Joint Doctrine Ontology

Joint Doctrine Ontology Project

The goal of this project is to create a formal representation of the content of (selected parts of) Doctrine that is designed to help

• understand logically how different parts of doctrine interact
• visualize how different parts of doctrine interact
• understand dependences between definitions,
• ensure that changes in definitions cascade appropriately through all dependent definitions
• enabling more efficient web access to and discovery of doctrinal knowledge and definitions of a sort that will facilitate greater coordination of training and operations particular as these involve IT systems working alongside human beings.

The project is directed by Barry Smith, whose work is carried out under two Rome Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) projects "MAMA" and "Living Plan". The project has the support of Lt Col James McArthur, Chief, Joint Doctrine Division, J-7, Joint Staff.

The project will begin with a small number of modules focusing on:

1. Capstone (JP 1-0)

2. Planning (JP 5-0)

3. Civil Operations (JP 3-57)

4. Space Operations (JP 3-14)

TBD: Operational Environment

TBD: Transport (4-01)

Initially we are focusing on

A. review of existing definitions to identify and fix logical errors.

B. exploring the role of Joint Doctrine and more specific doctrinal publications (for example the relation between Joint Planning and Airforce Planning ([http://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/af_cv/publication/afdd3-0/afdd3-0.pdf)

Issues to be addressed:

Relation to existing efforts, especially:

BML and C-BML

See presentation here

The role of ontology fragments to be reused in different areas of doctrine, for example pertaining to PMESII-PT

Background Information on Joint Doctrine

Joint Doctrine Hierarchy

DoD Dictionary of Military Terms

DoctrineLink

Joint Doctrine, Joint Terminology Program, and DoD Instruction (DoDI) 5025. 12: Standardization of Military and Associated Terminology

Universal Joint Task List (UJTL)

Joint Doctrine Development Process

Joint Concept for Logistics

Related Efforts

Acquisition Community Connection

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular 119: Federal Participation in Development and Use of Consensus Standards and in Conformity Assessment Activities

U.S. Army Unified Land Operations, with Army Doctrine Reference Publication (ADRP) 1-02: Operational Terms and Military Symbol

Joint Capabilitu Areas

National Information Exchange Model (NIEM)

Joint Information Environment (JIE)

DoD Architecture Framework (DoDAF).

Data Services Environnent (DSE). DoDI 8320.02, “Sharing Data, Information, and Information Technology (IT) Services in the Department of Defense.”

c. Joint Taxonomy effort.

d. Adaptive Planning and Execution (APEX) System

Global Force Management (GFM)

GFM Data Initiative

Based on the authoritative guidance in the following issuances:

DoDI 8260.03: The Global Force Management Data Initiative (GFM DI)

DoD Manual (DoDM) 8260.03, Volume 1: The Global Force Management Data Initiative (GFM DI) Implementation: Unique Identification (UID) for GFM

DoDM 8260.03 Volume 2: Global Force Management Data Initiative (GFM DI) Implementation: The Organizational and Force Structure Construct (OFSC)

Planning

Adaptive Planning and Execution (APRX)

APEX and GFM

Slides

The Downfall of Adaptive Planning

Marine Corps Planning Process

Thomas Cleary, Military Decision Making Process: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Introduction to Plans and Orders

Erik Thomsen, William Duncan, Tatanya Malyuta and Barry Smith, “A Computational Framework for Living Plan Specification, Execution and Evaluation”, Proceedings of the Conference on Semantic Technology in Intelligence, Defense and Security (STIDS), George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, November 18-20, 2014.

Planning for Planners