# Presentation: 108883

## The U.S. CIOC’s

- XML Community of Practice,
- Town Hall Meeting/
- eGov Institute’s
- Knowledge Management Conference
- Washington, DC
- April 20, 2005

- Emerging Technology Life-Cycle
- Management Process @ ET.gov—and
- Multifaceted Search, Discovery, and Retrieval of
- ET Information

## Outline

| The problem | 1.   Objectives of ET.gov—and impetus                                          * |
| --- | --- |
|  | 2.   Value and expected impact of ET.gov                                       * |
| The context | 3.   ET.gov—and its relationship with the AIC and USCIOC          * |
|  | 4.   Evolution of ET.gov—from vision to execution                        * |
|  | 5.   Eight stages of the ET.gov process                                           *    |
|  | 6.   ET.gov today and tomorrow                                                       * |
| The solution—and value | 7.   Objectives of demo—and use of multifaceted search at ET.gov |
|  | 8.   Defining the facets and categories for ET.gov |
|  | 9.   ET.gov demo (test drive via Screenshots A>H) |
|  | 10. Conclusion |

*** ****Source: Adapted from xmlCoP and ET/SC documents.**

## 1. Objectives of ET.gov—and impetus

- Help facilitate the discovery of various types of components which may be beneficial to the Federal government—thereby provide a formal channel by which agencies can evaluate ETs
- Produce communication between CIOs, governmental decision makers, submitters, and other integrators by taking a standards-based approach to capitalize on the benefits of XML and maximize the benefits of the Web
- Provide a standard XML schema for component description and a submission point from which components can be evaluated—i.e., via a single point of multifaceted search-discovery-and-retrieval (MSDR)
- Aid the discovery of new technologies.

## 2. Value and expected impact of ET.gov

- When a government agency, technology company or another
- organization registers with ET.gov, the site will:
- Provide the opportunity for their emerging technology to “get discovered” by the Federal community
- Foster the maturity of their technology in the Federal market
- Shorten the “time to market” for their ET in the Federal civilian and non-civilian sectors
- Separate the “wheat from the chaff,”—i.e., weed out “intergalactic technology solutions!”

## 3. ET.gov—and its relationship with the    AIC and USCIOC

- The AIC pursued seven funded tasks in FY 2005, on top of other existing efforts, e.g., fostering communities of practice on XML and semantic interoperability
- The tasks are to generate the greatest ROI in terms of the time and dedication put forth by AIC members and staff
- Task 6 is to “develop identification and validation processes for emerging technologies,” i.e., ET.gov
- Lead staff for this task under the ET S/C are: John McManus (NASA), Susan Turnbull (GSA), and Owen Ambur (DOI).

## 4. Evolution of ET.gov: from vision to execution

**Vision**
** ****ET.gov**

**2003>                      2004>                      2005>                       2006>        **

## 5. Eight stages of the ET.gov process

**1. Identify +**
**register**

**2. Subscribe**
**+ indicate **
**LOI**
** **

**3. Accept**
**stewardship**

**4. Graduate +**
**transition to**
**CORE.gov**

**5. Budget**
**(President + **
**Congress)**

**6. Acquire**
**for use**

**7. Maintain**
**over life**
**cycle**

**8. Retire +**
**replace**

## 6. ET.gov today and tomorrow

**ET = IT data:**
**USA**

**ET = IT data:**
**USA + global**

**ET = IT + XT data:**
**USA**

**ET = IT + XT data:**
**USA + global**

**100s of records,  users, and queries**

**1,000s of records, users, and queries**

**10,000s of records, users, and queries**

**100,000s of records, users, and queries**

- _[http://](http://et.gov/component_search.aspx)__[et.gov/component_search.aspx](http://et.gov/component_search.aspx)_

## Illustrate how data on ETs can be organized and accessed by multiple facets (axes) and hierarchical taxonomies (categories) within

Show how end-users within and outside the Federal government can then search, discover, and retrieve information from the ET.gov site in a human-friendly way

Highlight the social, economic, and intelligence value that different stakeholders can derive by using MSDR technology as part of the ET.gov site and process.

- Show how end-users within and outside the Federal government can then search, discover, and retrieve information from the ET.gov site in a human-friendly way
- Highlight the social, economic, and intelligence value that different stakeholders can derive by using MSDR technology as part of the ET.gov site and process.

- 7. Objectives of demo—and use ofmultifaceted search at ET.gov

## 8. Defining the facets + categories for ET.gov

| Existing facets | Use                    Categories (examples) |
| --- | --- |
| 1.   Component name | WHAT?           A, B, C, D...Z |
| 2.   Organization name | WHO?             A, B, C, D...Z |
| 3.   Component type | WHAT?           Software, hardware, data |
| 4.   Relation to FEA: SRM | WHAT?           Analysis/stats, assets, BI...visualization  |
| 5.   Relation to FEA: TRM | WHAT?           Component framework, service access... |
| 6.   Relation to FEA: DRM | WHAT?           Data content, data description, data sharing |

## 9. ET.gov demo (test drive via Screenshots A>H)

- _[http://etgov.i411.com](http://etgov.i411.com/)__ _

## Screen A: Standard Web interface of ET.gov

## Screen B: Detail of the home page—with aerial view of the 4 facets, categories, and counts (43)

**Get aerial view and browse the**
**43 ET records by four facets**
**(views, axes) and by hierarchi-**
**cal categories with counts **

**Conduct free-text**
**search by keyword**

**2**

**1**

## Screen C: Launch free-text search for “knowledge management”

**Search for **
**“****knowledge management”**

**2**

**See 11 results organized**
**by facets and categories**

**See also 11 results**
**in the standard list**

**3**

**4**

## Screen D: Drill down the “Knowledge Management” category under the SRM facet

**Drill down the SRM facet—**
**into the category for **
**“****Knowledge Management”**

**5**

## Screen E: Switch view to the TRM facet and drill down the “Component Framework” category 

**6**

**Switch view to the TRM**
**facet—and drill down into**
**the category for **
**“****Component Framework”**

## Screen F: Drill down into the “Proposed Spec” category also under the TRM facet

**Drill down into the**
**category for **
**“****Proposed Spec”**

**7**

## Screen G: Switch view again to the Component Type facet and drill down into the “Software” category

**Switch view to the Component**
**Type facet—and drill down into**
**the category for “Software”**

**See the breadcrumb trail**

**8**

**9**

## Screen H: Find (discover) the final record

**10**

**Find (discover) the “sliced-and-diced”**
**KM records that fit:**
**KM under SRM,**
**Component Framework and**
**	****Proposed Spec under TRM, and**
**Software under Component Type**

## 10. Conclusion: What we mean is that...

- “Better, faster, smarter” search will give the technology company (seller) the opportunity to “fairly” increase the exposure and visibility of its ET—making sure that the Federal agency (searcher and buyer) looking for that ET or similar ETs will, in fact, find what the agency is looking for, with NO chance of not finding that ET...
- so long as the company registered and input its data correctly at ET.gov.

## Thank you...and contacts

**Amin Hassam**** **_[ahassam@i411.com](mailto:ahassam@i411.com)_
**Vice President, Government Strategy + Solutions**
**i411, Inc. **_[www.i411.com](http://www.i411.com/)_** **
**Herndon, Virginia**
**703.793.3270 x140**
**Paul Woods**** **_[pwoods@biztechsource.com](mailto:pwoods@biztechsource.com)_** ****President & CEO**
**Business Technology Source LLC **_[www.biztechsource.com](http://www.biztechsource.com/)_** **** **
**Shepherdstown, West Virginia**
**304.876.9242**