U.S. Unified Command Plan in OWL

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This directory contains ucp-2003.owl (dumpont), a representation of the United States Unified Command Plan (UCP) represented in the OWL Web Ontology Language. Each GeographicCombatantCommand includes links to the countries within its Area of Responsibility (AOR).

Approach

ucp-2003.owl was generated by hand, with countries assigned primarily based upon this map.

Example

The map below was produced using

a custom program checkmap.java
country locations from the CIA World Factbook in DAML
DAML Map

Geographic combatant commands are distinguished using different colors. checkmap.daml (HyperDAML) is the DAML Map representation from which this view was generated using OpenMap.

Possible Future Directions

use a geospatial ontology to describe the AOR boundaries
link to component commands and the rest of the chain-of-command hierarchy
link to a military facilities data source
link OWL classes to their legal definitions in Semantic Web markup of Title X, Goldwater-Nichols, and other relevant legislation
...

Author

Mike Dean

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