Key Challenges for XMSF Many issues and goals have been identified. Top-level XMSF challenges include Utilize web-based technologies for more powerful and cost-effective government-wide etworking, serving, client-side rendering and user interaction Provide open, affordable, extensible modeling and simulation capabilities for tactical scenarios of direct use to participants engaged in conflict and peace operations Employ mainstream practices of enterprise-wide software Improve ease of use for developers and users, fueling rapid growth of interoperable simulations Provide support for all types and domains of M&S: constructive, analytical, live, virtual playback-driven, agent-based, human-in-the-loop, heterogeneously distributed, logistical, and others Models of interest reflect reality. Both simulations and tactical exercises are the behavior of models over time. Models and simulations need to match tactical requirements for rehearsal reality and replay to meet operational needs Each key challenge will help guide emerging technical and programmatic strategies for XMSF 2. 4 XMSF Definition The Extensible Modeling and Simulation Framework(XMSF) is defined as a composable set of standards, profiles and recommended practices for web-based modeling simulation(M&s) XML-based markup languages, Internet technologies and Web Services will enable a new generation of distributed M&s applications to emerge, develop and interoperate An important finding from the workshop and subsequent investigations was that current work in Web Services appears to be an appropriate basis for organizing and composing the many necessary apabilities of Web/XML and Internet/Networking needed for M&s applications Details for each focus area-Web/XML, Internet/Networking and M&s- are presented in the next three report sections XMSF Workshop Symposium Report, October 2002XMSF Workshop & Symposium Report, October 2002 page 11 2.3 Key Challenges for XMSF Many issues and goals have been identified. Top-level XMSF challenges include: · Utilize web-based technologies for more powerful and cost-effective government-wide networking, serving, client-side rendering and user interaction. · Provide open, affordable, extensible modeling and simulation capabilities for tactical scenarios of direct use to participants engaged in conflict and peace operations. · Employ mainstream practices of enterprise-wide software development. · Improve ease of use for developers and users, fueling rapid growth of interoperable simulations. · Provide support for all types and domains of M&S: constructive, analytical, live, virtual, playback-driven, agent-based, human-in-the-loop, heterogeneously distributed, logistical, and others. · Models of interest reflect reality. Both simulations and tactical exercises are the behavior of models over time. Models and simulations need to match tactical requirements for rehearsal, reality and replay to meet operational needs. Each key challenge will help guide emerging technical and programmatic strategies for XMSF. 2.4 XMSF Definition The Extensible Modeling and Simulation Framework (XMSF) is defined as a composable set of standards, profiles and recommended practices for web-based modeling & simulation (M&S). XML-based markup languages, Internet technologies and Web Services will enable a new generation of distributed M&S applications to emerge, develop and interoperate. An important finding from the workshop and subsequent investigations was that current work in Web Services appears to be an appropriate basis for organizing and composing the many necessary capabilities of Web/XML and Internet/Networking needed for M&S applications. Details for each focus area – Web/XML, Internet/Networking and M&S – are presented in the next three report sections