MODIFICATION
A -- Infospace Concept Exploration and Development
- Notice Date
- 10/11/2005
- Notice Type
- Modification
- NAICS
- 541710
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL - Rome Research Site, AFRL/Information Directorate 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome, NY, 13441-4514
- ZIP Code
- 13441-4514
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-BAA-05-03-IFKA
- Description
- The purpose of this modification is to add the following background information to the Funding Opportunity Description. No other changes have been made. Much of the current research in the area of net-centric approaches aimed at addressing the technical challenges presented by System of Systems (SOS) and information interoperability is primarily focused in the area of Business to Business (B2B) exchange of services, information and/or products. Standards organizations such as the WC3 (www.w3.org) and OASIS (www.oasis-open.org) are engaged in the development of XML-based specifications that define the protocols and information exchange formats that establish the foundation for building business capabilities and their underlying commercial Web Services (WS) infrastructure implementations. The DoD is basing their Global Information Grid Enterprise Services (GIG-ES) (www.disa.mil) and Network Centric Enterprise Services (NCES) (www.disa.mil) infrastructure on these emerging standards. It is expected that NCES will provide the core services that will enable the interoperability of all DoD net-centric operations from business processes to the forward deployed warfighter. Concurrently, AFRL/IF has been conducting research in the areas of information dissemination and management approaches which have been focused primarily on military applications and requirements. This research has lead to the development of multiple information dissemination and management infrastructures conforming to the Infospherics (www.infospherics.org) Common API. Both commercial and AFRL/IF research and development initiatives provide useful approaches to systems and information interoperability challenges. The concept of a Community of Interest (COI, www.dod.mil/nii/org/cio/doc/COI_FAQ.doc) Infospace i.e., an infospace consisting of multiple information systems that interoperate to address a set of mission and information requirements, provides a useful basis for interoperability regardless of underlying technology or implementation. Understanding how these concepts and technologies can be applied in the unique military operational and tactical domains is of critical importance. Further, identifying and addressing deficiencies in these technologies will be essential to achieving the DoD vision of Net-Centric Operations (NCO).
- Record
- SN00913938-W 20051013/051011211803 (fbodaily.com)
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