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Presented to the

XML Community of Practice,Town Hall Meeting/

eGov Institute’sKnowledge Management Conference

Washington, DCApril 20, 2005

The U.S. CIOC’sEmerging Technology Life-Cycle

Management Process @ ET.gov—andMultifaceted Search, Discovery, and Retrieval of

ET Information

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Outline

The problem

1. Objectives of ET.gov—and impetus *

2. Value and expected impact of ET.gov *

The context

3. ET.gov—and its relationship with the AIC and USCIOC *

4. Evolution of ET.gov—from vision to execution *

5. Eight stages of the ET.gov process *

6. ET.gov today and tomorrow *

The solution—and value

7. Objectives of demo—and use of multifaceted search at ET.gov

8. Defining the facets and categories for ET.gov

9. ET.gov demo (test drive via Screenshots A>H)

10. Conclusion

* Source: Adapted from xmlCoP and ET/SC documents.

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1. Objectives of ET.gov—and impetus

• Help facilitate the discovery of various types of components which may be beneficial to the Federal government—thereby provide a formal channel by which agencies can evaluate ETs

• Produce communication between CIOs, governmental decision makers, submitters, and other integrators by taking a standards-based approach to capitalize on the benefits of XML and maximize the benefits of the Web

• Provide a standard XML schema for component description and a submission point from which components can be evaluated—i.e., via a single point of multifaceted search-discovery-and-retrieval (MSDR)

• Aid the discovery of new technologies.

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2. Value and expected impact of ET.gov

When a government agency, technology company or anotherorganization registers with ET.gov, the site will:

• Provide the opportunity for their emerging technology to “get discovered” by the Federal community

• Foster the maturity of their technology in the Federal market

• Shorten the “time to market” for their ET in the Federal civilian and non-civilian sectors

• Separate the “wheat from the chaff,”—i.e., weed out “intergalactic technology solutions!”

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3. ET.gov—and its relationship with the AIC and USCIOC

• The AIC pursued seven funded tasks in FY 2005, on top of other existing efforts, e.g., fostering communities of practice on XML and semantic interoperability

• The tasks are to generate the greatest ROI in terms of the time and dedication put forth by AIC members and staff

• Task 6 is to “develop identification and validation processes for emerging technologies,” i.e., ET.gov

• Lead staff for this task under the ET S/C are: John McManus (NASA), Susan Turnbull (GSA), and Owen Ambur (DOI).

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ET S/C vision S/C mandate

Scope Objectives

XML schema Other tech specs

Booz design Feedback frS/C + CoPs

Vision ET.gov

4. Evolution of ET.gov: from vision to execution

2003> 2004> 2005> 2006>

BLS UsabilityLab testing Stage 1 exec.

MSDR design MSDR demo

Stage 2 exec. Stage N exec.

Instance docs XSDs

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5. Eight stages of the ET.gov process

1. Identify +register

1. Identify +register

2. Subscribe+ indicate

LOI

2. Subscribe+ indicate

LOI

3. Acceptstewardship3. Accept

stewardship

4. Graduate +transition toCORE.gov

4. Graduate +transition toCORE.gov

5. Budget(President + Congress)

5. Budget(President + Congress)

6. Acquirefor use

6. Acquirefor use

7. Maintainover life

cycle

7. Maintainover life

cycle

8. Retire +replace

8. Retire +replace

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6. ET.gov today and tomorrow

ET = IT data:USA

ET = IT data:USA + global

ET = IT + XT data:USA

ET = IT + XT data:USA + global

100s of records,

users, and queries

100s of records,

users, and queries

1,000s of records,

users, and queries

1,000s of records,

users, and queries

10,000s of records,

users, and queries

10,000s of records,

users, and queries

100,000s of records,

users, and queries

100,000s of records,

users, and queries

http://et.gov/component_search.aspx

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• Illustrate how data on ETs can be organized and accessed by multiple facets (axes) and hierarchical taxonomies (categories) within

• Show how end-users within and outside the Federal government can then search, discover, and retrieve information from the ET.gov site in a human-friendly way

• Highlight the social, economic, and intelligence value that different stakeholders can derive by using MSDR technology as part of the ET.gov site and process.

7. Objectives of demo—and use ofmultifaceted search at ET.gov

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8. Defining the facets + categories for ET.gov

Existing facets Use Categories (examples)

1. Component name WHAT? A, B, C, D…Z

2. Organization name WHO? A, B, C, D…Z

3. Component type WHAT? Software, hardware, data

4. Relation to FEA: SRM WHAT? Analysis/stats, assets, BI…visualization

5. Relation to FEA: TRM WHAT? Component framework, service access…

6. Relation to FEA: DRM WHAT? Data content, data description, data sharing

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9. ET.gov demo (test drive via Screenshots A>H)

http://etgov.i411.com

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Screen A: Standard Web interface of ET.gov

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Screen B: Detail of the home page—with aerial view of the 4 facets, categories, and counts (43)

Get aerial view and browse the43 ET records by four facets(views, axes) and by hierarchi-cal categories with counts

Conduct free-textsearch by keyword

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Screen C: Launch free-text search for “knowledge management”

Search for “knowledge management”

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See 11 results organizedby facets and categories

See also 11 resultsin the standard list

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Screen D: Drill down the “Knowledge Management” category under the SRM facet

Drill down the SRM facet—into the category for “Knowledge Management”

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Screen E: Switch view to the TRM facet and drill down the “Component Framework” category

6Switch view to the TRMfacet—and drill down intothe category for “Component Framework”

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Screen F: Drill down into the “Proposed Spec” category also under the TRM facet

Drill down into thecategory for “Proposed Spec”

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Screen G: Switch view again to the Component Type facet and drill down into the “Software” category

Switch view to the ComponentType facet—and drill down intothe category for “Software”

See the breadcrumb trail

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Screen H: Find (discover) the final record

10Find (discover) the “sliced-and-diced”KM records that fit:1. KM under SRM,2. Component Framework and

Proposed Spec under TRM, and3. Software under Component Type

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10. Conclusion: What we mean is that…

“Better, faster, smarter” search will give the technology company (seller) the opportunity to “fairly” increase the exposure and visibility of its ET—

making sure that the Federal agency (searcher and buyer) looking for that

ET or similar ETs will, in fact, find what the agency is looking for, with NO

chance of not finding that ET…so long as the company registered and

input its data correctly at ET.gov.

“Better, faster, smarter” search will give the technology company (seller) the opportunity to “fairly” increase the exposure and visibility of its ET—

making sure that the Federal agency (searcher and buyer) looking for that

ET or similar ETs will, in fact, find what the agency is looking for, with NO

chance of not finding that ET…so long as the company registered and

input its data correctly at ET.gov.

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Thank you…and contacts

Amin Hassam ahassam@i411.comVice President, Government Strategy + Solutionsi411, Inc. www.i411.com Herndon, Virginia703.793.3270 x140

Paul Woods pwoods@biztechsource.com President & CEOBusiness Technology Source LLC www.biztechsource.com Shepherdstown, West Virginia304.876.9242