Semantic Technology Pilots: Semantic MappingHarmonization of the PRM, PART, and OMB 300

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Semantic Technology PilotsSemantic
Mapping/Harmonization of the PRM, PART, and OMB
300

• Brand Niemann
• Chair, Semantic Interoperability Community of
  Practice (SICoP)
• Best Practices Committee (BPC), CIO Council, and
• Enterprise Architecture Team, Office of
  Environmental Information
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• April 21, 2005

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Overview

• 1. Update Previous Terminology Work
• 2. Address Recommendations from Last Chief
  Architects Forum (CAF) Meeting
• 3. Compliment the Federal Enterprise Architecture
  Reference Model Ontology (FEA-RMO)
• 4. Provide Semantic Mapping/Harmonization of the
  Performance Reference Model (PRM), Program
  Assessment Rating Tool (PART), and OMB Exhibit
  300
• 5. Produce Semantic Extraction From FEA Documents
  and Web Resources
• 6. Provide FEA Terminology with Context
• 7. Support Semantic Reasoning and Inferencing

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1. Update Previous Terminology Work

• OMB seeks consensus on enterprise architecture
  terms, GCN, November 18, 2003
• http//www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/24196-1.
  html
• EA Terminology Compiled (Includes NASCIO Tool Kit
  Lexicon), February 13, 2004
• http//web-services.gov/Terminology21304.doc
• EA Terminology Updated in the Best Practices
  Dynamic Knowledge Repository, April 1, 2004 (see
  next slide)
• http//web-services.gov/lpBin22/lpext.dll/Folder3/
  Folder/Infobase/3540?fnmain-j.htmftemplates2.0
  
• Also Topics Maps (XML) for EA/eGov Conferences
• http//www.coolheads.com/egov/
• Also see Semantic Integration Using Topic Maps
  Tutorial at the XML 2004 Conference
• http//web-services.gov/XML2004f.ppt

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1. Update Previous Terminology Work
Note 704 sections and 12,884 records (titles,
paragraphs, and graphics) as of April 1st, 2004.
Used as basis for CAF Meeting, January 6,
2005, but stripped of source and context.
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1. Update Previous Terminology Work
Basic, Expert and Advanced Search with Hit
Highlighting and Context Mapping.
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2. Address Recommendations from Last CAF Meeting

• The emphasis on interoperability guided the CAF
  Planning Committee to focus the January 6, 2005,
  meeting on developing an EA Glossary.
• Six break-out groups organized along theme
  areas were given about 15 glossary terms to
  discuss and review.
• The CAF Planning Committee is using the results
  to develop a strategy for the EA Glossary.
• Some of the Recommendations of interest here are
• The glossary should be in an XML (structured)
  format.
• Use the Reference Models to organize the glossary
  as a taxonomy.

January 6, 2005, CAF Enterprise Architecture
Glossary Meeting Discussion Summary, 24 pp.
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3. Compliment the FEA Reference Model Ontology
(FEA-RMO)

• FEA Reference Model Ontology
• http//web-services.gov/fea-rmo.html
• SWOOP (download and run) on the Web
• http//www.mindswap.org/2004/SWOOP
• Open this URL in SWOOP
• http//www.domainmodeling.com/owl/
• 2004 (11/fea/BRM2PRM.owl, FEA.owl, brm.owl,
  feac.owl, prm.owl, srm.owl, trm.owl)
• 2005 ( 02/dod, srmdod.owl, trmdod.owl, 02/faa,
  faasrm.owl, 02/fea, agency.owl)

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3. Compliment the FEA Reference Model Ontology
(FEA-RMO)
Concise Format Abstract Syntax RDF/XML Turtle
Ontology List
Ontology Hierarchy
Reasoner Pellet RDFS-like
FEA-RMO in SWOOP 2.2.1 from MindSwap Research
Group (Jim Hendler).
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3. Compliment the FEA Reference Model Ontology
(FEA-RMO)
Partial graphical visualization of the
FEA-RMO-truncated on the right side.
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3. Compliment the FEA Reference Model Ontology
(FEA-RMO)

• Documentation
• Project Plan (Word).
• FEA Reference Model Ontology (FEA RMO), February,
  2005, GSA OSERA Deliverable Version 1.2, Dean
  Allemang, TopQuadrant, Inc., Ralph Hodgson,
  TopQuadrant, Inc., and Irene Polikoff,
  TopQuadrant, Inc., 33 pages (Word).
• OSERA (Open Source E-Government Reference
  Architecture) Open Source Agreement (Word).
• Candidate Uses Cases (Word).
• FEA Ontology Models Design Options for PRM
  Discussion Draft (PowerPoint).
• Semantic Technology and Ontology Engineering for
  Enterprise Architecture (PowerPoint for
  Enterprise Architecture Summit, May 22-24, Miami,
  Florida)

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3. Compliment the FEA Reference Model Ontology
(FEA-RMO)

• How to Submit FEARMO comments
• http//colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?HowToSubmitF
  EARMO_Comments
• Send your comments by email to the SICoP forum
  at sicop-forum_at_colab.cim3.net with the subject
  line FEA-RMO Comments.
• You must first subscribe to the SICoP forum.
• Your comments will be publicly available and
  viewable at
• sicop-forum mailing-list discussion archives -
  http//colab.cim3.net/forum/sicop-forum/
• Note that the IPR Policy for this COLAB workspace
  applies to all contributions.
• See http//colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHom
  ePagenid5FB

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4. Provide Semantic Mapping/Harmonization of the
PRM, PART, and A-300

• 4.1 FEA PMO Action Plan (2005 - 2006), March 2005
• 4.2 Performance Reference Model (PRM)
• 4.3 Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)
• 4.4 OMB Exhibit 300
• 4.5 Current Situation - PART and PRM
• 4.6 Proposed Integration

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4.1 FEA PMO Action Plan (2005 - 2006), March 2005

• 2005 FEA Strategic Initiatives (selected items)
• 3.2.2 Link the PRM to the PART Framework
• 3.2.3 Align Enterprise Architecture to Agency
  Strategic Planning
• 3.2.4 Complete the Development of the Data
  Reference Model
• 3.2.5 Engineer the FEA to Standardize Linkages
  between Reference Models
• 3.2.9 Develop an Enterprise Architecture Glossary
  of Terms
• 3.3.5 Enhance the Value and Business Benefits of
  Collaboration Tools

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4.2 Performance Reference Model (PRM)

• Focused on assessing initiative/investment level
  performance
• Addresses consistency in measuring performance
  via
• Inputs -gt Outputs -gt Outcomes
• Structured around
• Measurement areas
• Measurement categories
• Measurement indicators
• Information captured via the OMB Exhibit 300

Source Dick Burk, Linking the Performance
Reference Model (PRM) to the Program Assessment
Rating Tool (PART) Framework, March 17, 2005, 12
slides, Briefing to the AIC Full Committee. Also
slides 16, 20, 21.
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4.2 Performance Reference Model (PRM)
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4.3 Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)

• Focused on assessing program level performance
• Consists of
• Twenty five (25) basic questions divided up into
  four (4) sections
• Program purpose and design (20), Strategic
  planning (10), Program management (20), and
  Program results (50)
• Seven (7) program types
• Competitive grant programs, Block/formula grant
  programs, Regulatory-based programs, Capital
  assets and service acquisition programs, Credit
  programs, Research and development programs, and
  Direct federal programs
• Seven Excel Spreadsheets at http//www.whitehouse.
  gov/omb/part/ (see below)
• Five (5) potential rating categories
• Effective, Moderately Effective, Adequate,
  Ineffective, or Results not demonstrated
• As of the FY2006 budget cycle, 607 programs
  (60) have been assessed by OMB via the PART

For example http//www.whitehouse.gov/omb/part/fy2
005/2005_competitive_grant.xls
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4.3 Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)

• I. PROGRAM PURPOSE AND DESIGN
• II. STRATEGIC PLANNING
• Specific Strategic Planning Questions by Program
  Type
• Regulatory Based Programs
• Capital Assets and Service Acquisition Programs
• Research and Development Programs
• III. PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
• Specific Program Management Questions by Program
  Type
• Competitive Grant Programs
• Block/Formula Grant Programs
• Regulatory Based Programs
• Capital Assets and Service Acquisition Programs
• Credit Programs
• Research and Development Programs
• IV. PROGRAM RESULTS/ACCOUNTABILITY
• Specific Results Questions by Program Type
• Regulatory Based Programs
• Capital Assets and Service Acquisition Programs
• Research and Development Programs

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4.4 OMB Exhibit A-300

• FY 2006 OMB 300 Schema Version 2.95 Data
  Dictionary
• Part Column Definitions
• Part I General Questions
• Part IA Project Description
• Part IB Justification
• Part IC Performance
• Part ID Project Management
• Part IE Alternative Analysis
• Part IF Risk Inventory and Assessment
• Part IG Acquisition Strategy
• Part IH Project and Funding Plan
• Part II Enterprise Architecture
• Reserved Value List
• Changes to the Schema

See Explorers Guide to the Semantic Web,
Thomas Passin, Manning Publications, 2004,
Chapter 2. Describing data with RDF. Adding RDF
to XML.
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4.4 OMB Exhibit A-300
See http//web-services.gov/lpBin22/lpext.dll/Fold
er7/Infobase/3?fnmain-j.htmftemplates2.0
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4.5 Current Situation - PART and PRM

• Current PART/PRM environment
• OMB does not have mechanism to directly link
  programs and performance measures to the
  supporting investments
• IT/EA community primarily utilizes the PRM, while
  the program/business community uses the PART
• PART and PRM use different metrics to measure
  performance and OMB cannot link program metrics
  to investment metrics
• Differences between the PART and PRM
• Metrics structure
• Annual and long-term measures
• Measurement areas, categories, and indicators
• Terminology
• Outcome, output, efficiency
• What is being measured
• Performance measurement processes

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4.6 Proposed Integration
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5. Produce Semantic Extraction From FEA Documents
and Web Resources
Analysis of Semantic Content and Relationships
Context of Hit
Summary of All Hits
Query for all instances of line of sight across
all documents and Web pages.
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5. Produce Semantic Extraction From FEA Documents
and Web Resources
Delivery of Semantic Content and Relationships
from the FEA 2005 Semantic Interoperability Web
Repository
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6. Provide FEA Terminology with Context

• Service Component Reference Model
• Digital Asset Services
• Knowledge Management
• Information Mapping / Taxonomy
• Defines the set of capabilities that support the
  creation and maintenance of relationships between
  data entities, naming standards and
  categorization.
• Technical Reference Model
• Component Framework
• Business Logic
• Platform Independent
• Web Services for Remote Portals (WSRP)
• WSRP defines an XML and Web services standard
  that will allow the plug-n-play of visual,
  user-facing Web services with portals or other
  intermediary Web applications.

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7. Support Semantic Reasoning and Inferencing

• Model for RDF
• A collection of statements (or triples), each
  with a subject, predicate, and an object.
• RDF Formats
• XML
• Graphs
• Non-XML (Notation 3-N3 and N-triples)
• ltsedangt ltis a type ofgt ltautomobilegt (see next
  slide)
• Tim Berners-Lee and Dan Connolly, unofficial, but
  published in document by the W3C.
• N3 processors like, cwm, can perform logical
  inferences on the triples and N3 can be converted
  into RDF/XML and vice versa.

See Explorers Guide to the Semantic Web,
Thomas Passin, Manning Publications, 2004,
Chapter 2. Describing data with RDF.
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7. Support Semantic Reasoning and Inferencing

• OWL Listing
• lt?xml version"1.0"?gt ltrdfRDF xmlnsrdf"http//w
  ww.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns"
  xmlnsxsd"http//www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
  xmlnsrdfs"http//www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema"
  xmlnsowl"http//www.w3.org/2002/07/owl"
  xmlnsdaml"http//www.daml.org/2001/03/damloil"
  xmlns"http//www.owl-ontologies.com/unnamed.owl
  " xmlnsdc"http//purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
  xmlbase"http//www.owl-ontologies.com/unnamed.ow
  l"gt ltowlOntology rdfabout""/gt ltowlClass
  rdfID"Transportation"/gt ltowlClass
  rdfID"AirVehicle"gt ltrdfssubClassOf
  rdfresource"Transportation"/gt lt/owlClassgt
  ltowlClass rdfabout"GroundVehicle"gt
  ltrdfssubClassOf rdfresource"Transportation"/gt
  lt/owlClassgt ltowlClass rdfabout"Automobile"gt
  ltrdfssubClassOfgt ltowlClass rdfID"GroundVehicle
  "/gt lt/rdfssubClassOfgt Etc.

Transportation Class Hierarchy
Source Formal Taxonomies for the U.S.
Government, Michael Daconta, Metadata Program
Manager, US Department of Homeland Security,
XML.Com, http//www.xml.com/pub/a/2005/01/26/formt
ax.html