Mr. Gopi NairDefense Technical Information Center

Briefing at

Board on Research Data and Information (BRDI)Meeting

September 24, 2009Approved for Public ReleaseU.S. Government Work (17 USC § 105) Not copyrighted in the U.S.

DTIC Overview

• DTIC Online • DTIC Online Access Controlled• DoDTechipedia.mil• DefenseSolutions.gov• Open Archives Initiative• Large Datasets

Recent DTIC Successes

DTIC Online

DTIC MultiSearch:Enhanced Federated Search

MultiSearch – searches more than 400 DoD, federal, commercial & international S&T sources from 50 countries

DTIC Online Access Controlled –Integrated resources for DTIC registered users with

personal customization of home page

DoDTechipedia: DoD S&TWiki for Collaboration

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Fosters communication between those with needsand those with answers.

Any user can edit content and add attachments.

DoDTechipedia https://dodtechipedia.mil

• Launched October 2008 • DoD science & technology wiki• In excess of 9,000 registered users• Close to 228,000 page views• More than 1,000 pages added• Share knowledge• Connect across walls• Collaborate

DefenseSolutions.govDoD Portal for Ideas

DefenseSolutions.govDoD Business Portal

• DoD’s new online access for private sector innovation

• To find technical solutions to battlefield challenges

– Battlefield Forensics

• To attract technical experts, engineers, craftsmen, and inventors to submit ideas

– Find good ideas & develop quickly

• Launched February 2009

Open Archives Initiative

Value of OAI• Internet search engines like Google, MSN, Yahoo,

etc., provided information through OAI, brings customers to full-text document downloads and referrals.

• DTIC Strategic Plan: “In this era of ever-changing technology and shifting requirements, the value of central information sources, like DTIC, which acquire, organize, and disseminate information for others, becomes more apparent. Our information expertise will ensure we do our part to provide authorized access to information worldwide.”– R. Paul Ryan, Administrator

DoD Large Datasets

• DTIC initiated a study investigating the DoD community’s needs for establishing network services to manage DoD generated datasets.

• Objective:– Determine the community’s level of interest in this

program– Initiate the requirements elicitation process– Outline DTIC’s proposed program on Managed

Services of DoD generated RDT&E datasets

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Rationale

• The volume of scientific data generated within the DoD is increasing • Re-use to test hypotheses, algorithms or models• Increase the value of the data by sharing with others

• No DoD network services available to manage datasets

• DTIC has taken the lead to manage DoD generated datasets • DTIC will be the central coordinating point for DoD STI datasets• DTIC will demonstrate new supporting technology for its

applications

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Spectrum of Possible DTIC Services

Pointers to repositories

Policy for Metadata/PreservationTechnical Standards for Metadata

Repository of Metadata

Data Archive

Operational Products

Data Linked to Reports

Science Grid

Analytical Products

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DTIC Dataset Concept

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Community Datasets

MDR

NASA

NOAA

Data Warehouse

Data Warehouse

Leveraged Govt Assets

Leveraged DoD Assets

Data Translato

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Service Interface

SecurityDataset

Registration

Acquired Dataset

Metadata

Discovery Agent

Metadata Registrar

Data Discovery User

DTICDTICManagedManagedServicesServices

DTIC’s Role in Digital Data Life Cycle

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Life Cycle Phases Role of DTIC Services for Data PreservationCreation Identify sources of data. Identify permanent

location. Establish agreements and responsibilities

Ingestion or Acquisition Establish technologies to access and search. Establish metadata. Provide visibility.

Documentation Define metadata standards. Track usage and status

Organization Develop repository standards. Conform to standards

Migration Maintain awareness of dataset location and migration of data.

Protection Implement quality control, access restrictions, user authorization, and trustworthiness

Access Catalog and describe metadata. Disseminate information about available data. Support necessary methods for discovery. Provide community support

Disposition Assume ownership of orphaned data. Remove unwanted information.

Based on “Harnessing the Power of Digital Data for Science and Society”Report of the Interagency Working Group on Digital Data to the Committee of the Nation Science and Technology CouncilJanuary 2009 (http://www.nitrd.gov/about/Harnessing_Power.aspx)

Program Plan

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Disclaimer of Endorsement

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