1. 2005 Spring SIW Coalition Battle Management Language Study Group Dr. Michael Hieb Alion Science & Technology Major Kevin Galvin Ministry of Defence, Directorate of Equipment Capability Dr. Andreas Tolk VMASC Old Dominion University Charles Turnitsa VMASC Old Dominion University

2. 2005 Spring SIW April 200505S-SIW-20052 “A Rose by any other Name”

3. 2005 Spring SIW April 200505S-SIW-20053 Coalition BML Study Group Meeting Agenda 1330-1400 Introduction of Study Group Members 1400-1430 VMASC Meeting Report and Review of Minutes 1430-1445 NATO ET Report 1445-1500 Status of HW Assignments 1500-1530 Break 1530-1545CBML SG or Coalition BML SG 1545-1600 Identification of Other Coalition BML Related Initiatives 1600-1700 Strawman Draft of Report 1700-1730 Schedule and Next Meetings

4. 2005 Spring SIW April 200505S-SIW-20054 Coalition BML Study Group Co-Chair:Kevin Galvin – UK Mike Hieb – US Vice-Chair: Andreas Tolk Secretary: Charles Turnitsa – US Deliverables: A final report to include: –A Literature Survey –A plan for coordinating Coalition BML related initiatives –Recommendations for a Developing Coalition BML within a PDG

5. 2005 Spring SIW April 200505S-SIW-20055 Meeting Goals Update Coalition BML Members on Status to Date - VMASC Meeting - MSDL SG Prepare for SG Final Report at Fall SIW in Sept - Schedule - Assignments - Strawman of Report Continue Discussion on how to Specify Coalition BML

6. 2005 Spring SIW April 200505S-SIW-20056 MSDL Study Group Coordination MSDL Study Group has just been stood up: Chair: LTC John Surdu Vice-Chair: Major Kevin Galvin Secretary: Wendy Lam Encourage all Coalition BML Members to be members of MSDL Study Group –Coalition BML has a close relationship with MSDL –This relationship needs to be spelled out in our final report

7. 2005 Spring SIW Coalition BML Related Papers at the Spring 2005 SIW TutorialApplying the C2IEDM 05S-SIW-007 Taxonomies, Ontologies and Battle Management Languages – Recommendations for the Coalition BML Study Group 05S-SIW-018 APPLETS Courses of Action Modeling: A Contribution to CBML 05S-SIW-019 Web Services Based on the C2IEDM – Data Mediation and Data Storage 05S-SIW-055 Achieving Higher Levels of Interoperability Between M&S and C2 Systems Through Application of BML to the SINCE Program 05S-SIW-068 Implementing Battle Management Language: A Case Study Using the C2IEDM and C4I-M&S Reference Object Model (C-ROM) 05S-SIW-140 Data Mapping and Ontology Design for Common Maneuver Networks 05S-SIW-154 Integrating Air and Ground Operations Within a Common Battle Management Language

8. 2005 Spring SIW April 200505S-SIW-20058 Task 1 – Assess Ongoing Efforts This would seem to be the easiest of the three tasks and as a result of the creation of the Study Group it has provided a focus for others to inform us of their efforts in developing a BML. What seems to be common is the use of XML and C2IEDM (other Data Models) and there are other efforts that have the same aims such as the Military Scenario Definition Language (MSDL) but with a different focus. There is also a growing recognition as various Nations embark on the Digitization trail that we have to add structure to the BML that we use to day if we want to use simulation to stimulate operational C4I systems or in the Military Decision Making Process for Course of Action Analysis and Mission Rehearsal Recognising the need is one thing but providing adequate funding at a time when many of our countries are engaged in military operations throughout the world is a challenge.

9. 2005 Spring SIW April 200505S-SIW-20059 Task 2 – Standard Framework Developing a standard framework is perhaps the more challenging aspect of the study. What is a “Standard Framework” or do we mean a “Framework of Standards”. A BML is only part of the framework of C4I to M&S interoperability. Others include Terrain and other Geospatial data and Scenario Generation both of them need BML and vice- versa. What is a BML specification? When we define a language do we define grammar and a dictionary or a novel. The 5W format is the first step in developing a specification

10. 2005 Spring SIW April 200505S-SIW-200510 C2IEDM 5 W format of BML US Army BML Prototype WSDL Sim OpCIS BML Ontology – Level 3 BML Services – Level 2 C2IEDM Specification Level 1 – No extensions/Not specific enough Mapping BML Long term BML Specification Need 5Ws Need Msg Format XML C2IEDM XML tags need to be identified US Navy BML US Air BML ?

11. 2005 Spring SIW April 200505S-SIW-200511 Task 3 – Recommend Steps to form a Coalition BML Product Development Group (PDG) Should be able to identify a set of applicable standards such as XML, Web Services (SOAP, XML Schemas, etc), Data Model (C2IEDM?). Identify in addition R&D areas such as Ontologies, Task Language Grammars, etc. Need to recommend PDG activities.

12. 2005 Spring SIW April 200505S-SIW-200512 VMASC Meeting Statistics 5 Nations (plus a virtual Germany) –Canada –France –Sweden –UK –US 5 Universities 35 International Experts 14 Presentations of Coalition BML Related Projects

13. 2005 Spring SIW April 200505S-SIW-200513 Presentations for VMASC Meeting Chuck Turnitsa: C2IEDM and Ontology Johnny Garcia: The C4ISR/Simulation TRM Patrick De Champs: NATO-ET016/MSG040 and APLET Bruce Carlton: ACSIS Rob Wittmann: Tasking Language Grammar Jeff Abott: MSDL Per Gustavson: Swedish Armed Forces M&S Curt Blais: Efforts at NPS Burhman Gates: Common Maneuver Networks Mike Stein: Terrain Reasoning Paul Morley: Scenario Generation Chia-Ming Hsu: Integration Framework Joe Giampapa: Software Agents for M&S to C4I Interoperability Gene Joseph: Natural Language Scripting

14. 2005 Spring SIW CBML – What does it mean? Here is a short list of the many examples of CBML found on the Internet: Comic Book Markup Language http://www.cbml.org Corporate Business Modeling Language http://www.mod.uk/business/cbml/ Case Based Markup Language https://www.cs.tcd.ie/research_groups/mlg/Coalition BML/ Complex BioSystems Modeling Language http://www.biosystems.mit.edu/ Craig Bergeron Memorial Strat-O-Matic Baseball League http://www.smart.net/~dacoops/cbmlhome.html Continental Baseball Mail League http://continental.baseball.free.fr/constitution.html Can’t Buy Me Love Beatle’s Song

15. 2005 Spring SIW April 200505S-SIW-200515 Coalition BML SG Schedule Initial SG Meeting at Fall 04 SIW - Sept 2004 Meeting at I/ITSEC - Dec 2004 VMASC Face-to-Face Meeting - Mar 2005 SG Meeting at Spring 05 SIW - Apr 2005 NATO ET Meeting Hague - Apr 25-26 2005 SG Interim Telecom - May 4 2005 SG Prep for Euro-SIW Telecon - Jun 22 2005 SG Meeting at 05 Euro-SIW - June 30 2005 SG Interim Telecom - July 19 2005 SG Report Meeting GMU - August 2-3 2005 NATO ET Meeting GMU- Sept 15-16 2005 Final SG Meeting at Fall 05 SIW - Sept 22 2005

16. 2005 Spring SIW Report Outline 1)Introduction 2)Literature Survey 3)Plan for Coalition BML Development 4)Recommendations for defining a Coalition BML Specification Phased Approach Ontological Based

17. 2005 Spring SIW April 200505S-SIW-200517 Backup