2. ‘One Sky for Europe’ EUROCONTROL © 2002 European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) Page 1 VALIDATION DATA REPOSITORY Overview July 2002

3. ‘One Sky for Europe’ EUROCONTROL © 2002 European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) Page 2 Introduction

4. ‘One Sky for Europe’ EUROCONTROL © 2002 European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) Page 3 Recent Progress  Technical:  Comprehensive security functions  Scenario and Concept information supported  Performance improvements  Internet access available for extended testing  Users:  Data capture from validation exercises  Detailed QA of data captured  EEC Brétigny users trained  On-going discussions with projects for take-up  Presented at R&D Symposium and R&D Committee (ECTL-FAA)  External Projects:  MAEVA and EC funded projects  CARE/ASAS scenario repository  FAA under Action Plan 5

5. ‘One Sky for Europe’ EUROCONTROL © 2002 European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) Page 4 Short Term Action Plan  Technical:  enhanced data navigation and reporting facilities  enhanced search and filtering facilities (initial version Dec 2002)  Users:  further training sessions for EEC users  extend use of VDR to other EATMP projects  extended testing of internet access with selected external projects June to Sept 2002 (CARE/ASAS, MAEVA, MFF)  Future Events:  launch of public access via internet at SCST in September  THEATRE presentation in October  1st International VDR Interest Group Meeting at THEATRE event  CARE/ASAS presentation/launch in October

6. ‘One Sky for Europe’ EUROCONTROL © 2002 European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) Page 5 VDR - a Service not an Application  User Support/Data Management - defining, controlling and structuring:  common reference information  the data available in the repository  data entry guidance and support to users  the tools and facilities for manipulation and presenting the data  training and education  System management - the application itself and the associated day to day usage

7. ‘One Sky for Europe’ EUROCONTROL © 2002 European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) Page 6 EATMP Validation Framework and the VDR: Validation is a key process in the development of ATM Services:  A Validation Framework is being developed for EATMP including Validation Strategy, Validation Master Plan, methodologies, etc.  VDR is an integral part of the Validation Framework  Intended that the Validation Framework will be incorporated into the standard EATMP management processes The VDR enables the structures and processes for validation information management and facilitate the exchange of knowledge for both EATMP and the ATM validation community

8. ‘One Sky for Europe’ EUROCONTROL © 2002 European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) Page 7 Components of the VDR System  A multi-user application, providing:  support to Validation Exercise Data input workflow procedures with navigation menus, data input forms, context specific data linking  browsing and information retrieval facilities  Pre-configured reports at Summary and Detailed levels  Special Utilities Text Search Engine Browsing Bookmarks  General Utilities for security, data integrity, a directory of contacts and lists of reference sources  Enterprise scale database platform (Oracle)  Secure access via internet (with MS Explorer V5) or EUROCONTROL intranet (with MS Access) Not everything will be available in the first delivered systems

9. ‘One Sky for Europe’ EUROCONTROL © 2002 European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) Page 8 The VDR Security Model

10. ‘One Sky for Europe’ EUROCONTROL © 2002 European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) Page 9 Scope of the VDR Initial Internet Access: Data Views Functions

11. ‘One Sky for Europe’ EUROCONTROL © 2002 European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) Page 10 Data Available on Internet (external to EUROCONTROL)  Validation Exercise Information for:  PHARE (PD/1, PD/1+, PD/1++, PD/2 & PD/3)  EOLIA  Link 2000+ (Business Case Simulation, Fast Time Simulation, Real Time Simulation)  PETAL These are available to the “Public”  CARE/ASAS Activity 2: Validation Framework WP1 Deliverable 2 - ASAS Scenario Repository These are available to the CARE/ASAS team only

12. ‘One Sky for Europe’ EUROCONTROL © 2002 European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) Page 11 Views Available on Internet - Introduction  Provide windows to the information in the VDR - can see an item of information from many views  e.g. Exercise can have number of Conclusions, a particular Conclusion can be viewed via Exercise, or via related Objective or via related Result  Navigate a user between information groups in the VDR and displays lists of items in them

13. ‘One Sky for Europe’ EUROCONTROL © 2002 European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) Page 12 VDR organises validation information (1)..... A “Project” View Recommendations Conclusions ResultsScenarios Exercises Projects Objectives Scenarios Exercises Results Conclusions Recommendations Exercises Exercise UnitsResults Conclusions Recommendations ATM Development Programme Validation Structure Validation Outputs Contribute to: High Level Aims Detailed Objectives Expected Benefits Hypotheses

14. ‘One Sky for Europe’ EUROCONTROL © 2002 European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) Page 13 Views Available on Internet (1)  Project Details:  Programme Group  Project - Objectives, Conclusions, Recommendations, Contact, References  Exercise - Objectives, Scenarios (with Concepts and Parameters), Results (linked through to Conclusions linked through to Recommendations), Conclusions, Recommendations, Contact, References

15. ‘One Sky for Europe’ EUROCONTROL © 2002 European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) Page 14 A “Technical” View Results Scenarios Exercises Detailed Objectives Scenarios Exercises Results Exercises Scenarios Results Parameters Techniques Tools Models Type Specify: Produce: Applied to: Performing the Validation VDR organises validation information (2)…..

16. ‘One Sky for Europe’ EUROCONTROL © 2002 European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) Page 15 Views Available on Internet (2)  Exercise Unit Details:  Navigate to Exercise via Programme and Project  Exercise - Scenarios (with Concepts and Parameters)  Exercise Unit - Methods, Techniques, Tools, References, Specific Scenario Parameters  Technical Details:  Aspects - Indicators - Metrics  Methods - Exercise Units  Models - Exercise Units, Techniques, Tools  Techniques - Exercise Units, Models, Tools  Tools - Exercise Units, Models, Techniques

17. ‘One Sky for Europe’ EUROCONTROL © 2002 European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) Page 16 Validation Objectives Target Scenarios Specific Operational Concepts & Applications Validation Structure (planned projects & exercises) Benefit Targets Feasible? Acceptable? ATM environment Achievable? A “Scenario/Objective”View VDR organises validation information (3)…..

18. ‘One Sky for Europe’ EUROCONTROL © 2002 European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) Page 17 Views Available on Internet (3)  Concepts and Scenarios (CARE/ASAS only at present):  Objective to Scenario (with associated references, parameters and concepts)  Concept/Application to Scenario (with associated references, parameters and objectives)  Project to Scenario (not completed yet because of data rationalisation activities)

19. ‘One Sky for Europe’ EUROCONTROL © 2002 European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) Page 18 Issues with Views:  They are not static - those currently provided are an initial set and are likely to evolve with user comment  Lists of groups and items are currently displayed in alphabetical order, further development needed e.g.  List of groups by logical order e.g. Objectives, Scenarios, Results, Conclusions and Recommendations  List of items as a hierarchy (for concepts and objectives)  Is closely linked with Security Model, i.e. a view is linked to a role, a user can have many roles. This can add complexity for user to understand how to access specific information

20. ‘One Sky for Europe’ EUROCONTROL © 2002 European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) Page 19 Functions Available on Internet  Data Browsing and Navigation  Hyperlink access to relevant source reference documents  Full Security model of users, roles and views  To be provided in short term (pre-September):  Pre-configured reports for printing and local modification using MS Word  Graphics handling  Handling extended testing feedback on views and navigation

21. ‘One Sky for Europe’ EUROCONTROL © 2002 European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) Page 20 Extended Testing User Comments & Feedback

22. ‘One Sky for Europe’ EUROCONTROL © 2002 European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) Page 21 Feedback On:  Ease of getting access to VDR, user registration etc.  Screen layout  Ease of use  Navigation Facilities  Structure of the views  Structure and operation of the Reports  Performance Feedback Contact is Irini Stavridou, EUROCONTROL HQ, VDR Support

23. ‘One Sky for Europe’ EUROCONTROL © 2002 European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) Page 22 End of Overview