1. DARS Update
DoDAF 2.0 Plenary
Tool Vendor Session
22 July 2008

2. Outline DARS Objectives Architecture Federation Strategy
AV-1 Registration and Federation capability update
User interface update
CADM 1.5 Implementation
DARS Training

3. The Authoritative Source for DoD’s Enterprise Architecture
DARS Objectives
Implement NCDS for the DoD EA community
Catalog & link reference architectures and data
Federate the DoD EA via component registration
Visualize and navigate the federated DoD EA
Support Authoritative Data Source identification, taxonomy creation, extension and management
Assess DoDAF and Reference Model conformance
Assess the use of standard reference taxonomies
The Authoritative Source for DoD’s Enterprise Architecture

4. DoD NCDS Policy Bottom Line: Architecture data must be discoverable
Data is an essential enabler of network-centric warfare (NCW) and shall be made visible, accessible, and understandable to any potential user in the Department of Defense as early as possible in the life cycle to support mission objectives. [DoDD ]
Data assets shall be made visible by creating and associating metadata (“tagging”), including discovery metadata, for each asset… All metadata shall be discoverable, searchable, and retrievable using DoD-wide capabilities. [DoDD ]
Discovery metadata shall conform to the Department of Defense Discovery Metadata Specification (DDMS). [DoDD ]
Bottom Line:
Architecture data must be discoverable

5. Architecture Content Discovery
Requirements:
Find architectures of relevance for decision making and reuse
Determine purpose, scope, source and authority
Determine alignment with Joint Capability Areas, FEA Lines of Business, and other reference models
Issue:
Architectures are developed and maintained in repositories distributed across DoD.
AV-1 registration is key to implementing NCDS for architectures

6. Discovery Approach Tag architectures with content discovery metadata
Map metadata to DDMS - Source: AV-1
Title  (Architecture Name)
Creator (Author)  (Architect)
Publisher  (Project Sponsor)
Subject  (Scope: Mission/Capability Area)
Dates  (Completed, Approved, Timeframe Start/End)
Register metadata in an Enterprise Catalog  DARS
OR…
Implement federated search web services
Deliver metadata on demand via federated search services

7. AV-1 Registration Service Update
New AV-1 Microsoft Word document template completed
Incorporates new AV-1 registration metadata
Download from DARS
Fill in AV-1 data
Upload completed template to DARS
New AV-1 Registration Web Services
Supports new AV-1 registration metadata
Download sample client from DARS
Modify to operate in host environment

8. New AV-1 Template
Download the Microsoft Word AV-1 template from DARS

9. AV-1 Template (cont.)
2. Fill in AV-1 data

10. AV-1 Template (cont.)
3. Upload completed document to DARS.

11. AV-1 Registration Client
Download C# code from DARS
Modify to use in host environment
Register client with DARS

12. New AV-1 Client WSDL Changes
New metadata for AV-1 registration
Context
Organizations
Communities of Interest (COIs)
Products
Related Architectures
Tools
Methodologies
JCA Name
Time Frame Name
Geographical Area Name
Security Caveats

13. Metadata Registration Service
Federation Client
Services Menu
DARS
Federated Catalog
DARS Federation Web Services
Register Provider
View Provider
Update Provider
Register Metadata
Search Holdings
SOAP
DDMS +
Metadata
(XML)
AV-1 metadata
captured and extracted
by repository/tool
environment
Federation Web services
Federation
Client
Federation
Repository
Repository/Tool
Environment

14. DARS Sept 30 Release Redesigned User Interface
Portal Look and Feel (like iGoogle)
Compact (Do Everything From Right Here Interface)
Customizable (Save Documents, Architectures, etc to “My DARS”)
Easy to use (drag and drop documents, architectures, etc)

15. DARS Sept 30 Release (cont.)
Taxonomy Builder
Ability to create COI taxonomies
Ability to delegate authority to extend taxonomies
Ability to use the JCAs, FEA LOBs and other user-defined reference taxonomies to federate documents and architectures

16. CADM 1.5 Support Migration to CADM 1.5 to be incremental
Needed to support Authoritative Data Source designation and configuration management
Mapping to DMM planned [date TBD]
Initial CADM 1.5 support in Sept 30 release
AV-1 template data will be parsed into the CADM 1.5 database
Taxonomies will be stored as CADM 1.5
Loader/extractor IOC
Visualization capability TBD by User group and funding priorities

17. DARS Training Training resources currently available
DARS concepts overview PPT on DARS
DARS tutorials available on DARS home page
DARS SOP
On-line help
User Group meetings [Next meeting Aug 14]
DoDD G provides NDCS concepts implemented by DARS
DoD 8210-G “Architecture Federation Guidelines”
Sept 30 release will include new UI with enhanced help access

18. New UI Demo Q&A NIPRNET - https://dars1.army.mil
SIPRNET -