NIEM and Oracle Overview October 2011
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This document provides an overview of NIEM (National Information Exchange Model) and Oracle's support for advancing NIEM. It describes NIEM as a program that promotes standardization of information exchange across jurisdictions. It also outlines Oracle's initiatives for NIEM, including community involvement, technical support, standards work, and open source tools. Oracle is working to advance NIEM adoption through solutions, proof of concepts, and product integration of NIEM exchanges.
NIEM and Oracle Overview October 2011
- 1. Deploy Requirements National Information Test NIEM Model <Insert Picture Here> Data Build Generate Exchange Exchange Dictionary XML Exchange Development Model NIEM and Information Exchanges Overview – Public Sector NIEM Team, October 2011
- 2. Disclaimer Notice The following is intended to outline Oracle general product direction. It is intended for information purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for Oracle’s products remains at the sole discretion of Oracle. Copyright ©2011, Oracle. All rights reserved. Slide 2 Oracle Draft Materials – Limited Circulation
- 3. Today’s Session • Overview of NIEM landscape • How is Oracle supporting and advancing NIEM? • Summary and Review •Q&A Copyright ©2011, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle Draft Materials – Limited Circulation
- 4. Understanding NIEM today OVERVIEW OF NIEM LANDSCAPE Copyright ©2011, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle Draft Materials – Limited Circulation
- 5. Government Information Sharing A national program supported by the Federal government, connecting communities who share a common need to exchange information in order to advance their missions at state, local and tribal levels Provides a common vocabulary for information exchange Offers an online repository of information exchange package documents (IEPDs) Provides tools to support exchange development Provides a community of users and support that enables enterprise-wide information exchange. NIEM going international; Canada, Mexico, Europe. Copyright ©2011, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle Draft Materials – Limited Circulation
- 6. Officially - What is NIEM? • Joint DOJ / DHS / HHS program created to promote standardization of information exchange for cross jurisdictional information sharing. • Provides the tools for enabling interoperability at the data layer within and across systems supporting information sharing, while preserving investments in current technology and optimizing new technology development. Components of NIEM “Common Language” for Information Exchange Repeatable, reusable process for business users to document information exchange requirements Built and governed by the business users at Federal, State, Local, Tribal and Private Sectors Copyright ©2011, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle Draft Materials – Limited Circulation
- 7. Information Integration Challenges Users Wireless / Mobile DMV Portal(s) Schemas Human Services ERP Schemas Schemas Health Schemas CRM Schemas Siloed Data BAM JPS Database Warehouse Schemas DOT Education Schemas Schemas Copyright ©2011, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle Draft Materials – Limited Circulation
- 8. Aligned with standardized NIEM services Users Wireless / Mobile DMV Schemas Portal(s) Human Services ERP Schemas Schemas NIEM Standard Health Schemas & CRM Schemas Canonical Schemas Components Web services and Adapters MDM Managed Data Database Warehouse CJIS Education Schemas DOT Schemas Schemas Copyright ©2011, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle Draft Materials – Limited Circulation
- 9. Introducing the moving parts • NIEM Oracle NIEM resources site: http://www.oracle.com/goto/niem • Information exchanges – transactional • Business process orientated • Common schema / dictionary definitions • LEXS / GRA LEXS community site: • Open communications infrastructure http://www.LEXSdev.org • Patterns for message exchanges • IEPDs / SDLC • IEPD – Information Exchange Package Documentation • Formal deliverables and documentation needed in support of SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) processes NIEM community site: * NIEM – National Information Exchange Model http://www.NIEM.gov * IEPD – Information Exchange Package Documentation * LEXS – Logical Entity eXchange System Copyright ©2011, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle Draft Materials – Limited Circulation
- 10. Initiatives for NIEM HOW IS ORACLE ADVANCING NIEM TODAY? Copyright ©2011, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle Draft Materials – Limited Circulation
- 11. NIEM Focus Areas Sustaining member of IJIS – community committee work Technical support for NIEM NTAC work Standards work with OASIS and NIST Open source tools for NIEM IEPD development Test Suites Message Exchange starter kits (LEXS) Integration with SOA suite Resources site for Oracle developers Solutions using NIEM Proof of Concepts Product integration of NIEM exchanges Copyright ©2011, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle Draft Materials – Limited Circulation
- 12. NIEM Exchange Delivery Lifecycle Component Dictionary Drag and Drop Visual Editor Template Updates Design Exchange Monitor Author Template XML Samples Test Deploy Production XSD Schema Log Results XMI / UML Models Compiled Templates Documentation Open source toolkit sponsored by Oracle Copyright ©2011, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle Draft Materials – Limited Circulation
- 13. What is LEXS? • LEXS: a comprehensive, NIEM-based, framework for the development of information exchanges. Initially developed for the law enforcement information sharing program at US Department of Justice, LEXS is now being widely used in criminal justice community at large, as well as by the homeland security, intelligence and other communities. Copyright ©2011, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle Draft Materials – Limited Circulation
- 14. LEXS value proposition • LEXS provides an extensible framework for consistent packaging of information, while defining common message formats and standard metadata. • LEXS shields both data sources and data recipients from the complexity of multiple interfaces and allows for the multipurpose use of information. • A data item created by a source can be consumed by multiple recipients who can understand as much, or as little, of the data as necessary. • Implementers who are required to develop NIEM-based information exchanges can save themselves time and effort by leveraging LEXS, which is already NIEM-based. • Open source starter kits available from Oracle. Copyright ©2011, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle Draft Materials – Limited Circulation
- 15. NIEM challenges and limitations • Collections of complex XML Schema • Attempt to marry modelling techniques and XSD Schema syntax • Verbose components • Embedded context in names • Currently facing significant scaling challenges • Inconsistencies • Too much manual management • Slow lifecycles • Dictionary technology incubating • Better code list mechanisms needed • UML profile is evolving initiative with OMG Copyright ©2011, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle Draft Materials – Limited Circulation
- 16. CAM toolkit and CAMV validation engine • Open source solutions – designed to support XML and industry vocabularies and components for information exchanges • Implementing the OASIS Content Assembly Mechanism (CAM) public standard • CAMV validation framework and test suite tools • Development sponsored by Oracle CAM Editor resources site: http://www.cameditor.org Copyright ©2011, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle Draft Materials – Limited Circulation
- 17. CAM: Top Down Exchange Assembly Components Canonical 1 Canonical XML Components Dictionary Dictionary XML Collections User Inserts Navigation Relationship and Query 2 Component Associations and Couplings Lookups Tools Domains Reuse Library 3 Exchange Templates and Rules Catalog Template Automatic Rendering Tools 4 W3C Schema and Model Representations XML Schema Components Models 5 Delivery Control, Messaging, Security Deployment Environments and Middleware Testing Workbench, Rules Engine, Data Samples, Integration ETL 6 Implementation Artifacts and Examples Copyright ©2011, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle Draft Materials – Limited Circulation
- 18. Developing domain dictionaries (EIEM) • Allows domains to manage their components libraries • Provides consistency for project development teams • Sets of NIEM consistent XML exchange components • Aligned to enterprise data stores • Optimized for reuse and interoperability • Save time and effort across the enterprise • Perennial question for developers – when should I use NIEM components, and when our own local ones? • Are there components already available for that purpose? • Provide formal mechanisms and procedures to share components and collaborate across SDLC process • Provide external parties consistent data views CAM Toolkit for EIEM generation *EIEM – Enterprise Information Exchange Model Copyright ©2011, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle Draft Materials – Limited Circulation
- 19. Example: N-DEx Dictionary and Model N- Dictionary viewer with N-Dex components Freemind Interactive Model (Harvested from N-DEx schema – ndexia.xsd and ndexibp2.xsd) Copyright ©2011, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle Draft Materials – Limited Circulation
- 20. Visual Designer with Dictionary Collection Collection Domain dictionary Industry dictionary 1 Component Definitions Exchange Designer Component Definitions 2 Search Tools Insert Drag n’ Drop 3 Tool Dictionary Parent 4 5 Completed Components Exchange Template Copyright ©2011, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle Draft Materials – Limited Circulation
- 21. Example - Suspicious Activity Report V2.0 Dictionary Collection SAR components • SAR v1.5 components • NIEM core dictionary LEXS components • LEXS 3.1.4 dictionary referenced NIEM core components dictionaries New structure components XML XML based on NIEM + SAR + new XML Definitions stored as syntax neutral canonical XML Namespaces of dictionary components Copyright ©2011, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle Draft Materials – Limited Circulation
- 22. NIEM Exchange Delivery and Deployment • Once structure information exchange is complete need to test and verify it • Create realistic XML examples • Validate those against the exchange template • Share working examples with exchange partners • Generate documentation (IEPD) • CAMV validation framework and test suite tools • Tutorial and examples available CAM Editor resources site: http://www.cameditor.org Copyright ©2011, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle Draft Materials – Limited Circulation
- 23. CAM Validation Framework Structure SQL Query Rules Database Template Lookup (compiled) Code Lists (optional) Results XML XML Java Handler instance CAMV Errors and Warnings Copyright ©2011, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle Draft Materials – Limited Circulation
- 24. CAMV / ANT Test Suites Environment CAM template CAMV Control Reports Script XML XML Test Instances XSLT 2 ANT 1 XML Validation CAMV Results Examples and instructions: http://www.cameditor.org/#CAMV_Testing Copyright ©2011, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle Draft Materials – Limited Circulation
- 25. Reviewing NIEM technologies SUMMARY AND REVIEW Copyright ©2011, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle Draft Materials – Limited Circulation
- 26. Summary of NIEM Technologies Rapid NIEM solution development – IEPDs • NIEM and CAM editor toolkit • CAMV XML validation framework and test suite LEXS – Logical Entity eXchange System Dictionaries and Exchange development • Simplifying and accelerating effective exchanges • NIEM – canonical component management • Tools for building EIEM dictionaries • Drag and Drop designer using dictionary collections Copyright ©2011, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle Draft Materials – Limited Circulation
- 27. Work in Progress • NIEM – information exchange services development • LEXS messaging systems and enabling secure information exchanges • Middleware integration – SOA stack or OSS stack • Dictionaries – domain canonical collections of NIEM components management • Application solutions – SAR, Emergency Management, Child Services, Visa Services (Person Lookup) Copyright ©2011, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle Draft Materials – Limited Circulation
- 28. Resource Center link http://www.oracle.com/goto/niem Q&A Download the CAM editor toolkit from: http://www.cameditor.org Copyright ©2011, Oracle. All rights reserved. Oracle Draft Materials – Limited Circulation