SICoP 2011: Transforming Government through Innovation with Semantic Technologies

1. SICoP 2011:Transforming Government through Innovation with Semantic Technologies Semantic Tech and Business Conference, November 29 – December 1, 2011 Brand Niemann, Director and Senior Data Scientist, Semantic Community Mills Davis, Managing Director, Project 10X Chuck Rehberg, CTO, Semantic Insights

2. Some Examples of Build Systems of Systems in the Cloud • Semantic Community - US EPA and Federal CIO Council • 1105 Government Information Group – Wyatt Kash • SEMIC.EU – Francisco Garcia Moran • DoD CIO – Teri Takai • Army Systems of Systems Engineering – Terry Edwards • NIEM PMO – Donna Roy • FAA – NextGen – Steve Cooper • Intelligence Community – Gus Hunt and Todd Myers • METI – Hiroyuki Hotta • DoD DCMO CTO – Dennis Wisnosky

3. DoD Deputy Chief Management Officer (DCMO) Request for Information (RFI) http://semanticommunity.info/Build_DoD_in_the_Cloud/Enterprise_Information_Web_for_Semantic_Interoperability_at_DoD http://fcw.com/Articles/2011/11/25/DOD-RFI-semantic-web-data-sharing.aspx

4. Build DoD in the Cloud http://semanticommunity.info/Build_DoD_in_the_Cloud

6. System of Systems Architecture Dynamic Case Management (e.g. Be Informed) Data Science Library (e.g. Spotfire) Data Science Products (e.g. Spotfire) S Semantic Index of Linked Data (e.g. Excel)

7. DoD CIO: IT Enterprise Strategic Management Tutorial Brand Niemann Director and Senior Data Scientist Semantic Community October 28, 2011

8. My Best Strategic Advice to You Is:

9. Applying Data Science to Build a Knowledgebase • Knowledgebase = Model + Instances • Model = Vocabulary, Taxonomy, and Ontology/Rules • Instances = Linked Data Semantically Linked to the Model

10. Applying Data Science to Build a Knowledgebase • Model = • Vocabulary – Glossary in MindTouch • Taxonomy - Contents and Resources in MindTouch • Ontology/Rules in Be Informed • Instances = • Linked Data Semantically Linked to the Model – MindTouch, Excel and Spotfire

11. Business Process • Best Content to a Knowledgebase (MindTouch) • DoD IT Enterprise Strategy and Roadmap, etc. • Knowledgebase to Spreadsheet (Excel) • Linked Data to Subparts of the Knowledgebase • Excel to Dashboard (Spotfire) • Data integration and interoperability interface • Spotfire Dashboard to Dynamic Case Management (Be Informed) • Structured process for updating data in the dashboard

12. Best Content to a Knowledgebase (MindTouch) Well-defined URLs to subparts of the document and figure and tables. http://semanticommunity.info/DoD_CIO/DoD_IT_Enterprise_Strategy_and_Roadmap

13. Best Content to a Knowledgebase (MindTouch) Desktop publishing- like control of content. http://semanticommunity.info/DoD_CIO/DoD_IT_Enterprise_Strategy_and_Roadmap#Executive_Summary

14. Knowledgebase to Spreadsheet (Excel) http://semanticommunity.info/@api/deki/files/15416/=DoDCIO.xlsx

15. Knowledgebase to Spreadsheet (Excel) http://semanticommunity.info/@api/deki/files/15416/=DoDCIO.xlsx

16. Excel to Dashboard (Spotfire) PC Desktop

17. Excel to Dashboard (Spotfire) See the Data Sort/Facet Search the Data Download the Data Share the Data (iPad) Web Player

18. Spotfire to Be Informed • Be Structured Questions: • Greenfield: Are you starting the report from scratch? • Legacy: Are you updating the report? • Dynamic Case Management: Does Spotfire need to be updated frequently? • So the Business Process Pattern Includes: • Greenfield, Legacy, and Dynamic Case Management • Definitions (and Rules!): • DoD Dictionary and JCDIS Manual • Executable Model: • Semantically Linked Taxonomy, Ontology, and Rules (started in previous slides)

19. Spotfire to Be Informed Semantic Insights Research Assistant (SIRA). See next slide. http://semanticommunity.info/DoD_CIO#Live_Demos

20. SIRA: Builds a simple report and an ontology of the content http://semanticommunity.info/@api/deki/files/15875/=Automated_Traceability_of_Key_Success_Factors-f.pptx

21. Spotfire to Be Informed DoD Dictionary Terms (5093) and Acronyms (6599) DoD Campaign Plan (100 Linked data URLs) GAO DoD Enterprise Architecture (113 Linked data URLs) JCDIS Manual (405 Linked data URLs) Note: There are additional Spotfire files with DoD data: Build DoD (Vocabulary) in the Cloud Build DoD Semantic Data Architecture in the Cloud Build the DoD IG Report to Congress in the Cloud See: Binary Services for DoD CIO and DHS NIEM PMO, PowerPoint, October 14, 2011, 48 slides. Web Player

22. Work in Process http://semanticommunity.info/Build_DoD_in_the_Cloud/Enterprise_Information_Web_for_Semantic_Interoperability_at_DoD#Spotfire_Dashboard

23. Federation of Data Sets Strategy • One Table: • Two Columns • Example: Column 1: Section and Column 2: URL • Note: A Column 3: Description could be in the URL • Example: See Slide 14 • Three Columns: • Example: Column 1: Subject, Column 2: Object, and Column 3: Predicate • Note: This is the Semantic Web’s Linked Open Data Cloud as Linked Open Data for Network Analytics! • Example: See Next Slide • Four Columns: • Examples: Column 1: Subject, Column 2: Attribute, Column 3: From, and Column 4: To, or Column 1: City, Column 2: Country, Column 3: Longitude, and Column 4: Latitude • Note: This is the format for Spotfire’s Network Analytics Module developed for the CIA • Example: See Slide 25

24. Linked Open Data Cloud as Linked Open Data for Network Analytics Is it easy to add columns for who links to who? Not in a single table. SPARQL can't do cross-tabulation (Richard Cyganiak). http://semanticommunity.info/@api/deki/files/8824/=VIVO.xlsx

25. Spotfire Network Analytics http://semanticommunity.info/AOL_Government/Social_Media_-_Six_Degrees_of_Separation_and_Now_Even_Less

26. Federation of Data Sets Strategy Multiple Data Tables http://semanticommunity.info/Build_DoD_in_the_Cloud/Enterprise_Information_Web_for_Semantic_Interoperability_at_DoD/Spotfire_Data_Federation http://semanticommunity.info/Build_DoD_in_the_Cloud/Enterprise_Information_Web_for_Semantic_Interoperability_at_DoD/Spotfire_Information_Designer

27. Spotfire Information Designer

28. Spotfire Information Designer

29. Federated SPARQL Query: CKAN Federated SPARQL Query across 14 data sources for 40,000 results (Richard Cyganiak). See Slide 31. http://semantic.ckan.net/snorql/

30. Federated SPARQL Query: Virtuoso Linked Data Virtualization meets Oracle via ODBC (Kingsley Idehen) https://plus.google.com/112399767740508618350/posts/i8rsLhugG6V

31. Spotfire: Semantic Web Data W3C Linked Data Community Directory (David Wood, as of November 28, 2911) Web Player

32. DoD RFI Questions • Can the interview be done at/after the November 30th Industry Discussion? • Can one see the EIW work done so far in presentations and Web content? • Can one use the EIW public content to pilot semantic technologies while all of this RFI process is going on? • Is the overall goal to significantly reduce the number and cost of DoD Information Systems as my first story found? • Is the RFI goal to federate selected DoD content for delivery to the warfighter on mobile devices over secure networks? E.g. my TBI knowledgebase • Is the RFI goal to deliver public DoD content so the public can better understand and use it? E.g. my Weapons Systems 2011 knowledgebase • Is the RFI goal to use the most advanced semantic technology that I know of to do Dynamic Case Management (e.g. Be Informed)? • Is the DoD considering forming a Semantic Interoperability Center of Excellence like the EU’s SEMIC.EU? • Should industry form a non-profit consortium with multiple organizations to do this kind of work under say a CRADA like the NCOIC is doing for the FAA NextGen and National Geospatial Intelligence Agency? • Will there be a follow-up event to discuss the results of the RFI with the participants/public? • How many have responded to the RFI/are registered to attend the two Industry Events?