XMSF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS REPORT 2002 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION: PURPOSE, SCOPE, SHORTCOMINGS AND STATUS.... PURPOSE 1.2 7778 1.3 CURRENT SHORTCOMINGS 2 XMSF POSTULATES PRECONDITIONS FOR SUCCESS. CHALLENGES AND DEFINITION.. 10 POsTuLATES 2.2 PRECONDITIONS FOR SUCCESS 2.3 KEY CHALLENGES FOR XMSF 11 4 XMSF DEFINITION 3 WEB AND XML CONSIDERATIONS OvERVIEW 3.2 FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS 2228 3.3 WEB SERVICES OVERVIEW 3.4 WEB LANGUAGES 3.5 WORKSHOP FINDINGS AND ISSUES INTERNET/NETWORKING BASIC ASSUMPTIONS 4.2 NETWORK SERVICE REQUIREMENTS 4.3 PROTOCOL SUMMARY 4.4 NETWORK SERVICES AVAILABLE TODAY 4.5 NETWORK SERVICES ACHIEVABLE IN THREE TO FIVE YEARS 4.6 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EARLY- WORK NETWORKING PROJECTS 5 MODELING SIMULATION CONSIDERATIONS 30 5.2 FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS 5.3 ISsUI 5.4 WORKSHOP FINDINGS STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS 6.1 TECHNICAL CHALLENGES WORKSHOP FINDINGS STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES SYMPOSIUM FINDINGS 6.3 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS ADDITIONAL ISSUES 7 EXEMPLAR DEMONSTRATIONS. VISION VIGNETTES: DEFENSE SCENARIOS 7.2 TECHNICAL ATTRIBUTES OF TACTICAL EXEMPLARS 7.3 USE CASES TO DRIVE REQUIREMENTS 8 DETERMINING THE PATH FORWARD.……3 8.1 BUSINESS MODEL 8.2 PARTNERSHIPS 3 DIVERSE SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURES 8.4 DISTRIBUTED LEARNING (ADL) 8. RSHIP STRATEGIE GLOSSARY 41 XMSF Workshop Symposium Report, October 2002XMSF Workshop & Symposium Report, October 2002 page 5 XMSF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS REPORT 2002 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION: PURPOSE, SCOPE, SHORTCOMINGS AND STATUS .............................................7 1.1 PURPOSE ....................................................................................................................................................7 1.2 SCOPE........................................................................................................................................................7 1.3 CURRENT SHORTCOMINGS..........................................................................................................................8 1.4 REPORT STATUS .........................................................................................................................................8 2 XMSF POSTULATES, PRECONDITIONS FOR SUCCESS, CHALLENGES AND DEFINITION......... 10 2.1 POSTULATES ............................................................................................................................................ 10 2.2 PRECONDITIONS FOR SUCCESS .................................................................................................................. 10 2.3 KEY CHALLENGES FOR XMSF .................................................................................................................. 11 2.4 XMSF DEFINITION................................................................................................................................... 11 3 WEB AND XML CONSIDERATIONS ........................................................................................................ 12 3.1 OVERVIEW............................................................................................................................................... 12 3.2 FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................................................... 12 3.3 WEB SERVICES OVERVIEW ....................................................................................................................... 18 3.4 WEB LANGUAGES .................................................................................................................................... 19 3.5 WORKSHOP FINDINGS AND ISSUES ............................................................................................................ 23 4 INTERNET/NETWORKING ....................................................................................................................... 24 4.1 BASIC ASSUMPTIONS................................................................................................................................ 24 4.2 NETWORK SERVICE REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................................................... 24 4.3 PROTOCOL SUMMARY .............................................................................................................................. 26 4.4 NETWORK SERVICES AVAILABLE TODAY .................................................................................................. 27 4.5 NETWORK SERVICES ACHIEVABLE IN THREE TO FIVE YEARS..................................................................... 28 4.6 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EARLY-WORK NETWORKING PROJECTS.............................................................. 28 5 MODELING & SIMULATION CONSIDERATIONS................................................................................. 30 5.1 OVERVIEW............................................................................................................................................... 30 5.2 FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................................................... 30 5.3 ISSUES ..................................................................................................................................................... 31 5.4 WORKSHOP FINDINGS............................................................................................................................... 31 6 STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS.............................................................................................................. 34 6.1 TECHNICAL CHALLENGES WORKSHOP FINDINGS ....................................................................................... 34 6.2 STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES SYMPOSIUM FINDINGS ................................................................................... 34 6.3 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS..................................................................................................................... 34 6.4 ADDITIONAL ISSUES ................................................................................................................................. 35 7 EXEMPLAR DEMONSTRATIONS............................................................................................................. 36 7.1 VISION VIGNETTES: DEFENSE SCENARIOS ................................................................................................ 36 7.2 TECHNICAL ATTRIBUTES OF TACTICAL EXEMPLARS .................................................................................. 36 7.3 USE CASES TO DRIVE REQUIREMENTS....................................................................................................... 37 8 DETERMINING THE PATH FORWARD .................................................................................................. 38 8.1 BUSINESS MODEL..................................................................................................................................... 38 8.2 PARTNERSHIPS ......................................................................................................................................... 38 8.3 DIVERSE SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURES....................................................................................................... 39 8.4 ADVANCED DISTRIBUTED LEARNING (ADL) ............................................................................................. 40 8.5 PARTNERSHIP STRATEGIES FOR 2003......................................................................................................... 40 9 GLOSSARY................................................................................................................................................... 41