IGIF - Governance
Governance considerations in support of IM
Panel Job Card discussions
ICAO IM Panel #1
26-30 January 2015 - Montreal
Sam Van der Stricht
Eurocontrol
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What we know
Where we need to dig
Any scouts out there?
More on SESAR AIRM
SESAR AIRM Compliance & ICAO outlook
Governance requirements: Information Management Functions
IM: markers of change
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ICAO Manual on SWIM Concept (Doc 10039)
SWIM layers
Interoperability is required to deliver the right information, at
the right time, at the right place.
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SESAR AIRM – Governance Instrument
SESAR
AIRM
“We unbundle to better rebundle.”
“One logic – multiple interoperable solutions.”
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SESAR AIRM Compliance & ICAO outlook
Governance requirements: Information Management Functions
IM: markers of change
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Services mash-up example
(simplified)
Situational
Awareness
Application
Business need: Common Situational Awareness
Satisfied by: SWIM Enabled Application consuming TWY
and Airport Map Information Services.
SWIM Technical Infrastructure
AirportMap
Information
Service
ISRM Service
Service
ISRM Service
TWY Information
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Interoperability: full scope
Services cross the concerns
Organisation A
Organisation B
Organisational Alignment
Real World System
Real World System
Process Alignment
Semantic Alignment
Syntax (XML,…)
Information System
Information System
Interaction (SOAP,REST, OGC…)
Transport (HTTP, TCP/IP,…)
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SESAR AIRM Compliance & ICAO outlook
Governance requirements: Information Management Functions
IM: markers of change
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NextGen SESAR Data Model Coordination
Group (NSDMCG)
 Part of US/EU Coordination Plan 2.1 “SWIM Interoperability”
 Objectives
 Facilitate semantic information/data interoperability through common
information/data definitions
 Foster unambiguous understanding through common agreements and
standards
 Provide recommendations and guidance on topics related to shared
information/data, governance, and interoperability
 Results
 Gap analysis
 Harmonization results at the level of UOMs, subject fields, definitions,…
 White papers
 Current activity
 Working on a proof-of-concept ICAO AIRM as identified in the ICAO
GANP
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NSDMCG White papers
 ICAO Global Interoperability Framework Considerations (2014)
 ICAO Semantic Framework Considerations (2014)
 ICAO AIRM Governance Considerations (2013)
 ICAO AIRM Considerations (2013)
ICAO IM Panel welcome to comment & make papers available on IMP Website
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Inputs to governance considerations
ICAO AIRM Governance Considerations (2013)
 The SESAR SWIM CONOPS defines governance, within the context
of SWIM, as the “Ability of decision-makers to set policies regarding
stakeholders, services, and their relationships”.
 The FAA SWIM SOA Best Practices report defines governance as:
“the set of rules, practices, roles, responsibilities, and agreements –
whether formal or informal - that control how we work.”
 The common thread in these definitions is the assignment of some
authority to an entity for the execution of some activity through the
establishment of rules and practices that are subsequently enforced
and modified as needed to ensure the activity is successful.
 Characteristics of good governance (paper browse)
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Inputs to governance considerations
ICAO Global Interoperability Framework Considerations
(2014)
 Paper browse
Legal Framework
Security Framework
Semantic Framework
Services Framework
Organisational (Process) Framework
Technical Framework
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Tying it back to semantic interoperability
 With the AIRM we focus on the semantic framework of the IGIF
 It includes metadata for ATM information
 But full scope of semantic interoperability includes ability to
exchange Registry data
 Interoperable registries
 First efforts appearing: SDCM
 Normalizing data about services
 Metadata is transversal: as we are the IM people we should
approach it in a transversal way
 Registry as a tool supports governance
 A good way to step ahead is to furhter think about Registry content and
procesess
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NSDMCG Outlook
 NSDMCG as an embryo of further international collaboration on
semantic interoperability
 NSDMCG to work on transversal ATM wide items
 NSDMCG to collaborate with communities of interest (e.g. AIM,
Weather, Flight, …and the new ones such as Registry)
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IM: markers of change
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SESAR AIRM is a key component of European SWIM
 Semantic interoperability of the future European ATM system
 Seamless integration of ATM information
 Enabling bridging of the operational and system discourses
 Enabling bridging between communities (eg XMs)
 Enabling transition management between versions
 Non overlapping meanings
 Preservation of meaning
 Community cross-walks
 Different formats – shared meaning
 Governance through compliance
 Based on standards
 Based on initial load of XMs
 European region and global scope
 Candidate input to ICAO Global Interoperability Framework
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SESAR ATM Information Reference Model
AIRM
Glossary
Primer
Provides a reference
model of the SESAR information
concepts for operational experts.
Foundation
Information Model
Consolidated Logical Data Model
Provides a reference model
of the SESAR data concepts for
service architects and system
implementers.
Semantic Interoperability of shared ATM Information
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Reference Model Definition
 A reference model consists of a minimal set of unifying
concepts, axioms and relationships within a particular
problem domain, and is independent of specific standards,
technologies, implementations, or other concrete details.
 It enables the development of specific reference or concrete
architectures using consistent standards or specifications
supporting that environment.
 Source W3C
 Notion: currently not defined in Manual of SWIM Concept
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IM: markers of change
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Reference Model and Exchange Models
SWIM information is not any information: compliance
AIRM
CCB
SESAR AIRM
Air Traffic
Operations
Meteorology
Stakeholders
and Activities
e.g.
Service
message
Surveillance
Flight
Environment
new derived model
DERIVED MODEL
Base
Infrastructure
Airspace
Infrastructure
mapped existing model
Aircraft
e.g.
AIXM
e.g.
WXXM
…
AIRM
Rulebook
Governance
Handbook
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Summary - SESAR AIRM
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Enabler of ATM wide interoperability at the semantic level
Enabler of SWIM Compliant information exchange solutions
Enabler in support of service definition
Provides the tools to do it
States the rules to apply
AIRM - IM
AIRM - CLDM
Services
Interoperability targets
Means to have a focus
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Outlook - ICAO AIRM
 Semantic interoperability concern at the global level
 Agrees on data constructs that need to be standardised at global
level
 Units of Measure, Code-lists, Basic data types, …
 Includes formalization of ICAO definitions into appropriate notation
(UML) for digital architecture driven approach
 AIRM as proxy to ICAO SARPs for XMs
AMXM
AIXM
Semantics
ICAO
Annex
ICAO
Annex
ICAO
Annex
ICAO
Annex
ICAO
Annex
ICAO
Annex
ICAO
ICAO
Annex
Annex
Docs
WXXM
ICAO
AIRM
FIXM
AIDX
Trace
ASTERIX
Formalised Reference Semantics
ICAO GANP B1-DATM ASBU
Service Improvement through Integration of all Digital ATM Information
Achieving a “known and
managed” state
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IM: markers of change
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SESAR IM Governance Requirements
Breakdown
into logical
Information
Management
Functions
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SWIM Governance: IMF Landscape
 The ‘steering’ IM functions are the functions that guide and steer the
SWIM evolution. They also cover the actual overall SWIM
governance process. The ‘steering’ IM functions have a direct
influence on the ‘policy management’ and ‘governed’ IM functions.
 The ‘policy management’ functions make policies for the areas
covered by SWIM services (financial, compliance, supervision, etc.).
 The ‘governed’ IM functions are classified as such because their
scope is defined / delimited by the ‘steering’ and ‘policy
management’ functions. They apply to both functions provided as
‘SWIM common components’ and to the ones provided at the
service provider level.
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Potential objects to be governed
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SWIM Policies
SWIM Foundation Documents
TI Profile descriptions
Templates, Rulebooks , Guidelines
SWIM Service Descriptions
Logical
Physical
ATM Glossary and Data Models
SWIM Registry
Technical Infrastructures
Compliance assessment Infrastructure
SWIM technical Infrastructure including Middleware
SWIM Governance
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IM: markers of change & signs of impact
 Seamless ATM wide information approach
 Formalised & governed semantic layer (AIRM)
 SWIM vocabulary, ICAO terms in UML, key data elements,…
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Metadata
Services
Interoperable Registry
Governance (SWIM Compliance)
 Information, information services, infrastructure
 Key technical agreements (e.g. namespaces)
 New information sharing processes
 Structured approach
 Collaboration scenarios, formalised processes, Information
Exchange Requirements, services
Traps on the route to IM?
 Governance put in place too late and not agile enough
 Repeating the current processes
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Contact Information
http://www.sesarju.eu/swim
swim@sesarju.eu
http://www.eurocontrol.int/im
http://im.eurocontrol.int/wiki
SWIM Subgroup
Questions
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