3/16/2016 6:17 AM Office of the Chief Information Officer Department of Homeland Security Metadata Center of Excellence The Evolution of the Data Reference Model: Elements of Prescription and Description Michael C. Daconta Metadata Program Manager May 17, 2005

May 3, Pg. 2 Office of the Chief Information Officer Agenda  Introduction  The Big Picture: –Data Evolution –Information Sharing Use Case  What is the DRM? –Description –Sharing –Context  DRM Working Group  Volume Strategy  Revised DRM Structure  Conclusion

May 3, Pg. 3 Office of the Chief Information Officer Personal Introduction Michael C. Daconta  Author/co-author of 10 Technical books  C, C++, Java, XML, Semantic Web  Experience:  Lead for the DOD/IC Core Taxonomy  Chief Architect for DOD’s Net-Centric Enterprise Services Collateral Space & DIA’s Virtual Knowledge Base  Inventor of the Fannie Mae Electronic Mortgage Standard (2 patents)  Recent Article on XML.com  “Formal Taxonomies for the Federal Government”

May 3, Pg. 4 Office of the Chief Information Officer Data Evolution Timeline Age of Programs Age of Proprietary Data Age of Open Data Age of Open Metadata Age of Semantic Models Program-Data GIGO/minis/microswww / NetscapeWeb services OWL Text, Office Docs Databases (proprietary schema) HTML, XML (open schema) Namespaces, Taxonomies, RDF Ontologies & Inference Procedural Programming Object-Oriented Programming Model-Driven Programming less “Data is less important than code” as “Data is as important as code” more “Data is more important than code” ** From my article in Enterprise Architect Magazine

May 3, Pg. 5 Office of the Chief Information Officer FEA Data Reference Model  Volume 1 is released. – /egov/a-1-fea.htmlhttp:// /egov/a-1-fea.html –Posted with comments on public wiki.  DRM Working Group is underway –Broad participation including State and Local –Foster broad adoption and implementation –Satisfy the Presidential Orders/Directives

May 3, Pg. 6 Office of the Chief Information Officer DRM Use Case: Information Sharing Description Sharing Context Org 1 Org 2 Data Elems Data Elems Exchange packages Registry COI Context Core Context Components Assembly Discovery 1 3 2

May 3, Pg. 7 Office of the Chief Information Officer Information Sharing Use Case (1)  Markle Report. –“Creating a Trusted Network for Homeland Security”  Vignette 3. –Scenario: Terrorists planning an attack on Rail lines using Chlorine gas

May 3, Pg. 8 Office of the Chief Information Officer Information Sharing Use Case (2)  Agency X collects data.  Using the DRM, Agency X creates metadata that describes this data in an unambiguous manner. Rail Yard Terrorist Organization: + name: “Al Qaeda” Incident + when + where + what + who Zoo Person Chemical Plant Terrorist Terrorist Organization + name Chemical + name Chemical + name: “Chlorine”

May 3, Pg. 9 Office of the Chief Information Officer Information Sharing Use Case (3)  Agency Y needs data to perform analysis.  Agency Y discovers Agency X has the data it needs Target Organization Indicators Vulnerability Capability Lethal Agent Facility Law Enforcement Law Enforcement Intel LOB Infrastructure Protection

May 3, Pg. 10 Office of the Chief Information Officer Information Sharing Use Case (4)  Agency Y and Agency X assemble Exchange Packages. Incident Report + who + what + when + where + activity Humint Report Threat Report TargetCapability Police Incident Infrastructure Incident CriticalNon-Critical Chemical Plant Rail YardZoo

May 3, Pg. 11 Office of the Chief Information Officer Information Sharing Use Case (5)  Data is exchanged. CIA Rail Yard Police Dept. Zoo Chemical Plant Infrastructure Protection Intel Law Enforcement Law Enforcement Law Analysis Center Industry Analysis Center States DHS Threat Report Incident NCTC DHS Shared Space

May 3, Pg. 12 Office of the Chief Information Officer Information Sharing Use Case (6)  Data is associated in a shared space. Shared Space Threat Report 1 Capability: Chlorine Gas Target: Rail Lines Incident 2: Police Incident 3: Chemical Incident 1: Zoo Incident 4: Rail Yard

May 3, Pg. 13 Office of the Chief Information Officer What is the DRM? (1) - Describe  Logical Data Modeling. – Class, Property, Data Type, Association  Goals: –Unambiguous, Defined, Registered  Logical Data Model != RIM Answers: How do we make our data interoperable?

May 3, Pg. 14 Office of the Chief Information Officer What is the DRM? (2) - Discover  Taxonomy –Article at XML.com “Formal Taxonomies for the Federal Government”  Context is more than categorization. – Data Asset Directory (Data Source Context?) – Business Rules Answers: How does a class of users find relevant information?

May 3, Pg. 15 Office of the Chief Information Officer Formal Taxonomies  Formal Node Definition –Collection, Class, Instance  Formal Link Definition –partOf, subclassOf, instanceOf Car Sports CarSedanSUV CorvetteMustang Car Engine Wheel TransmissionCarburetor ** From 4/15/05 presentation at Library of Congress

May 3, Pg. 16 Office of the Chief Information Officer What is the DRM? (3) - Share  National Information Exchange Model (NIEM)  Developing “Core” Interagency XML Exchanges –Currently: DHS, DOJ, DOT, NIST  Not Part of DRM Working Group  Answers: How do we effectively exchange and access information?

May 3, Pg. 17 Office of the Chief Information Officer DRM Working Group  Three tiers –Public participation Virtual via “Wiki” Quarterly F2F Forums –Team participation 5 Teams. 1Lead, 2 Editors, Contributors Bi-Weekly Meetings –Executive Committee Dispute Resolution Weekly Meetings  DRM Project Coordinator Public Teams Exec

May 3, Pg. 18 Office of the Chief Information Officer Volume Strategy  Change the volume strategy from the current plan by creating cohesive volumes around functional lines. –Volume 1. Overview LEAD: Michael Daconta, DHS –Volume 2. DRM Management Strategy LEAD: Suzanne Acar, DOI –Volume 3. Data Description LEAD: Larry Fitzwater, EPA –Volume 4. Data Sharing LEAD: Bryan Aucoin, IC CIO –Volume 5. Data Context LEAD: James Feagans, DOJ –Sections in each of the above volumes on Security & Privacy  Rotating Team Meetings –Team Leader and editor meeting. –General Team meeting. –Separate Volume Team Meetings  Next Steps –Volume Outlines with each section Defined –Milestone Schedule

May 3, Pg. 19 Office of the Chief Information Officer Revised DRM Structure – V0.2** Data Asset Directory Entity Description Resource Description Resource Class Association Entity Property Entity Class Association Data Asset Class Association Service Context Association Input/Output Service Class Information Access Query Class Association Unique Identifiers Subject Context Subject Area Subject Class Association Who What When Where Why Context Information Exchange Exchange Payload Association Exchange Class Sharing Description Structured Semi-Structured Unstructured SECURITYSECURITY PRIVACYPRIVACY ** Requires distinction between metamodel and model

May 3, Pg. 20 Office of the Chief Information Officer DRM Schema (Draft Overview) (1 of 5) NOTE: ONLY ILLUSTRATIVE!

May 3, Pg. 21 Office of the Chief Information Officer DRM Schema (Description) (2 of 5) … CIRCULAR NO. A-130 HTML OMB url NOTE: ONLY ILLUSTRATIVE!

May 3, Pg. 22 Office of the Chief Information Officer DRM Schema (Description) (3 of 5) NOTE: ONLY ILLUSTRATIVE!

May 3, Pg. 23 Office of the Chief Information Officer DRM Schema (Sharing) (4 of 5) NOTE: ONLY ILLUSTRATIVE!

May 3, Pg. 24 Office of the Chief Information Officer DRM Schema (Context) (5 of 5) …... NOTE: ONLY ILLUSTRATIVE!

May 3, Pg. 25 Office of the Chief Information Officer Conclusion  How you can help! – bin/wiki.pl?DataReferenceModelhttp://colab.cim3.net/cgi- bin/wiki.pl?DataReferenceModel – Join a Volume Team! Government sponsor can – Contribute to a Volume – Subscribe to DRM-public mailing list – Participate in the Public Forum Date: June 13 Location: Mitre

May 3, Pg. 26 Office of the Chief Information Officer Questions?