1. Sam Van der Stricht Eurocontrol
IGIF - Governance Governance considerations in support of IM Panel Job Card discussions ICAO IM Panel # January Montreal
Sam Van der Stricht
Eurocontrol

2. ToC What we know Where we need to dig Any scouts out there?
More on SESAR AIRM
SESAR AIRM Compliance & ICAO outlook
Governance requirements: Information Management Functions
IM: markers of change

3. ICAO Manual on SWIM Concept (Doc 10039) SWIM layers
Interoperability is required to deliver the right information, at the right time, at the right place. 3

4. SESAR AIRM – Governance Instrument
“We unbundle to better rebundle.”
“One logic – multiple interoperable solutions.”

5. ToC What we know Where we need to dig Any scouts out there?
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SESAR AIRM Compliance & ICAO outlook
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IM: markers of change

6. Services mash-up example (simplified)
Situational Awareness Application
Business need: Common Situational Awareness
Satisfied by: SWIM Enabled Application consuming TWY and Airport Map Information Services.
Technical interoperability is feasible!
Other interoperability concerns?
SWIM Technical Infrastructure
ISRM Service
ISRM Service
AirportMap
Information
Service
TWY Information
Service
ATC Global 2011

7. Interoperability: full scope Services cross the concerns
Organisation A
Organisation B
Organisational Alignment
Real World System
Real World System
Alignements need common decisions!
« SWIM elements » evolve requiring new agreements.
Process Alignment
Semantic Alignment
Syntax (XML,…)
Information System
Information System
Interaction (SOAP,REST, OGC…)
Transport (HTTP, TCP/IP,…)
ATC Global 2011

8. ToC What we know Where we need to dig Any scouts out there?
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SESAR AIRM Compliance & ICAO outlook
Governance requirements: Information Management Functions
IM: markers of change

9. NextGen SESAR Data Model Coordination Group (NSDMCG)
Part of US/EU Coordination Plan 2.1 “SWIM Interoperability”
Objectives
Facilitate semantic information/data interoperability through common information/data definitions
Foster unambiguous understanding through common agreements and standards
Provide recommendations and guidance on topics related to shared information/data, governance, and interoperability
Results
Gap analysis
Harmonization results at the level of UOMs, subject fields, definitions,…
White papers
Current activity
Working on a proof-of-concept ICAO AIRM as identified in the ICAO GANP

10. NSDMCG White papers
ICAO Global Interoperability Framework Considerations (2014)
ICAO Semantic Framework Considerations (2014)
ICAO AIRM Governance Considerations (2013)
ICAO AIRM Considerations (2013)
ICAO IM Panel welcome to comment & make papers available on IMP Website

11. Inputs to governance considerations ICAO AIRM Governance Considerations (2013)
The SESAR SWIM CONOPS defines governance, within the context of SWIM, as the “Ability of decision-makers to set policies regarding stakeholders, services, and their relationships”.
The FAA SWIM SOA Best Practices report defines governance as: “the set of rules, practices, roles, responsibilities, and agreements – whether formal or informal - that control how we work.”
The common thread in these definitions is the assignment of some authority to an entity for the execution of some activity through the establishment of rules and practices that are subsequently enforced and modified as needed to ensure the activity is successful.
Characteristics of good governance (paper browse)

12. Inputs to governance considerations ICAO Global Interoperability Framework Considerations (2014)
Paper browse
Legal Framework
Organisational (Process) Framework
Services Framework
Security Framework
Semantic Framework
Technical Framework

13. Tying it back to semantic interoperability
With the AIRM we focus on the semantic framework of the IGIF
It includes metadata for ATM information
But full scope of semantic interoperability includes ability to exchange Registry data
Interoperable registries
First efforts appearing: SDCM
Normalizing data about services
Metadata is transversal: as we are the IM people we should approach it in a transversal way
Registry as a tool supports governance
A good way to step ahead is to furhter think about Registry content and procesess

14. NSDMCG Outlook
NSDMCG as an embryo of further international collaboration on semantic interoperability
NSDMCG to work on transversal ATM wide items
NSDMCG to collaborate with communities of interest (e.g. AIM, Weather, Flight, …and the new ones such as Registry)

15. ToC What we know Where we need to dig Any scouts out there?
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Governance requirements: Information Management Functions
IM: markers of change

16. SESAR AIRM is a key component of European SWIM
Semantic interoperability of the future European ATM system
Seamless integration of ATM information
Enabling bridging of the operational and system discourses
Enabling bridging between communities (eg XMs)
Enabling transition management between versions
Non overlapping meanings
Preservation of meaning
Community cross-walks
Different formats – shared meaning
Governance through compliance
Based on standards
Based on initial load of XMs
European region and global scope
Candidate input to ICAO Global Interoperability Framework

17. Semantic Interoperability of shared ATM Information
SESAR ATM Information Reference Model
AIRM
Information Model
Foundation
Provides a reference
model of the SESAR information concepts for operational experts.
Consolidated Logical Data Model
Primer
Glossary
Provides a reference model
of the SESAR data concepts for
service architects and system implementers.
Ensure that exchanged data share the same meaning at both their origin and their destination to enable systems to combine and process received information from other resources
Semantic interoperability is vital for the ATM System development and interoperability between systems
Semantic Interoperability of shared ATM Information

18. Reference Model Definition
A reference model consists of a minimal set of unifying concepts, axioms and relationships within a particular problem domain, and is independent of specific standards, technologies, implementations, or other concrete details.
It enables the development of specific reference or concrete architectures using consistent standards or specifications supporting that environment.
Source W3C
Notion: currently not defined in Manual of SWIM Concept

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20. Reference Model and Exchange Models SWIM information is not any information: compliance
AIRM
CCB
SESAR AIRM
e.g.
Service
message
new derived model
e.g.
AIXM
mapped existing model
e.g.
WXXM …
AIRM
Rulebook
Governance
Handbook

21. Summary - SESAR AIRM
Enabler of ATM wide interoperability at the semantic level
Enabler of SWIM Compliant information exchange solutions
Enabler in support of service definition
Provides the tools to do it
States the rules to apply
AIRM - IM
AIRM - CLDM
Services
Interoperability targets
Means to have a focus

22. Service Improvement through Integration of all Digital ATM Information
Outlook - ICAO AIRM
Semantic interoperability concern at the global level
Agrees on data constructs that need to be standardised at global level
Units of Measure, Code-lists, Basic data types, …
Includes formalization of ICAO definitions into appropriate notation (UML) for digital architecture driven approach
AIRM as proxy to ICAO SARPs for XMs
ICAO
AIRM
AMXM
ICAO Annex
AIXM
ICAO Annex
ICAO Annex
WXXM
ICAO Annex
FIXM
ICAO Annex
ICAO Annex
Semantics
AIDX
ICAO Annex
ICAO Annex
Docs
ASTERIX
Trace
Achieving a “known and managed” state
Formalised Reference Semantics
ICAO GANP B1-DATM ASBU
Service Improvement through Integration of all Digital ATM Information

23. ToC What we know Where we need to dig Any scouts out there?
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SESAR AIRM Compliance & ICAO outlook
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IM: markers of change

24. SESAR IM Governance Requirements
Breakdown into logical Information Management Functions

25. SWIM Governance: IMF Landscape
The ‘steering’ IM functions are the functions that guide and steer the SWIM evolution. They also cover the actual overall SWIM governance process. The ‘steering’ IM functions have a direct influence on the ‘policy management’ and ‘governed’ IM functions.
The ‘policy management’ functions make policies for the areas covered by SWIM services (financial, compliance, supervision, etc.).
The ‘governed’ IM functions are classified as such because their scope is defined / delimited by the ‘steering’ and ‘policy management’ functions. They apply to both functions provided as ‘SWIM common components’ and to the ones provided at the service provider level.

26. Potential objects to be governed
SWIM Policies
SWIM Foundation Documents
TI Profile descriptions
Templates, Rulebooks , Guidelines
SWIM Service Descriptions
Logical
Physical
ATM Glossary and Data Models
SWIM Registry
Technical Infrastructures
Compliance assessment Infrastructure
SWIM technical Infrastructure including Middleware
SWIM Governance

27. ToC What we know Where we need to dig Any scouts out there?
More on SESAR AIRM
SESAR AIRM Compliance & ICAO outlook
Governance requirements: Information Management Functions
IM: markers of change

28. IM: markers of change & signs of impact
Seamless ATM wide information approach
Formalised & governed semantic layer (AIRM)
SWIM vocabulary, ICAO terms in UML, key data elements,…
Metadata
Services
Interoperable Registry
Governance (SWIM Compliance)
Information, information services, infrastructure
Key technical agreements (e.g. namespaces)
New information sharing processes
Structured approach
Collaboration scenarios, formalised processes, Information Exchange Requirements, services

29. Traps on the route to IM?
Governance put in place too late and not agile enough
Repeating the current processes

30. Contact Information
SWIM Subgroup

31. Questions