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Richard C. Metzger |
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JBI Team, Program Mgr. |
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Information Directorate |
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Air Force Research Laboratory |
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[ METZGERR@ RL.AF.MIL ] |
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AFRL JBI Vision |
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JBI Basics |
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Information Objects |
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Publish/Subscribe/Query |
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Fuselets |
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Force Templates |
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JBI/DAML TIE |
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Summary |
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Publish/Subscribe/Query |
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Fuselets |
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JBI platform: the set of services that include
info exchange and info transformation capabilities |
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Client:
a computer system or application that interacts with the JBI
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Owner: the commander and his information
management staff that sets policy for the users and clients of a JBI. |
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Includes access rights |
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Access priorities |
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Global Grid: the communications network that
connects clients with the JBI platform and to each other. |
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Type, Metadata, Payload |
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All types and metadata schema are registered in
advance and accessible to clients |
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Rights and permissions of the unit within the
infosphere |
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Information the unit requires/provides |
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Unit’s capabilities |
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Process for modifying its rights and privileges |
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The IM staff controls the JBI to implement the
commander’s intent. It is
responsible for resource allocation, authorization granting/revocation, and
prioritization |
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DAML/JBI TIE objective: exploit semantic
relationships among differing JBI object types using DAML markup and tools |
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Our vision is an interchangeable and
interoperable family of JBI core service implementations supporting the
full breadth of DoD operations. |
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We believe DAML opens up a whole new world to
JBI for reasoning over JBI info objects |
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Our plan is to support the DAML/JBI TIE assess
the results and be a player in the DAML Experiment |
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Formalize JBI Platform Tech Evaluation Framework |
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Use Cases and Refined Measures/Metrics |
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Infrastructure for Scheduled Tech Evaluations |
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Develop & Evaluate several COTS-based
implementations of Core Services |
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JBI Airborne Experiment |
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Evaluate core service performance when
connectivity-constrained |
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Risk reduction experiments for Multi-Mission
Aircraft |
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JBI Foundational Services |
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Directory services and dynamic policy management |
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JBI Object Repository |
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Address challenges of object persistence |
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Develop the Query core service |
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“Standards, not standardization” |
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The technical challenges fall into three
complementary and overlapping categories |
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Broad Portfolio |
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Platform and core services are built upon a
foundation of commercial technology and enabling S&T |
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Ultimate acceptance of JBI will depend upon
demonstrated capability to achieve client inter-operability |
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Jini Publish-Subscribe Implementation and
Assessment: |
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Integrated into Commercial CoABS Grid
Distribution Package, good performance at 200+ clients. |
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Currently ~30 developers (Gov’t and Industry)
using AFRL’s v1.1 Distribution. |
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Realized Gen Jumper’s “JFACC Radar Scope,”
Lessons for TBMCS Way-Ahead using Oracle 8i. |
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Invited and actively participated in Oracle 9i
Beta Security Testing: Problems and
limitations detected by AFRL were corrected in the initial release of
Oracle 9i. |
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JBI Reference Architecture Document (AFRL &
MITRE) heavily influenced USAF C2E Ref Arch (ESC and AF/SC). |
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Intelligent Distribution of NOTAMs (IDiON),
Pub-Sub Approach under consideration by AMC and by FAA. |
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Chem-Bio Targeting Application: first Wide-Area
Demo to Apply Content-Based Pub-Sub Technology (Kirtland AFB & Ft Drum) |
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Successful Effects-Based Operations (EBO) using
Pub-Sub Services (First DCOM Application to connect to Jini Pub-Sub.) |
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JBI Arch Sim Project awarded $1.5M by HPCMP:
only 3 of 30 proposals funded. |
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Security Evaluation Framework (SEF) Prototype
for Middleware delivered to AFRL, being refined for use in FY02. |
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Conceived and Established JBI Security Working
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Cross-section of expertise in systems, security
and C&A: AFRL/IF, MITRE,
Dolphin Tech, Logicon, Lockheed Martin, MCNC, BAE Systems. |
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AFRL Organized and Lead Tri-Service Workshop in
Information Management (IST Panel), resulting concepts written into Joint
Warfighter S&T Plan (JWSTP). |
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Forged close relationship with NWDC to make JBI
the Info Mgmt Infrastructure for Expeditionary Sensor Grid (ESG) Program. |
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Influenced Navy’s ESG Enabling Experiments,
invited participant in “Grey Matter” review. |
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Collaboration with NAVAIR and Boeing to Create
JBI TCT Demonstration, Leveraged ~$3M Boeing IR&D Investment. |
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Heavily influenced definition of DARPA’s
proposed Network-Centric Infrastructure for C2I (NICCI) program; $600K for
JBI in-house Execution. |
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Notes