Mini Kanwal Core Data Type - PERSON December 02, 2004

2 Metadata Center of Excellence MCOE A DHS CIO Program Core Data Types Core Data Types are the basic business data items that describe common concepts used in general business activities Core Data Types provide a way to capture and maximize the reuse of business information to support and enhance information interoperability across multiple business communities Core Data Types contains only the information pieces necessary to describe a specific concept

3 Metadata Center of Excellence MCOE A DHS CIO Program Process Identify Partners DHS - Internal CBP, ICE, US Visit, IAIP, GMO DHS – External DOJ, DON, DOS, DOD, IC Identify Sources XSD, DDL, Taxonomy/OWL, Data Model, csv file, BPwin, Data Element Dictionary (DED)

4 Metadata Center of Excellence MCOE A DHS CIO Program Core Data Types Of Interest Person Organization Assets Location Communication Incident/Event Screening

5 Metadata Center of Excellence MCOE A DHS CIO Program Benefits Of Core Data Types Identify Common Groupings Information Analysis Learning Metadata Standard Operating Procedure

6 Metadata Center of Excellence MCOE A DHS CIO Program Sources TWPDES (Terrorist Watchlist Person Data Exchange Standard) Department Of Justice Department Of Defense ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) UN/CEFACT Person (adapted by Department Of Navy) DHS (EA v2) Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection (IAIP) Department Of Interior - Sample Person Data Model (under consideration by several Agencies)

7 Metadata Center of Excellence MCOE A DHS CIO Program PERSON Overview CORE METADATA PERSON

8 Metadata Center of Excellence MCOE A DHS CIO Program Variations in PERSON Definition TWPDE – A person maintained on a terrorist watchlist is considered to be an individual who is a known or suspected terrorist or criminal and who can either be prevented from entering the country, apprehended while in the country, or apprehended as they attempt to exit the country ICE - A foreign born person, who is not a United States citizen, of interest to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) DHS (EA v2) - A person involved with, affected by, interested in, or otherwise of interest to the enterprise DOJ – An individual that describes inherent and frequently associated characteristics of a person

9 Metadata Center of Excellence MCOE A DHS CIO Program PERSON Model

10 Metadata Center of Excellence MCOE A DHS CIO Program Need for Harmonization H armonization is to take a set of proposed Core Data Types, Business Information Entities from different domains, identify differences and similarities between the various submissions, and produce a single, complete cross- domain set

11 Metadata Center of Excellence MCOE A DHS CIO Program Procedure for Harmonization Evaluate each submitted Core Data Types for consistently Compare the definition and structure of each submitted Core Data Types If the submitted Core Data Type is the same or similar - Compare the properties of each to identify any differences If the submitted Core Data Type has properties missing in the existing one - Enforce a harmonized form that contains the properties of each If the submitted Core Data Type is a subset of the existing Core Data Type definition - Recommend the use of the existing one If the definition of the Core Data Type does not match any existing ones - Add that as a new core data type

12 Metadata Center of Excellence MCOE A DHS CIO Program Sample PERSON -TWPDES (Unicorn)

13 Metadata Center of Excellence MCOE A DHS CIO Program Sample PERSON - ICE Data Model

14 Metadata Center of Excellence MCOE A DHS CIO Program Sample Data Model Generated By Unicorn

15 Metadata Center of Excellence MCOE A DHS CIO Program Next Steps Continue to outreach Harmonization Continue evaluate tools for harmonization Maintain the standard operating procedures

16 Metadata Center of Excellence MCOE A DHS CIO Program QA ? Questions & Answers Session