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AGENCY USE ONLY (Leave blank)2. REPORT DATE
JUNE 2005
REPORT TYPE AND DATES COVEREDFinal Feb 01 -Mar 05
TITLE AND SUBTITLE
TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR THE ACTIVE TEMPLATES PROGRAM
AUTHOR(S)Lawrence G. Lafferty and Carl S. Lizza
FUNDING NUMBERSC -F30602-01-C-0018 PE -63760E PR -ATEM TA -P0 WU -14
PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)SoftPro Technologies, Incorporated 515 Crossville Road Suite 110 Roswell Georgia 30075
PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBERN/A
SPONSORING / MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)Defense
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ABSTRACT (Maximum 200 Words)The DARPA Active Templates (AcT) program was established to develop a scalable, simple, distributed software infrastructure for mission planning and execution, in essence, a kind of "spreadsheet" for planning, information monitoring, and execution replanning. This effort addressed the concept of spreadsheets for planning by developing a suite of forms-based planning tools. In particular, the objective was to enable users to create and modify forms with sharable information elements to support real-time collaboration and a core technology was implemented to facilitate collaborative form development. The resulting technology was then used as a foundation for a number of demonstration applications, including weather report visualization, command logs, and more importantly, a general form-building application called CommandLink. CommandLink provides a simple, intuitive tool for users to support planning with unique features that enable real-time collaboration, reusability of information elements, and connectivity to external information sources. Feature Overview ........................................................................................................16 4.1.2 CommandLink Form Designer ............................................................................................................16 4.1.3 CommandLink Form Components .......................................................................................................17 4.
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SummaryThe DARPA Active Templates (AcT) program was established to develop a scalable, simple, distributed software infrastructure for mission planning and execution, in essence, a kind of "spreadsheet" for planning, information monitoring, and ex...