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Getting to SOA and Semantic Interoperability for DoD Architectures

Brand Niemann, Senior Enterprise Architect, US EPA, andCo-chair, Federal SOA CoP and Federal SICoP

Presentation for the 6th Annual DoD Architectures ConferenceMarch 17-19, 2008

Sheraton Premiere at Tysons CornerVienna, VA

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A Brief History of EA in the Government

• Two separate but converging chapters:– DoD Architectural Framework (DoDAF):

• A standard way to organize an enterprise architecture (EA) or systems architecture into complementary and consistent views. All major U.S. Government Department of Defense (DoD) weapons and information technology system procurements are required to develop and document an EA using the views prescribed in the DoDAF.

– See Wikipedia.

– Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA):• To transform the Federal government to one that is citizen-

centered, results-oriented, and market-based, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is developing the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA), a business-based framework for government-wide improvement.

– See Whitehouse Web Site

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Chief Architects Forum / Architecture Plus Meetings

• Evolution:– “Strawman” dictionary/glossary of Enterprise

Architecture Terms (January 6, 2005, started).– SOA CoP Announced (January 26, 2006).– Town Hall for SOA Management Strategies and

Practical Guide to Federal SOA (December 19, 2006).– Best Practices (June 14, 2007, and again on January

22, 2008).– The Next Phase: Measuring Value (December 4,

2007).– SOA, Collaboration Technologies and the Web 2.0,

and DoD update: DoDAF Version 2.0 upgrade and on DoD Architecture (January 22, 2008)

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Chief Architects Forum / Architecture Plus Meetings

http://semanticommunity.wik.is/Federal_Chief_Architects_Forum

An EA Repository andKnowledgebase in aWeb 2.0 Wiki!

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The Evolution and Convergence in Enterprise Architecture

• From Compliance-driven to Value-driven.• From Component-Based Architecture to Service-Based

Architecture.• From DODAF 1.5 to DoDAF 2.0.• Harmonizing DoDAF 2.0 and the FEA.• From SOA to Semantic Service Oriented Architecture for

Data.• SOA and Web 2.0 (The New language of Business).• The Open Group’s UDEF to Information Management

and Semantics.• Etc.

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Cross-Boundary Matrix

EA Activity Federal Chief Architects

Forum (2)

DoD SOA and SI CoPs

Terminology Glossary Dictionaries & Registries

Ontology (FEA-RMO)(4)

SOA SOA CoP (3) Metadata

CoI

Demos (5)

Semantic Interoperability CoP (1)

Interoperability Metadata

CoI

Pilots (6)

NCIOC! (7)

See next slide for footnotes.

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Matrix Footnotes

• (1) Federal Semantic Interoperability Community of Practice (SICoP)

• (2) Federal Chief Architects Forum (CAF)• (3) Federal SOA Community of Practice (SOA CoP)• (4)

Federal Enterprise Architecture Reference Model Ontology (FEA-RMO)

• (5) SOA CoP Demos• (6) SICoP Pilots• (7) Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (

NCOIC)

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DoD Architectural Framework (DoDAF)

• While it is clearly aimed at military systems, DoDAF has broad applicability across the private, public and voluntary sectors around the world, and represents only one of a large number of systems architecture frameworks.

• It is especially suited to large systems with complex integration and interoperability challenges, and is apparently unique in its use of "operational views" detailing the external customer's operating domain in which the developing system will operate (reference: Zachman framework).– See Wikipedia.

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DoD Architectural Framework (DoDAF)

• Harmonization between national architecture frameworks:– There is an OMG effort to standardise a UML Profile

for military architecture frameworks UPDM (UML Profile for DoDAF and MODAF). In addition, the IDEAS Group is a four nation (Australia, Canada, UK, USA + NATO as observers) effort to develop a formal ontology for enterprise architecture.

• See Wikipedia.

• See also:– Service-oriented architecture, the underlying

methodology for the DoD net-centric architecture.

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The IDEAS Group

• The IDEAS Group is the International Defence Enterprise Architecture Specification for exchange Group. The deliverable of the project is a data exchange format for military Enterprise Architectures. The scope is four nation (plus NATO as observers) and covers MODAF (UK), DoDAF (USA), DNDAF (Canada) and the Australian Defence Architecture Framework.

• The work has begun with the development of a formal ontology to specify the data exchange semantics. The W3C Resource Description Framework and Web Ontology Language (XML) will be the format used for data exchange. A demonstration of multinational interoperability is scheduled for September 2007, based on exchanging process models for casualty tracking.– See Wikipedia and IDEAS Web Site

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The Bottom Line

• We Are Converging on the Same EA Goals!• It comes down to the details for getting there:

– The SOA CoP Demo 5 is using BPM for SOA to drive additional service enablement:

• See Dennis Wisnosky and Michael Lang at the 5th

SOA for E-Government Conference, April 30-May 1st, MITRE Conference Center, McLean, Virginia.

– The SICoP is using ontology and Semantic Web Standards to Build Semantic Interoperability Solutions for Information Sharing and Integration:

• See SICoP Special Conference, February 5, 2008, CSC Executive Briefing Center, Falls Church, Virginia.

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Some Details• Evolution:

– Federal CIO Council: 2003-July 2007– Federal Community: July 2007 – present– Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC)

Partnership: August 2006 – present• Includes:

– Semantic Community.Net:Community Infrastructure Sandbox for 2008.

• Chief Architects Forum/Architecture Plus Meetings.• DoD CoI, MITRE, Etc.

– A New Enterprise Information Architecture and Data Management Strategy for the U.S. EPA and the Federal Government: Online Book and Hard Copy Book (to be published in 2008).

• Part 11: Our Space - Connecting Web 2.0, Enterprise Mashups, SOA, and the Semantic Web for Government 2.0 (Making It Easier to Do!).

– 5th SOA for E-Government Conference, April 30-May 1st at MITRE Conference Center, McLean, VA. Free and open to all!

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Infrastructure Sandbox for 2008

http://semanticommunity.wik.is/Federal_Semantic_Interoperability_Community_of_Practice

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Building Semantic Interoperability Solutions for Information Sharing and Integration

• Part 1: Towards DRM 3.0 Semantic Interoperability• Part 2: Semantic Interoperability with Large Data Stores,

Organizations, and Sensor Webs• Part 3: Panel Discussion• Part 4: Introduction by John Mazurkiewicz, CSC. Joint

NEO Spiral Development Discussions, Dave Sweet, Boeing

• Part 5: Semantic Wiki, Semantic Desktop, and Semantic Spreadsheets Demonstrations

• Part 6: NSF Support for Semantic Web Research Update

SICoP Special Conference, February 5, 2008, CSC Executive Briefing Center, Falls Church, Virginia

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Infrastructure Sandbox for 2008

http://semanticommunity.wik.is/Federal_SOA_Community_of_Practice

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Our Space - Connecting Web 2.0, Enterprise Mashups, SOA, and the Semantic Web for Government 2.0 (Making It Easier to Do!).

• Wednesday, April 30, 2008 (All Together All Day)– Opening Keynote: Dennis Wisnosky - Chief Technology Officer, DOD,

Business Mission Area Enterprise Business Transformation– SOA CoP Demo Phase 5 Summary Reports: Michael Lang, Vitria, and

Recipient of Several SOA CoP and SICoP Special Recognitions. Focus on BPM for SOA.

– SOA Roadmap Best Practices Panel– Networking Lunch (MITRE Cafeteria) and Posters/Exhibitors (Atrium)– Plenary Session: What's New– Preview of Day 2, Closing Keynote, and Networking

• Thursday, May 1, 2008 (Three Concurrent Activities with Common Break and Lunch Times)– Tutorials:

• The Association of Business Process Professionals (ABPMP) Common Body of Knowledge (TM), Dave Carter, and Intalio BPM for SOA. Rick Geneva.

– Four Tracks in both the Auditorium and Atrium.

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NCOIC Accomplishments Since Last PlenaryTechnical• NCAT ™ Sharepoint & Java versions released to industry

–Training in place and underway–Strong interest from members and gov’t agencies (29 so far)

• Mobile Networking Evaluation Issue1 approved for industry release• Aviation IPT

–Response to Cyber Security Strategy released to FAA–Information Exchange & Management (IMEX) Invited Review Response

• NCAT ™ Content Formal - member review complete • Approval of NCOIC Capabilities Level (NCL) approach• Developed Net-centric Pattern model and process

–Applied to Logistics Applications Domain• eLearning module for Technical Overview• Demo of Building Blocks DB

Relationships• Successful participation of NCAT in NRF 10 and C2COE•SDR Forum membership exchange agreed upon•Working agreement with NATO Industrial Advisory Group signed

• Awards–IDGA award for Outstanding Contribution for

Advancing NCW–SCOPE WG received award by Semantic

Interoperability Community of Practice (SICoP)•Press releases since last plenary:

–IDGA honors NCOIC for contribution to network-centric warfare - 24 Jan 2008

–Australian DoD joins NCOIC, expands organizational role - 23 Jan 2008 

•Interviews: Avionics Magazine •Articles:

–Military Hackers Turn to Commercial Electronic Attack Tools (Aviation Week, Jan 21, 2008)

–At least 20 web postings of IDGA press release announcing award - at least 20

Membership•Five new members:

–AMPERA (Spain)–Belcomm Infosystems (Spain)–BEA Government Systems (US)–HAVELSAN AS (Turkey)– Technopole Defence & Security (Canada)

Operational• Election of new Nicolas Berthet as TC Vice Chair - initiated transition to new Technical Council Chair • Election of Chairs for Aviation IPT, Liaison Coordinator, appointment of Cyber Defense Ad-hoc Team lead• Formation of Ad-hoc teams for Cyber Security and Global Maritime Domain Awareness •Technical Council defined first spiral block release content

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NCIOC Collaboration Space

https://www.ncoic.org/

Systems, Capabilities, Operations,Programs, and Enterprises (SCOPE)Model for Interoperability Assessment

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Postscript

• Hopefully saved lots of time for discussion.• Our Web 2.0 Wiki contains a complete record of our

activities and provides high-quality print out.• Upcoming Events:

– May 12-14, 2008, 3rd Annual Web Services Security & SOA Conference & Expo, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD.

– May 18-22, 2008, SemTech 2008: The Semantic Technology Conference, Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, California.

– June 25-26, 2008, Business Process Management Conference, Service Oriented Architecture Conference and/or Business Architecture Conference, Brainstorm Group, Washington, DC.

– October 1-2, 2008, Sixth SOA for E-Government Conference, MITRE Auditorium, McLean, VA.

– October 25-28, 2009, International Semantic Web Conference in Washington, DC!

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Contact Information

• Brand Niemann• Senior Enterprise Architect• US Environmental Protection Agency• Washington, DC 20460• 202-564-9491• Niemann.brand@epa.gov• http://semanticommunity.net• http://web-services.gov