Alignment of Army Integrated Core Data Model and Object Management Standards Category

Abstract

Public reporting burder for this collection of information is estibated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing this collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burder is an unrealized goal with great potential. Interoperability can facilitate training, simulation-based acquisition, mission planning and rehearsal, and course of action development and analysis. Recent interoperability research has concentrated on general-purpose approaches that can provide standards and reuse across a wide range of systems. One important component of interoperability is data model alignment, the degree to which the data models of two systems use the same elements. This paper presents a rigorous definition of data model alignment and uses it to assess the degree of alignment between the Army Integrated Core Data Model (AICDM) and the standard objects defined by the Object Management Standards Category (OMSC), two important emerging standards in the C41 and M&S communities, respectively. This assessment is used to make recommendations on changes to each model that would promote interoperability. The conclusion is that the OMSC standard objects need considerable work to model C4I data. Command, Control, Communications, and Computers (ODISC4). It was performed in response to a task objective to develop a series of recommendations for how to align the underlying data representations that are required in C4I and in modeling and simulation (M&S) systems.