2/28/2016 1:14 PM Office of the Chief Information Officer Department of Homeland Security Metadata Center of Excellence The FEA Data Reference Model: Business Case and Dimensions Michael C. Daconta Metadata Program Manager August 16, 2005

July 21, Pg. 2 Office of the Chief Information Officer Agenda  What is the DRM?  The DRM Business Case –Strategic Goal –Tactical Goals  DRM WG Update (Where we are…)  DRM Dimensions (Where we are going…)  Concrete Implementation  Conclusion

July 21, Pg. 3 Office of the Chief Information Officer Why is Data Management so Hard?  Data is Hidden behind the flashy GUI! “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain” …Yep, there’s the DRM! I am the Great and Powerful OZ (aka Application)…

July 21, Pg. 4 Office of the Chief Information Officer What is the DRM?  Data Context –Categorization –Business Rules (TBD)  Data Sharing –Exchange Packages –Query Points (Access)  Data Description –Structured Data –Unstructured Resources –Data Assets The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them. - Albert Einstein

July 21, Pg. 5 Office of the Chief Information Officer DRM Business Case  Strategic Goal –Real-time Relevance: “The Right Information to the Right Person at the Right Time” User Context & Requirements Relevance Content & Services What the User Needs RIGHT NOW! What we mean by “Right” What you have available? Do you know your users? Can you calculate this in real-time? How much of what you have do you actively manage?

July 21, Pg. 6 Office of the Chief Information Officer Achieving this requires Data Fidelity…  Too much focus on production … –Look & Feel, GUI, WYSIWYG, Postscript, …  First 40 years in IT we’ve perfected graphics fidelity … In the next 40 years we will perfect data fidelity … let’s begin! © Microsoft Tactical Goals: Consumer-Centric Many-to-Many Interfaces Knowledge Line- of-Sight

July 21, Pg. 7 Office of the Chief Information Officer Apps Data We had it all wrong…In the beginning… This shift (of Copernican proportion) will create an “Information Network Effect” Apps Tactical Goal 1: Consumer-centric Information

July 21, Pg. 8 Office of the Chief Information Officer Tactical Goal 2: Many-to-Many Interfaces The trend is to put the “smarts” in the data, not in the applications. XML Ontology and Automated Reasoning XML Taxonomies and Documents with Mixed Vocabularies XML Documents Using Single Vocabularies Text Documents and Database Records “Point to Point Interfaces must DIE” “The Smart Data Continuum” -Daconta, Obrst, Smith

July 21, Pg. 9 Office of the Chief Information Officer Tactical Goal 3: Knowledge Line of Sight Remember we must connect the 3C’s! samePerson Resource Catalog Ontology/ Cross-domain Domain/COI Content-level RSS Export as Context-Level xmlns=“uri” Namespace Document Catalog-Level (Resource-Level)

July 21, Pg. 10 Office of the Chief Information Officer DRM Working Group Update  Three-tiered Working Group –Open, collaborative  bin/wiki.pl?DataReferenceModel bin/wiki.pl?DataReferenceModel  Accomplishments –Outreach Workshops –Education Sessions –XML Schema –Management Strategy Draft  Plans (by October 17) –DRM 1.5 Document –DRM Management Strategy Document –DRM Implementation and Testing Plan for the DRM XML Schema Public Team Exec DRM Working Group Structure

July 21, Pg. 11 Office of the Chief Information Officer Next Steps for DRM Working Group  Deliverables –Create DRM Version 1.5 Chapter: Overview (Michael Daconta) Chapter: Categorization/Context (Jim Feagans) Chapter: Sharing (Bryan Aucoin) Chapter: Description (Larry Fitzwater) Illustrative examples Address submitted agency comments Glossary of terms –DRM Management Strategy (Suzanne Acar) –XML Implementation, Approach, And Test  Milestones –First Draft: August 31 st. –2 nd Quarterly Public Forum: September 14 th. –Second Draft: September 19 th. –Third Draft: October 10 th. –Release: October 17 th.

July 21, Pg. 12 Office of the Chief Information Officer FEA DRM Dimensions FRAMEWORKFRAMEWORK Roles & Responsibilities Activities What is it? What is it good for? What do I have to do?

July 21, Pg. 13 Office of the Chief Information Officer FEA DRM Dimensions (2) Framework Agency COI Cross-COI Metadata Content Policy Categorization Sharing Description Categorization Sharing Description Categorization Sharing Description Concrete Implementation Mechanism: XML Schema Egov Act – 207D Information Sharing Data Architecture Investment Review

July 21, Pg. 14 Office of the Chief Information Officer A Concrete Approach  DRM XML Schema  DRM Management Process XML Schema XML Instances XXXX =

July 21, Pg. 15 Office of the Chief Information Officer Next Steps for DRM Working Group  Deliverables –Create DRM Version 1.5 Chapter: Overview (Michael Daconta) Chapter: Categorization/Context (Jim Feagans) Chapter: Sharing (Bryan Aucoin) Chapter: Description (Larry Fitzwater) Illustrative examples Address submitted agency comments Glossary of terms –DRM Management Strategy (Suzanne Acar) –XML Implementation, Approach, And Test  Milestones –First Draft: August 31 st. –2 nd Quarterly Public Forum: September 14 th. –Second Draft: September 19 th. –Third Draft: October 10 th. –Release: October 17 th.

July 21, Pg. 16 Office of the Chief Information Officer Conclusion  As We May Think 1 … –“Our ineptitude in getting at the record is largely caused by the artificiality of systems of indexing. … The human mind does not work that way. It operates by association. … Selection by association, rather than indexing, may yet be mechanized.” - Vannevar Bush, 1945  The DRM represents an unprecedented opportunity –These are systemic problems … the status quo is unacceptable. –I look forward to working with you to overcome the difficult challenges we face! 1 © Vannevar Bush © Ocean Cruise Guides A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. - Lao-Tzu All Aboard!!

July 21, Pg. 17 Office of the Chief Information Officer Questions?