Common Image Generator Interface CIGI Study Group SG

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Common Image Generator Interface (CIGI)Study
Group (SG)

• Leadership
• Chair Ronald G. Moore
• Vice Chair
• Secretary
• Purpose
• The purpose of the study group is to evaluate
  industry and government interest in developing a
  standard image generator interface
• Product
• Study Group Findings
• Recommendation to proceed to CIGI Product
  Develop Group (PDG) or terminate discussions due
  to lack of interest/value/need/
• Schedule
• 2003 Fall SIW, Orlando, FL Study Group Kickoff
  Meeting

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CIGI Study Group Background

• Typically today's Image Generator (IG) vendors
  have their own closed, proprietary run-time
  interfaces.  At I/ITSEC'02 Boeing proposed their
  Open Source Common Image Generator Interface
  (CIGI) as a run-time interface that could be
  adopted by the simulation community.  Boeing
  indicated that they would like to see a standard
  organization adopt CIGI, and develop it into a
  robust and broadly accepted simulation industry
  image generator run-time interface standard.
• A panel discussion was held at SIW Spring03,
  with Boeing presenting a summary of CIGI to the
  SNE group.  Following the Boeing presentation we
  discussed SISO SNE championing CIGI as a
  simulation interoperability standard.  The SNE
  members (in attendance) accepted the
  recommendation to form a SISO Study Group to
  pursue the Boeing proposal.
• US Navy has selected CIGI as an image generator
  standard interface on a number of new programs
  and projects
• Multiple vendors have begun offering CIGI as an
  optional interface

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CIGI Study Group Kickoff Meeting Agenda

• Review Terms of Reference (TOR)
• Establish leadership team
• Review Study Group purpose (revise as necessary)
• Review Study Group products (revise as necessary)
• Establish Schedule
• Survey of interest
• Review existing applicable standards or
  interfaces
• Review of the Boeing CIGI
• Hardware interface
• Interface Control Document (ICD)
• Application Programmers Interface (API)
• Software Development Kit (SDK)
• Discuss Open Source software
• Make/Review assignments
• Schedule of future activities/meetings

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CIGI Study Group Leadership

• Chair Ronald G. Moore
• Vice Chair
• Secretary

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CIGI Study Group Purpose

• The purpose of the study group is to evaluate
  industry and government interest in developing a
  standard image generator interface

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CIGI Study Group Products

• Study Group Findings (Final Report)
• Recommendation to proceed to CIGI Product Develop
  Group (PDG) or terminate discussion due to lack
  of interest/value/need/
• Strawman Outline
• The results of a survey of interest
• Existing applicable standards or interfaces
• An review of the Boeing CIGI
• Hardware interface
• Interface Control Document (ICD)
• Application Programmers Interface (API)
• Software Development Kit (SDK)
• A look at what to do with Open Source software
• A next step recommendation

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CIGI Study Group Schedule

• 2003 Fall SIW, Orlando, FL Study Group Kickoff
  Meeting
• Meetings/Teleconferences as needed
• Draft for review December 2003
• Final Report February 2004
• 2004 Spring SIW, Washington, DC (April 14-19)
  CIGI PDG Kick-off (if applicable)

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CIGI Study Group Survey of Interest/Other
Standards

• Survey of interest
• Navy using it!
• Formal survey?
• Review existing applicable standards or
  interfaces
• Suggestions

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CIGI Study Group Open Source Software

• SISO has not address software
• Only a paper standard and let Boeing, and other
  supply open source code?
• Participation in the standard activities will
  require code or cash contribution?

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CIGI Study Group Assignments and Future
Activities

• Make/Review assignments
• Schedule of future activities/meetings