2013 Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop Environmental Data Representation Standards (EDRS) Product Support Group (PSG) Chair: Mr. Paul Foley Vice Chair: Dr. Louis Hembree Secretary: Ms. Michele Worley SAC Technical Area Director: Ms. Peggy Gravitz

2013 Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop Agenda EDRS PSG Overview TAD Report What’s New SEDRIS Standards Report NATO M&S Standards Profile SEDRIS Implementation Status ISO/IEC Registries Reuse and Interoperation of Environmental Data and Processes Product Development Group (RIEDP PDG) DoD M&S Steering Committee Rapid Data Generation (RDG) Project DoD M&S Steering Committee Environment Representation Data and Effects (ERDE) Project DoD M&S COI ER Working Group (ERWG) Issues Stay involved with the EDRS PSG 2

2013 Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop 3 Participate in activities that support the development, extension, refinement, and maintenance of standards for the environmental data community. Activities of the EDRS PSG include: -Maintaining liaison with the International Standards Organization (ISO) / International Electro-technical Commission (IEC) Sub Committee 24 Working Group 8, the SEDRIS Organization, and the broader environmental data representation community. This includes providing: u Information and support for the ISO/IEC SEDRIS family of standards, including the Environmental Data Coding Specification (EDCS), Data Representation Model (DRM), Spatial Reference Model (SRM), and the SEDRIS Transmittal Format (STF). u SISO post-standardization support and maintenance for SISO environmental data products u Information on requirements for development and implementation of tools to support the use of SISO products u A forum for community education on the application and use of standards for environmental data. Scope

2013 Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop EDRS PSG TAD Report Group Name: EDRS PSG TOR Date: 2006 TOR ER Standards Task Areas: -SEDRIS Standards and Registries evolution -SEDRIS SDK Implementations. -Activities of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24/WG 8 and INCITS H3, ISO TC211 and INCITS L1 -Activities of the NATO Standards Committee and M&S Profile in ER areas -ER related activities of the DISR JTSC (M&S TWG and GWG) and DSP LSAs Group Status: Newsletter developed to support expanded membership to: -Enhance ER standards situational awareness -Educate on new ER capabilities / recommended practices -Inform on associated SDKs, tools, and Lessons Learned Continue efforts to expand the membership base through: -Expanded newsletter distribution and session presentations -Involvement with related SIW Forum and SAC SGs and PDGs. 4

2013 Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop 5 What’s New First Edition of the PSG Newsletter ER in The News Published periodically for workshops and other selected M&S events.

2013 Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop 6 SEDRIS Standards Report Edition 2 of the ISO/IEC – Environmental Data Coding Specification (EDCS) has been circulated to ISO/IEC JTC 1 members for the Final Draft International Standard (FDIS) ballot. The ballot will close in mid-Oct ’13. Upon successful completion of the ballot, and depending on the workload at ISO ITTF, it is anticipated that the new edition of the EDCS standard will be published sometime in late 2013 or early Edition 3 of the ISO/IEC – Spatial Reference Model (SRM) is in preparation for its Final Draft International Standard (FDIS) ballot. Since the volume of the remaining work is substantial, a request has been submitted to SC 24 and JTC 1 to extend the FDIS release schedule by 12 months to Oct Edition 3 of the ISO/IEC EDCS Language Binding has been authorized to progress to Draft International Standard (DIS) stage. The changes introduced in both the ISO/IEC (EDCS) and ISO/IEC (SRM) require modifications to other SEDRIS standards, including their respective language bindings. Editing of the EDCS language binding standard ( ) began last year and is underway. New Work Items will be generated, along with Committee Draft (CD) text, to incorporate the necessary enhancements in the following standards: -ISO/IEC Ed. 2 SEDRIS Part 1 Revision -ISO/IEC Ed. 2 SEDRIS Part 3 Revision -ISO/IEC Ed. 2 SEDRIS Language binding Revision -ISO/IEC Ed. 2 SRM Language binding Revision POC: Mr Farid Mamaghani

2013 Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop NATO M&S Standards Profile NATO Standardization Agency (NSA) AMSP-01: Representation of natural and human-made environment STANAG 4664 SEDRIS Functional Specification and Abstract Transmittal Format STANAG 4662 SEDRIS – Environmental Data Coding Specification (EDCS) STANAG 4663 SEDRIS – Spatial Reference Model (SRM) Shapefile Spatial data format Mil STD-2407 Vector Map (VMAP) ISO/IEC 19775/6/7 X3D – Extensible Three-dimensional S-57 - IHO Transfer Standard for Digital Hydrographic Data OpenFlight Scene Description Database Specification OGC KML – Keyhole Markup Language JC3IEDM – Joint Command, Control and Consultation Information Exchange Data Model 1SO – Geography Markup Language (GML) GeoTIFF – Geographic Tagged Image File Format MIL-PRF-89020B Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED) COLLADA – Collaborative Design Activity OGC r1 - City Geographic Markup Language (CityGML) 7

2013 Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop 8 The implementation of all changes to the standards has culminated in the completion of the pre-release beta version of the new 4.5 SEDRIS SDK (software development kit), and its associated array of numerous tools and utilities. These tools and SDKs allow the user community to take early advantage of the capabilities being added to the standards for use in their applications and software development activities. POC: Mr Farid Mamaghani SEDRIS SDK Implementation

2013 Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop 9 Registration of Items Edition 3 of the ISO/IEC Procedures for the Registration of Items has been completed and the new edition was published by ISO in July 2013 (for more information see The EDCS Registry has been updated to comply with the new content and capabilities in Edition 3 of the EDCS standard. The updated EDCS Registry will become active when the standard is published. POC: Mr Farid Mamaghani

2013 Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop 10 Reuse and Interoperation of Environmental Data and Processes Product Development Group (RIEDP PDG) Objective is harmonization of environmental data representations and generation processes at a level after the source data stage but before the runtime / proprietary stage, recognizing that there is a broad range within this band. The two products that will be developed concurrently are: -RIEDP Data Model Foundations, a SISO Guidance document composed of two (tightly coupled) parts, the Reference Process Model (RPM) and the Reference Abstract Data Model (RADM). These form the foundations for existing and/or emerging database generation projects to compare, contrast, and map their data generation process and data model capabilities to these models. Use of RIEDP Data Model Foundations will serve as a guide in establishing database generation process models and their corresponding data models within the community. -RIEDP Detailed Features Description, a SISO Standard product, will provide the required information for identifying instances and / or classes of environmental features and objects that, along with their specific attributes, value ranges, and metadata, will be utilized in environmental data products. The use of the RIEDP Detailed Features Description as a standard product will ensure data interoperability through the identification of features, their definitions (through the use of standardized dictionaries), their corresponding attributes, and any associated metadata. POC: Jean-Louis Gougeat,

2013 Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop 11 DoD M&S Steering Committee Rapid Data Generation (RDG) Project Provide ER Support through a Common Data Production Environment. The U.S. Navy, Air Force, Special Operations Command, and the Army have geospatial data programs that vary widely in scope, but include a potential to share database investments across programs by enabling each program to discover and distribute in-process data product files in commonly used formats -Reference the same family of formats commonly used by industry. -Include their own data product archive and distribution facility. A method to establish connectivity between the facilities and employment of common data naming and metadata conventions would considerably assist the data discovery process and provide virtual pointers to where desired data sets reside. The RDG approach utilizes SOA-based web services to enable data sharing across multiple systems that produce and consume integrated, fused, and correlated data which requires: -Tagging of data in these systems with discovery metadata -Creation of integrated search capabilities that allow users to discover, assess, and obtain reusable data. POC: Dr. Rob Cox,

2013 Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop 12 DoD M&S Steering Committee Environment Representation Data and Effects (ERDE) Project Provide consistency in environment representation across multiple tools and simulations leading to cross-program interoperability. Reduce cost to M&S programs to add environment representation, leading to concrete government expectations (in terms of contractual requirements) to include realistic environment in simulations. Enable substantial re-use of Government owned environmental data and effects representations, archives and scenarios. ERDE Technology will: — Enable higher fidelity terrain effects. — Expand current effects decision aids in all domains. — Develop expanded composability within and between EDCSS provider sites and validation in user programs, networks and simulations. — Address composability of environmental models at different resolution levels to achieve high fidelity effects and support cross-domain decision rules. — Register metadata for supporting data, tools and services. — Expand EDCSS transition to provide additional effects generation and impact assessment capabilities. — Establish a formal method to collect and document user requirements and existing capabilities to efficiently leverage DoD enterprise development of realistic cross domain environmental data and effects representations. — Leverage prior MSSC, Service, and other governmental investments in the production and distribution of authoritative environmental representations to the DoD Communities using M&S. POC: Paul Foley,

2013 Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop ERDE Performers Environmental Data Cube Support System Project team Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory SFC Paul Ray Smith Simulation & Training Technology Center 13

2013 Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop 14 DoD M&S COI ER Working Group (ERWG) Primary U.S. DoD M&S COI forum for discussing how best to achieve the technical environmental representation goals and objectives of U.S. DoD M&S. Activities are to: -Act as an advisory group to the M&S COI -Provide leadership and management of environmental representation activities for the M&S COI -Serve as the M&S community’s advocate for environmental data and effects activities related to U.S. DoD M&S and establishing priorities for technology development in an attempt to harmonize investments across U.S. DoD. These activities help ensure that U.S. DoD investments will produce results usable by other organizations and programs, and promote discussion among USD(AT&L) - funded projects and those of other U.S. DoD Components are maximally exploited. POCs: Paul Foley, Terrain MSEA office, Mark Webb, Atmosphere and Space MSEA Office, and David McCarren, Ocean MSEA Office,

2013 Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop 15 Issues Membership self- identification to the PSG Member list and subscription to the Discussion reflector Continue to expand PSG participation from various ER Projects both within the US and International. Establish selected recommended practices and lessons Learned as SISO Information Products SISO continued participation in ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24 activities in light of the following recommended action: -ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24/WG 8 requests the SC 24 Secretary contact the Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) to: u Confirm its desire to continue its liaison relationship with SC 24 u Inform SISO that in the absence of a response to this request the liaison relationship will be in jeopardy.

2013 Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop 16 Stay involved with the EDRS PSG To register for EDRS PSG discussion: -First confirm your current address used in the SISO membership profile. Users can just log on to the SISO website at with the login link top left corner, then select your name LINK in top left corner, then select "edit profile", then select "'manage user credentials" then edit the address to update the address in your profile and select "update" to save the changes. -Then go to the ""Discussions" link at the top of the SISO home webpage and select the box to the right "SAC-PSG-EDRS" discussion and hit submit. -For help on the SISO login information, send a message to siso- To fill out the EDRS PDG affiliation form on the EDRS PSG webpage go to : -Select "Standards Activities" in the middle of the webpage -Then select "Support Groups" and then select the EDRS PSG - the affiliation form displays right on the EDRS PSG web page.