21 February 2006 Semantic Interoperability Architecture Geospatial Context 1 Semantic Interoperability at Work: Improving Rapid First Response What Does

21 February 2006 Semantic Interoperability ArchitectureGeospatial Context

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Semantic Interoperability at Work:Improving Rapid First Response

What DoesSemantic Interoperability

Mean in Geospatial Context?


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Semantic Interoperability at Work:Improving Rapid First Response

Interoperability Means

Teamwork


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Semantic Interoperability at Work:Rapid Response-Geospatial Context


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What Does a Semantic Interoperability Architecture

Look Like?• This Pilot is a Practical Example

Emergency Management Centered Participants Represent Spectrum of

Related Services• Participants Partner through

Semantically Searchable Registries using Web Services

• Messaging Flows show Architecture• Most Participants' Services are

Geospatially Indexed by Geopolitical Address and/or Geospatial Coordinate Reference System (CRS) for Physical Area


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Interactive Demonstration


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Geospatial Keys to Improving Rapid First Response

• 2 Geographic Data Contexts Support DRM: Geopolitical Standards: Addresses: Town,

County, State: Graniteville, Aiken County, South Carolina

Geospatial Standards: Coordinate Reference Systems (CRS): Lat/Long can be Converted to Each Other

Both Contexts have Multiple Standards: Local, Regional, National, ISO, ANSI, etc


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• Many Geospatial Concepts Support DRM: ISO 19115 Defines "Extent": A Polygon of

Lat/Long Points Define "bounding area" OASIS Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)

"area" Polygon Defined by WGS84 (World Geodetic

System 1984) Lat/Long Points CAP "area" can also be “circle” from WGS84

Lat/Long "point" + radius length in kilometers


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• Geospatial Concepts Support DRM: OASIS Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)

"area" Altitude and Ceiling can be used in CAP CAP “area” can be used by USGS & NOAA

Weather Service Systems which Forecast Storm Tracks, Tornado “Watch Boxes,” Toxic Plume Dispersal Patterns, Wildfires

Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) Critical in Emergency Incident Preparedness, First Response and Follow up Services.


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• Geospatial Concepts Support DRM: Specific CRS or Geocode Defines DRM

"Context"


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Semantic Interoperability• Simplified Analogies


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Semantics Simplified• Semantics Defines Meanings

MEANINGS + DATA = USEFUL INFORMATION Geospatial Systems include Semantics

• Interoperability Needs Semantic Roadmaps, Guides, Dictionaries for Vocabularies AND Geospatial CRS

• Ontologies are Classification Systems used for Standard Vocabularies or Geospatial CRS Standards & Geopolitical Addressing Standards

• Ontologies Perform EQUALLY well for Geospatial Systems


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How are we Showing Semantic Interoperability?

• We Use Standards from the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS)

• Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) 1.0 1.1 Recently Approved as OASIS Standard, Pilot

uses 1.0 • Emergency Data Exchange Language

Distribution Element (EDXL_DE) 1.0 Committee Specification

Simulated Event Type & Sender/Recipient Type Ontologies Drive Improved Message Routing

Simulated Event Type also Drives Lookup for Secondary Healthcare & Geospatial Services


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Semantic Interoperability Examples


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Semantic Interoperability Summary

• Teamwork Through Semantically Ordered Web Services

• Registries Allow Related Companies/Entities to Locate Each Other

• Registries Allow Resources to be Located and Bound through Web Services

• Registries Add Layer of Role-Based Security• Third Party Portals and Communities, such

as Geospatial and Healthcare Can Aid Preparedness through Semantically Ordered, PreRegistered Web Services


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Roster of Pilot Participants

• RedHat (RedHat Enterprise Linux Operating System)• Oracle Corp (Database, Application Server, WSRP Portal)• Humanmarkup.org, Inc. (Public Service Preparedness Portal)• Starbourne Communications Design (Portal Design

Development)• Broadstrokes, Inc. (Reverse 911 Service)• Targus Information Corporation, Inc. (Geographically

encoded consolidated national Reverse-911 database)• MyStateUSA (Simulated NIMS-ICS Network running as Web

Services through MyStateUSA Interoperable Hub)• WarningSystems, Inc. (Web-based Activation of EAS, Sirens,

Radios)• MCI (Internet Network Backbone)• Sandia National Laboratories (Sensor Network Simulation)• NuParadigm (Alerting Framework Network Services)• Unicorn Solutions, Inc. (Ontology/Data Model Workbench)

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21 February 2006 Semantic Interoperability Architecture Geospatial Context 1 Semantic Interoperability at Work: Improving Rapid First Response What Does