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DoD Architecture Registry System DARS 16 September 2009 Walt Okon Senior Architect Engineer Senior Architect Engineer for Information Sharing Enterprise Architecture and Standards Directorate DoD Chief Information Officer .

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Page 1: DoD Architecture Registry System DARS 16 September 2009 Walt Okon Senior Architect Engineer Senior Architect Engineer for Information Sharing Enterprise

DoD Architecture Registry SystemDARS

16 September 2009 Walt Okon

Senior Architect Engineer

Senior Architect Engineer for Information Sharing

Enterprise Architecture and Standards Directorate

DoD Chief Information Officer

(703) 607- 0502 . [email protected]

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Outline

DARS Objectives

Architecture Federation Strategy

AV-1 Registration and Federation capability update

User interface update

DARS Training

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DARS Objectives

Registry for Architectures

Catalog & link reference architectures and data

Federate the DoD EA via component registration

Visualize and navigate the federated DoD EA

Support Authoritative Data Source identification, taxonomy creation, extension and management

Assess DoDAF and Reference Model conformance

Assess the use of standard reference taxonomies

The Authoritative Source for DoD’s Enterprise Architecture

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DoD NCDS Policy

Data is an essential enabler of network-centric warfare (NCW) and shall be made visible, accessible, and understandable to any potential user in the Department of Defense as early as possible in the life cycle to support mission objectives. [DoDD 8320.2]

Data assets shall be made visible by creating and associating metadata (“tagging”), including discovery metadata, for each asset… All metadata shall be discoverable, searchable, and retrievable using DoD-wide capabilities. [DoDD 8320.2]

Discovery metadata shall conform to the Department of Defense Discovery Metadata Specification (DDMS). [DoDD 8320.2]

Bottom Line:

Architecture data must be discoverable

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Architecture Content DiscoveryRequirements:

Find architectures of relevance for decision making and reuse

Determine purpose, scope, source and authority

Determine alignment with Joint Capability Areas, FEA Lines of Business, and other reference models

Issue:

Architectures are developed and maintained in repositories distributed across DoD.

AV-1 registration is key to implementing NCDS for architectures

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Discovery Approach

1. Tag architectures with content discovery metadata

Map metadata to DDMS - Source: AV-1– Title (Architecture Name)– Creator (Author) (Architect)– Publisher (Project Sponsor)– Subject (Scope: Mission/Capability Area)– Dates (Completed, Approved, Timeframe Start/End)

2. Register metadata in an Enterprise Catalog DARS

OR…

Implement federated search web services

3. Deliver metadata on demand via federated search services

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AV-1 Registration Service Update1. New AV-1 Microsoft Word document template

completed

– Incorporates new AV-1 registration metadata

– Download from DARS

– Fill in AV-1 data

– Upload completed template to DARS

2. New AV-1 Registration Web Services

– Supports new AV-1 registration metadata

– Download sample client from DARS

– Modify to operate in host environment

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New AV-1 Template1. Download the Microsoft Word AV-1 template from

DARS

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AV-1 Template (cont.)2. Fill in AV-1 data

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AV-1 Template (cont.)

3. Upload completed document to DARS.

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AV-1 Registration Client Download C# code from DARS Modify to use in host environment Register client with DARS

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New AV-1 Client

New metadata for AV-1 registration– Context

– Organizations

– Communities of Interest (COIs)

– Products

– Related Architectures

– Tools

– Methodologies

– JCA Name

– Time Frame Name

– Geographical Area Name

– Security Caveats

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Metadata Registration Service

Federation Repository

Register Provider

View Provider

Update Provider

Register Metadata

Search Holdings

Repository/Tool Environment

SOAP DDMS + Metadata

(XML)

FederationClient

AV-1 metadata captured and extracted by repository/tool environment

Federation Client Services Menu

DARSFederated Catalog

DARS Federation Web Services

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DARS Sept 2009 Release

Redesigned User Interface

– Portal Look and Feel (like iGoogle)

– Compact (Do Everything From Right Here Interface)

– Customizable (Save Documents, Architectures, etc to “My DARS”)

– Easy to use (drag and drop documents, architectures, etc)

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DARS Sept 2009 Release (cont.)

Taxonomy Builder

– Ability to create COI taxonomies

– Ability to delegate authority to extend taxonomies

Ability to use the JCAs, FEA LOBs and other user-defined reference taxonomies to federate documents and architectures

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DARS Training

Training resources currently available– DARS concepts overview PPT on DARS

– DARS tutorials available on DARS home page

– DARS SOP

– On-line help

– User Group meetings [Next meeting Aug 14]

DoDD 8320.02-G provides NDCS concepts implemented by DARS

DoD 8210-G “Architecture Federation Guidelines”

Sept 30 release will include new UI with enhanced help access