1. SISO P.O. Box 781238 Orlando, Florida 32826-0544 Phone: (407) 882-1348 FAX: (407) 658-5059 Duncan C. Miller, Sc.D. Executive Director, SISO Conference/Workshop Activities An Independent Standards Development Organization serving the International M&S Community SISO Sponsors 13 - 18 April 2008 Westin Hotel Providence, RI Collocated with BRIMS BRIMS sponsors 16-19 June 2008 Edinburgh, Scotland International Simulation Multi-Conference 14 – 19 September 2008 Florida Hotel Orlando, Florida Upcoming Events SAC Forms PDGs to meet the needs of the M&S Community SISO Liaisons IEEE ISO ITEA SCS AFCEA SimSummit INCITS ACM SIGSIM NATO NMSG Australian SSG SISO : the organization dedicated to the promotion of modeling and simulation interoperability & reuse for the benefit of diverse M&S communities, including developers, procurers, and users world-wide. Mission : To provide an open forum that promotes the interoperability and reuse of models and simulations through the exchange of ideas, the examination of technologies, and the development of standards. Behavior Representation In Modeling & Simulation

2. SISO Standards SISO-STD-001.1: Real Time Platform Reference FOM SISO-STD-001: Guidance, Rationale & Interoperability Modalities for the RPR FOM (GRIM 1.0) SISO-STD-002: Link 16 Simulation (Pending Approval) SISO-STD-003: Base Object Model (BOM) Template Specification SISO-STD-003.1: Guide for BOM Use and Implementation SISO-STD-004: Dynamic Link Compatible (DLC) HLA API Standard for the HLA Interface Specification Version 1.3 SISO-STD-004.1: Dynamic Link Compatible (DLC) HLA API Standard for the HLA Interface Specification (IEEE 1516.1 Version) (Includes a zip file of headers) SISO Sponsored Standards IEEE 1278 series: Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) IEEE 1516 series: High Level Architecture (HLA) IEEE 1516.4: Recommended Practice for Verification, Validation & Accreditation of a Federate ISO 18025-2005: Environmental Data Coding System (EDCS) ISO 18026-2005: Spatial Reference Model (SRM) Product Development Groups Coalition Battle Management Language (C-BML) Core Manufacturing Simulation Data (CMSD) COTS Simulation Package Interoperability (CSPI) Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) Distributed Simulation Engineering & Execution Process (DSEEP) Generic Methodology for VV&A for the M&S Domain (GM-V&V) High Level Architecture (HLA) Evolved Link 11 A/B Simulation Military Scenario Definition Language (MSDL) Real-time Platform Reference (RPR) FOM Simulation Reference Markup Language (SRML) VV&A Overlay to FEDEP Study Groups Discrete-Event System Specification (DEVS) Mode 5/S IFF Shareable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) Simulation Interface Transfer of Control (TC) LVC Architecture Interoperability (LVC) Message-Passing for Simulation-based Collaborative Engineering (MSG-SIM) Distributed Debrief Control Protocol (DDCP) Open Source Initiative for Parallel and Distributed Modeling and Simulation (OSI- PDMS) Target Data Transfer Protocol (TDTP) Standing Study Groups Australian between SISO & Simulation Industry Association of Australia (SIAA) Common Image Generator Interface (CIGI) Economics of M&S Communities of Practice Ontologies Taxonomies Semantic Interoperability Substantive Interoperability Intellectual Property Protection Cultural Adjustment and Buy-in Architectures/Frameworks Databases Networks Interfaces Standards Activities SISO Issues & Capabilities Products and Services Standards Guidelines Best Practices Reference Products (Technical & Research reports) Papers and Presentations Provided free to the International M&S Community Information Excom: Richard J. Severinghaus, CMSP rseverin@d-a-s.com SAC: Dr. Katherine L. Morse, katherine.l.morse@saic.com Conf Comm: Ralph Weber, ralph.weber@dynetics.com Exec Director: Dr. Duncan Miller, dmiller@sisostds.org February 2008