
• 7.1.1 Overview
• 7.1.2 Data Model Integrity
• 7.1.3 Entities
• 7.1.4 Attributes
• 7.1.5 Relations
• 7.1.6 Intended Use

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Phase 1 Specification Outline

• 7. C-BML Data Model (continued)
• 7.2 Data Model Extension
• 7.2.1 Minor Extensions
• 7.2.2 Moderate Extensions
• 7.2.3 Major Extensions
• 7.2.4 Community Processes
• 7.3 Mapping C-BML Information Composites to
  Underlying Data Model
• 7.4 Constructing C-BML Information Elements from
  the Underlying Data Model
• 7.5 Extending the C-BML Reference Model
• C-BML Services
• C-BML Application Guidelines

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Annexes

• XML Schema
• WSDL
• Others TBD

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Phase 1 Specification Status

• V0.04, 7 Sep 2007

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C-BML Phase 1 Guidelines

• Guidance on developing a C-BML capability
• Mapping doctrinal expressions to C-BML XML
  structures
• Developing web service implementations
• Example walk-through Joint BML (JBML)
  demonstration web services

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Drafting Group Plan of Action(Oct 2007 Mar
2008)

• 30 November 2007 Draft specification available
  for PDG review
• 31 December 2007 Spec review comments received
• 31 January 2008 Spec review comments resolved
  Spec ready for PDG pre-ballot review (test
  comment process) draft Guidelines document
  available for PDG review
• 1 March 2008 Spec pre-ballot review complete
  draft Guidelines document review complete
• 31 March 2008 Spec pre-ballot comments resolved
  Spec ready for SISO balloting Guidelines
  document comments resolved Guidelines document
  ready for PDG pre-ballot review

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Questions

• Interested in participation? Contact
• Curtis Blais clblais_at_nps.edu
• Saikou Diallo sdiallo_at_gmail.com