National Association of Regional Councils: SICoP DRM 2'0 Pilot

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National Association of Regional Councils SICoP
DRM 2.0 Pilot

• Brand Niemann (US EPA), Chair,
• Semantic Interoperability Community of Practice
  (SICoP)
• Best Practices Committee (BPC), Federal CIO
  Council
• Policy Development Committee (Working
  Group)--Environment
• 2006 Washington Policy Conference, Omni Shoreham
  Hotel, Washington, DC
• February 5, 2006

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Overview

• 1. The New Data Reference Model 2.0
• 2. Pilot Project State of the Regions
• 3. LandView 6
• 4. Emergency Response
• 5. Some Next Steps
• 6. Q A

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1. The New Data Reference Model 2.0

• The FEA framework and its five supporting
  reference models (Performance, Business, Service,
  Technical and Data) are now used by departments
  and agencies in developing their budgets and
  setting strategic goals. With the recent release
  of the Data Reference Model (DRM), the FEA will
  be the common language for diverse agencies to
  use while communicating with each other and with
  state and local governments seeking to
  collaborate on common solutions and sharing
  information for improved services.

Source Expanding E-Government, Improved Service
Delivery for the American People Using
Information Technology, December 2005, pages
2-3. http//www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budintegration/
expanding_egov_2005.pdf
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1. The New Data Reference Model 2.0

• The following chart illustrates the potential
  uses of the newly released DRM Version 2.0
• The FEA mechanism for identifying what data the
  Federal government has and how it can be shared
  in response to a business/mission requirement.
• The frame of reference to facilitate Communities
  of Interest (which will be aligned with the Lines
  of Business) toward common ground and common
  language to facilitate improved information
  sharing.
• Guidance for implementing repeatable processes
  for sharing data Government-wide.

Source Expanding E-Government, Improved Service
Delivery for the American People Using
Information Technology, December 2005, pages
2-3. http//www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budintegration/
expanding_egov_2005.pdf
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1. The New Data Reference Model 2.0
Source Expanding E-Government, Improved Service
Delivery for the American People Using
Information Technology, December 2005, pages
2-3. http//www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budintegration/
expanding_egov_2005.pdf
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1. The New Data Reference Model 2.0
Relationships and associations

• Metamodel Precise definitions of constructs and
  rules needed for abstraction, generalization, and
  semantic models.
• Model Relationships between the data and its
  metadata.
• Metadata Data about the data.
• Data Facts or figures from which conclusions can
  be inferred.

Source Professor Andreas Tolk, August 16, 2005
The purpose of this schematic is to show that we
need to describe information model relationships
and associations in a way that can be accessed
and searched.
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1. The New Data Reference Model 2.0
The point of this graph is that Increasing
Metadata (from glossaries to ontologies) is
highly correlated with Increasing Search
Capability (from discovery to reasoning).
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2. Pilot Project State of the Regions

• 41 tables in PDF (21 figures)
• Metadata (multiple levels and types)
• For tables (and figures)
• Sources of data
• Data stories
• Definitions see footnote 1
• Repurpose this excellent content and model and
  map it to the DRM 2.0.

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2. Pilot Project State of the Regions

• DRM 2.0 Pilot Essentials
• Three Types of Data Integrated
• Unstructured, Semi-structured, and Structured
• Structured and Searchable by Taxonomy Nodes
• Economic Vitality, Social Equity, Livability /
  Growth, and Governance Indicators and XML Web
  Services Software Platform.
• Data Access and Exchange Web Services in
  Interoperable Formats
• View Part or All of Data Tables (e.g. screen
  scrape in XML to Excel) and Retrieve XML File
  with Metadata Embedded.
• This Data Architecture Provides the Three Ss
  Structure, Searchability, and Semantics.

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2. Pilot Project State of the Regions
See http//web-services.gov and Dynamic Knowledge
Repositories, EPA Region 4
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2. Pilot Project State of the Regions
Federated Search of All EPA Region 4 Taxonomy
Nodes
Query of State of the Regions Taxonomy Nodes
See next slide for explanation.
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2. Pilot Project State of the Regions

• Query of State of the Region Taxonomy Nodes
• This is the Expert Search Form Interface in the
  Web Browser where the (1) left pane has the
  hierarchical table of contents structure in the
  left pane where the document (s) and their
  subsections are selected for search and the (2)
  right pane has the boxes for the actual search
  query terms (poverty), number of words about
  the highlighted search terms that are desired
  (none), the search execution button, and the
  query syntax explanation.
• Federated Search of All EPA Region 4 Taxonomy
  Nodes
• This is the same as item 2 above, except that a
  different set of boxes are checked in the (1)
  left pane (the entire EPA Region 4 Node) and a
  different query (water quality) and number of
  words about the highlighted search terms that are
  desired (five) are used in the (2) right pane.

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2. Pilot Project State of the Regions
Recall Slide 6
Data Story
Metamodel
Model
Metadata
Data
Note Can Highlight Table and Copy and Paste to
Spreadsheet Because of XML Markup.
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2. Pilot Project State of the Regions
Separation of the Data Presentation from the Data
Metadata.
Data Metadata (see next slide)
Data Presentation/ Visualization
http//web-services.gov/statabs2003no1.htm
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2. Pilot Project State of the Regions
The Data Metadata Travel Together in XML Format!
Data Metadata in XML
http//web-services.gov/statabs2003no1.htm
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3. LandView 6

• LandView 6 is integration of
• Census 2000
• EPA EnviroFacts
• USGS Geographic Names Information (GNIS)
  features and
• FGDC Standard Metadata.
• LandView is publishing with
• Interagency collaboration at very low cost
• Public domain software that is easy to use
• Database and software component reuse by design
  and
• Geo-processing (e.g. population estimation) and
  Web-services out of the box (FileMaker Pro)
  (see next slide).

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3. LandView 6
Population Estimator
LandView Home Screen
http//www.census.gov/geo/landview/
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3. LandView 6
http//www.census.gov/geo/landview/lv6help/pop_est
imate.html
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3. LandView 6
LandView 6 EnviroQUEST Tutorials (1, 2, and 3-
With Audio) http//web-services.gov/EnviroQUEST_Tu
torials/SA_Tutorial_1.html http//web-services.gov
/EnviroQUEST_Tutorials/SA_Tutorial_2.html http//w
eb-services.gov/EnviroQUEST_Tutorials/SA_Tutorial_
3.html
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4. Emergency Response

• GeoResponse.Com Features
• Report an Event
• Geocode the Event
• Define the Call List
• Customize your Message
• Make the Call
• Track and Map Responses
• Trigger another Process
• Award-winning VoiceXML Web Service from
  Broadstrokes at GeoResponse.com to be featured at
  the SWANS Conference Trade Show, April 7-8, 2005.
• Recently integrated with WSRP/CAP in cooperation
  with Starbourne/Oracle Team.

Implementing the Norfolk Southern Graniteville
Derailment Scenario for the new Emergency
Response Architecture!
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4. Emergency Response
EPA Region 4 Emergency Operations Database
Norfolk Southern Graniteville Derailment
Thursday, January 6, 2005
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4. Emergency Response
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4. Emergency Response

• Semantic Interoperability at Work - Improving
  Rapid First Response
• RedHat (RedHat Enterprise Linux Operating System)
• Oracle Corp (Database, Application Server, WSRP
  Portal)
• Humanmarkup.org, Inc. (Public Service
  Preparedness Portal)
• Starbourne Communications Design (Portal Design
  Development)
• Broadstrokes, Inc. (Reverse 911 Service)
• Targus Information Corporation, Inc.
  (Geographically encoded consolidated national
  E-911 database)
• MyStateUSA (NIMS-ICS Simulated Network)
• WarningSystems, Inc. (Web-based Activation of
  EAS, Sirens, Radios)
• MCI (Internet Network Backbone)
• Sandia National Laboratories (Sensor Network
  Simulation)
• NuParadigm (Alerting Framework Network Services)
• Unicorn Solutions, Inc. (Ontology/Data Model
  Workbench)

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4. Emergency Response

• Composite Application Solution with Semantic
  Technologies
• Train Derailment Example
• 6 January 2005, 350 A.M. Graniteville, SC.
• Chlorine Tank Car Toxic Release.
• Matching ResponseType with EventType.
• Using Open Public Standards.
• Getting the Right Information to the Right People
  at the Right Time.

Source Putting Context to Work Semantic Keys to
Improve Rapid First Response, Semantic Web
Applications for National Security Conference,
April 8, 2005, Trade Show, Broadstrokes,
ImageMatters, MyStateUSA, Starbourne, and
TargusInfo.
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4. Emergency Response
Event Type Ontology in Context Application in
Unicorn Workbench http//www.unicorn.com
Source Putting Context to Work Semantic Keys to
Improve Rapid First Response, Semantic Web
Applications for National Security Conference,
April 8, 2005, Trade Show, Broadstrokes,
ImageMatters, MyStateUSA, Starbourne, and
TargusInfo.
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5. Some Next Steps

• EPA Region 4 Pilot Visual Document Management
  Tool for Data Collection, Tracking and Display
• Richard Hammond, Team Leader
• U.S. EPA Region 4, hammond.richard_at_epa.gov
• Kiran Batchu, XML/SVG Specialist
• Private Consultant, kbatchu_at_aol.com
• DRM 2.0 Information Sharing Tool Kit Pilot,
  August 16, 2005, Designing the DRM for Data
  Visibility, DRM 2.0 Collaborative Workshop
• See instructions at http//colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/
  wiki.pl?ExpeditionWorkshop/DesigningTheDRM_DataVis
  ibility_2005_07_19nid2TTQ

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EPA Knowledge Management Application Data
Preparation
EPAKM App flow diagram 02/28/2005
VB6 application
Updated SVG document map
Propriety GIS maps
2. Convert FFACTR report to SVG map
1. Export to SVG format
Basicsvg.txt
FFACTR report (ffactr.xls)
SVG database (svg.mdb)
Epakm.xml
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EPAKM App flow diagram 02/28/2005
EPA Knowledge Management Application Functionality
3. Number and type of document status
information is updated based on user- selected OU
EPAKM main user interface
Semantic query (OU)
4. A user can hear pre-defined categories of
information
Epakm.xml
Zoomed view of selected OU
Attribute data
5. Attribute information is displayed in a pop-up
html window
Epakm.xsl
6. Extracts and assimilates information from
various documents and displays a synthetic
document as pop-up html window
Site specific pdf document is dis2828played in a
window.
Standard Word reports are stored as XML
documents
Pop-up window shows the U238 tables extracted
from3 different documents
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6. Q A

• You Are Invited To (all free)
• February 9-10, 2006 , Fourth Semantic
  Interoperability for E-Government Conference,
  MITRE, McLean, Virginia.
• February 21, 2006 , Collaborative Expedition
  Workshop, Networking the Geospatial and DRM
  Communities, NSF, Ballston, Virginia.
• March 7-9, 2006, DRM 2.0 and Metadata at FOSE
  2006, DC Convention Center, Washington, DC.
• March 28, 2006, National Infrastructure for
  Community Statistics (NICS), Community of
  Practice Meeting, The Brookings Institution,
  Washington, DC.

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6. Q A

• Contact Information
• Brand Niemann
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• MC 2833M, Washington, DC 20460
• 202-564-9491
• Web Sites and Wiki Pages
• http//web-services.gov/
• http//colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?SICoP
• http//colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?DRMImplement
  ationThroughIterationandTestingPilotProjects