SEDRIS™ Technology Conference 2001
Introductory Area Tutorials
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The introductory area tutorials described below were intended for anyone who is interested in gaining a better appreciation of environmental data generation and consumption issues, interested in better understanding the SEDRIS concepts, interested in international standardization, or anyone new to SEDRIS. Attendees included project managers, policy and decision makers, systems engineers, and technology managers who are impacted by environmental data.

These tutorials were designed to provide a grounded understanding of the critical issues in environmental data representation, database creation, interchange, SEDRIS capabilities and technology components, and ISO/IEC SEDRIS standardization.

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Introduction to SEDRIS

Environmental data is an integral part of many of today's information technology applications. The use of environmental data will grow substantially as availability and access to such data increases, and as tools for manipulation of environmental data become less expensive and more sophisticated. This tutorial provided an overview of the fundamental issues in environmental data representation, generation, and interchange. Topics included: background on how environmental databases are created; why database creation is expensive; the impact of networking; how environmental databases affect interoperability; overview examples of the database building process; the critical issues in interchange; the need for SEDRIS; the SEDRIS approach; what SEDRIS is and is not; project status and who is involved; products and activities; an overview of the SEDRIS technology components; and more. Demonstrations of selected SEDRIS technology tools and applications were included.

This tutorial was for anyone who is interested in gaining a better appreciation of environmental data generation and consumption issues, interested in better understanding the SEDRIS concepts, or anyone new to SEDRIS. Attendees included project managers, policy and decision makers, systems engineers, and technology managers who are impacted by environmental data.

The tutorial provided the attendee with a grounded understanding of the critical issues in environmental data representation, database creation, interchange, and SEDRIS capabilities and technology components.

Presenters:

Paul Foley, Defense Modeling and Simulation Office (DMSO)
Farid Mamaghani, SEDRIS
In An Introduction to SEDRIS, Paul Foley and Farid Mamaghani provided a quick glance at SEDRIS, describing the primary aspects of SEDRIS, what SEDRIS is not, what SEDRIS is, its objectives and benefits, and identifying its technology components. They then defined the need for SEDRIS, discussing trends impacting environmental data, and commercial process issues. They further identified the SEDRIS Associates, discussed Associates' development and implementation tasks, and identified other participating and supporting organizations and programs. Paul and Farid provided some examples of the work of selected SEDRIS Associates in training, analysis, and simulation-based acquisition applications, as resource repositories and production capabilities, and in entertainment, other International, and simulation runtime applications. They addressed the ongoing standards development efforts, describing the objectives, the specific ISO/IEC SEDRIS standards, other standards activities through the Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO), and how to participate in these efforts. They continued by discussing environmental data, interoperability and interchange, and then described database generation and use in terms of typical database elements, database sharing, and data integration. Paul and Farid then provided a detailed look at the individual SEDRIS technology components, and some analogies for applying SEDRIS technologies. They highlighted with examples the tools and applications that have been developed based on SEDRIS technologies. Paul and Farid concluded the tutorial with a brief summary that included a discussion of documentation, and sources of additional information.

SEDRIS International Standardization

In October 1999, SEDRIS began the process of establishing international standards through the combined International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). This tutorial provided an overview of the international standardization process, and included a detailed description of the standards currently under development, and the current status of SEDRIS standardization.

This tutorial was for anyone who is interested in gaining a better appreciation of the international standardization process, the implications of SEDRIS standardization, or anyone new to SEDRIS. Attendees included project managers, policy and decision makers, systems engineers, and technology managers who are impacted by environmental data.

The tutorial provided the attendee with a grounded understanding of ISO, the international standardization process, and the SEDRIS standards currently under development.

Presenters:

Richard Puk, Intelligraphics Incorporated
Steve Carson, GSC Associates
In SEDRIS International Standardization, Richard Puk began by providing a short introduction, and discussing the tutorial agenda. Steve Carson then described the standardization process. Steve discussed what are International Standards, what is achieved by standardization, how standards are developed, International Standards organizations, and the details of how SEDRIS is being transposed into an International Standard. Richard and Steve then addressed the SEDRIS family of standards, and discussed base and support technologies, and how the technology is divided into standards. Specifics of each individual SEDRIS standard under development were covered, and a brief tour of each of the standards was provided. Richard concluded the tutorial by discussing the status of the SEDRIS family of standards, their schedule, and how to participate in the remainder of the process.
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