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SEDRIS™ Technology Conference
2002
Introductory Tutorials
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The introductory tutorials described below were intended
for anyone who is interested in gaining a better appreciation of environmental
data generation and consumption issues, in better understanding SEDRIS
concepts, in international standardization, or anyone new to SEDRIS. Project
managers, policy and decision makers, systems engineers, and technology
managers who are impacted by environmental data were encouraged to attend.
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 standardization.
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Introduction to SEDRIS for
Managers
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; how environmental databases affect
interoperability; the critical issues in interchange; the SEDRIS approach;
what SEDRIS is and is not; SEDRIS-based 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 interested in gaining
a better appreciation of environmental data generation and consumption
issues, interested in better understanding the SEDRIS concepts, or those
new to SEDRIS. Project managers, policy and decision makers, systems engineers,
and technology managers impacted by environmental data were encouraged
to attend.
The tutorial provided the attendee with a foundation
to understand the critical issues in environmental data representation,
database creation, interchange, and SEDRIS capabilities and technology
components.
Presenters:
Paul Foley, Quantum Research International
/ Defense Modeling and Simulation Office (DMSO)
Tim Gifford, Armed Forces Training Systems,
Inc. (AFTS)
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In Introduction
to SEDRIS for Managers, Paul Foley and Tim Gifford provided a quick
glance of 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. Paul
and Tim further identified the SEDRIS Associates, discussed Associates'
development and implementation tasks, and identified other participating
and supporting organizations and programs. 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.
Paul and Tim then provided a detailed look at the individual SEDRIS technology
components. They continued by discussing environmental data, interoperability
and interchange, and described database generation and use in terms of
typical database elements, database sharing, and data integration. Paul
and Tim then discussed using SEDRIS, highlighting some analogies for applying
SEDRIS technologies. They also 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,
and provided examples of the tools and applications that have been developed
based on SEDRIS technologies. Paul and Tim concluded the tutorial with
a brief summary, and a short discussion of documentation and sources of
additional information.
Fundamentally SEDRIS - The
Technology Components
This tutorial covered the fundamentals of the five
SEDRIS technology components (DRM, EDCS, SRM, API, STF). The role of each
component and the API functions to access them were discussed to provide
a springboard for understanding the other tutorials and presentations in
the conference. Emphasis was placed on the DRM and the API, and how the
EDCS and the SRM components are utilized by the DRM. Most commonly used
areas of the DRM, along with key DRM objects, were highlighted. An overview
of the API's powerful capabilities, including its most commonly used functions,
were also provided.
This tutorial was for software engineers, systems
engineers, and environmental modelers new to SEDRIS technologies.
The tutorial provided the attendee with an understanding
of the five SEDRIS technology components, the basic elements provided within
the DRM and API, and allowed attendees to be better prepared to take advantage
of the remaining conference tutorials and presentations.
Presenters:
John Carswell, Advanced Interactive Systems
(AIS), Inc.
Jesse Campos, Science Applications International
Corporation (SAIC)
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In Fundamentally
SEDRIS - The Technology Components, John Carswell and Jesse Campos
began by describing the goals of SEDRIS, what SEDRIS is, what SEDRIS is
not, its technical objectives, and identifying its technology components.
They proceeded to discuss the basic SEDRIS concepts of representational
polymorphism, data models versus data representation models, APIs and formats,
interoperability and interchange, and SEDRIS as a language. John and Jesse
then provided in-depth discussions of each of the five SEDRIS technology
components, addressing basic concepts, functionality and requirements while
providing numerous illustrative examples. They also provided practical
applications of SEDRIS technology, discussing the SEDRIS software development
kit, a high-level process for environmental data interchange, and exploring
SEDRIS in action. John and Jesse concluded the tutorial with information
for students to maximize their STC experience, identifying and describing
the individual conference tutorials scheduled for each of the five SEDRIS
technology components, and describing the recommended prerequisites for
each.
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