Michael Daconta Oberon Asso GPO Brief V0 1 0511200

Experience: 

Experience Former Program Manager, DHS Metadata Center of Excellence EDM Strategy and Maturity Model Metadata Registry/Repository FEA DRM NIEM Current Experience TSA Data Management Support Axiom Pub/Sub Info Sharing Network Biometrics Data Warehouse and Multi-modal Biometric Watchlist Upcoming GCN Op/Ed on Information Sharing – “What is the Face of Information Sharing?” New Blog: practical-metadata.blogspot.com

Agenda: 

Agenda The Problem: Info Lifecycle Reinvention Revolution The Objective: Real-Time Relevance The Solution: Smart Data A Copernican Shift Smart Data Continuum – In Depth XML Taxonomies & Mixed Vocabularies Ontologies and Rules Where do you Start? Semantic Bootstrapping Interrogatives (Focus) Data Reference Model FEA DRM Metadata and Benefits Conclusion

The Problem: 

The Problem The World is changing Rapidly … But How Rapidly??? More than just the paper-to-digital transformation … aka “digitization” Think a Complete Information Lifecycle Reinvention Beware – Strategic Vision may not be viable beyond 5 years without understanding the ramifications of this Information Lifecycle Reinvention Precedent: Task Process Exploit Disseminate (TPED) versus Task Post Process Use (TPPU) Highly Collaborative and Centralized Authoring (examine your kid’s tech habits) Raw Production (voice-to-text-to-publish) Cradle-to-Grave Real-Time-Relevance Hyper Granularity and Fidelity  Don’t think Documents, think Media-Rich, Connected Statements

The Objective…: 

The Objective… Strategic Goal Real-time Relevance: “The Right Information to the Right Person at the Right Time” What the User Needs RIGHT NOW! What we mean by “Right” What you have available? Do you know your users? Can you calculate this in real-time? How much of what you have do you actively manage?

The Solution …: 

The Solution … The trend is to put the “smarts” in the data, not in the applications. “Point to Point Interfaces must DIE” “The Smart Data Continuum” -Daconta, Obrst, Smith

Slide7: 

Apps Data We had it all wrong… In the beginning… This shift (of Copernican proportion) will create an “Information Network Effect” Apps Apps Apps Paradigm Shift…

SDC Level 1: XML: 

SDC Level 1: XML Simple Value Proposition! Unify documents and data Application independence Model-View-Controller on the Web (AJAX) More than just a container! Strategic technology Fueling Web Services Opportunity for Rules on Content Family of Supporting Standards… Addressing, Query Transforms, XForms, Encryption, Signature, etc. Recommendation: XSD and RDF Compliance (i.e. DDMS)

SDC Level 2: Formal Taxonomies: 

SDC Level 2: Formal Taxonomies Formal Node Definition Collection, Class, Instance Formal Link Definition partOf, subclassOf, instanceOf FEA DRM and Pub/Sub Networks Semandex and the Spawar Axiom Network * Article at http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2005/01/26/formtax.html

SDC Level 2: Mixed Vocabularies: 

SDC Level 2: Mixed Vocabularies Mixed Vocabularies Namespaces – URNs versus URIs Recommendation: URIs Why? Semantic Chains Even Fragments Require Identifiers Globally Unique Semantic versus Opaque Retrievable Authoritative Class versus Instance

SDC Level 3: Ontologies and Rules: 

SDC Level 3: Ontologies and Rules Data and logic are the yin and yang of information processing Two given relations and one inferred relation (uncleOf) Person A Person B Person C siblingOf uncleOf Rules if (C.gender == “male” AND C == childOf(A)) then C = sonOf(A); if (B.gender == “male” AND B == siblingOf(A)) then B == brotherOf(A); if (C == sonOf(A) AND B == brotherOf(A)) then B = uncleOf(C); childOf Killer App Watch: The W3C Rule Interchange Format

Where do you Start? (1): 

Where do you Start? (1) “Semantic Bootstrapping”

Where do you Start? (2): 

Where do you Start? (2) Interrogative search and Focus! WHO  SUCCESS (narrow) Biometrics/watchlists BAT/BIR and TWPDES Person-centric KM WHERE  SUCCESS (narrow) Google maps and mashups WHEN  Moderate Success (broad) Opportunity - calendars Opportunity – event WHAT  Limited Success (very broad) Taxonomy, folksonomy, RSS WHY  NEW Activity-based search (TAP) Opportunity: pragmatics and unobtrusive assistance Opportunity: Integration of the above…

Where do you start? (3) - FEA DRM: 

Where do you start? (3) - FEA DRM What is the FEA DRM? One of Five Inter-related Reference Models A reference model that sets the requirements for federal agency data architectures to promote interagency information sharing. DRM 2.0 Released by OMB http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/documents/DRM_2_0_Final.pdf Policy mandates its use across the federal government.

Metadata and the DRM: 

Metadata and the DRM What is Metadata? Needs to be Redefined “Data about Data” Considered Harmful Strawman Definition: Metadata – an external description of a distinct data resource to provide context, metrics or amplification. Discuss at practical-metadata.blogspot.com The DRM represents Metadata on an Organization’s Data Architecture

DRM Architectural Pattern (Simplified): 

DRM Architectural Pattern (Simplified) From Expanding Egovernment – Report to Congress

DRM Architectural Pattern (1): 

DRM Architectural Pattern (1)

FEA DRM Benefits: 

FEA DRM Benefits

Conclusion: 

Conclusion As We May Think1… “Our ineptitude in getting at the record is largely caused by the artificiality of systems of indexing. … The human mind does not work that way. It operates by association. … Selection by association, rather than indexing, may yet be mechanized.” - Vannevar Bush, 1945 The GPO has an unprecedented opportunity Understanding the forthcoming Information Lifecycle Reinvention and the Smart Data Solution will enable a successful transformation! 1 © Vannevar Bush © Ocean Cruise Guides A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. - Lao-Tzu All Aboard!!