Joint Battlespace
Infosphere (JBI)
DAML/JBI TIE
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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 ] |
Presentation
Outline
JBI Overview
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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 |
AFRL JBI Vision
JBI Basics
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Publish/Subscribe/Query |
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Fuselets |
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Definitions
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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
platform. |
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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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Information Objects
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Type, Metadata, Payload |
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All types and metadata schema are
registered in advance and accessible to clients |
Publish & Subscribe
Fuselets
Simple
automated decision logic
Force Templates
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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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Information Management
Staff
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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 |
What does a JBI Look
Like?
What does a JBI mean to a
user?
DAML/JBI TIE
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DAML/JBI TIE objective: exploit
semantic relationships among differing JBI object types using DAML markup and
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What does a DAML JBI
potentially mean to a user?
AFRL/JBI External
Relationships
Summary
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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 |
BACKUPS
Future Directions
FY02
and Beyond
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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 |
AFRL/IF JBI Philosophy
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“Standards, not standardization” |
Achieving the JBI Vision
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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 |
Recent Accomplishments
(1/2)
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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.) |
Recent Accomplishments
(2/2)
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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 Group: |
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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. |
JBI Technology Program
Investments FY00-01
JBI R&D Team
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