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PLCS Implementor Forum
February 25, 2010
Topics
Objectives
How the PLCS-IF will work
Membership and Organization
PLCS-IF Objectives
Provide a neutral and open environment
to accelerate development and
implementation of PLCS adapters
Establish a vendor independent forum
Ensure that user's requirements are
satisfied through real world scenario
based testing
How the PLCS-IF Will Work
Initially three rounds of testing per year to
accelerate development
Round of Testing activities
Software development
Test data preparation
Pre-processing
Syntax and structure validation
Post processing
Semantic analysis and evaluation
Results documentation and presentation
How the PLCS-IF Will Work
Each round starts and ends with a meeting
Meetings will be two to three days in duration
Analysis and discussion of results
Discussion and preparation for next round
Open forum presentation of summary results and
plan
In between meetings, regular communication via e-
mail, conference calls, and collaboration web site
Results of Testing
• Participant specific testing results will not be
provided outside the Implementer Forum
• The results of testing a particular scenario may be
sufficient so that it does not need additional testing
• Testing results may require that a scenario is tested
again in future rounds.
Results of Testing
• Issues with the standard may be uncovered that
require changes or extensions to the standard.
These will be communicated to the appropriate
standards body.
• It may not be clear to participants how to implement
a specific part of the standard, and recommended
practices may need to be developed or modified to
guide implementations.
PLCS-IF Membership
The PLCS-IF will be open to any organization that has
adapters to the PLCS standard and is sponsored by
any of the organizations supporting the PLCS-IF.
Participants may include, but are not limited to: Various branches of the Department or Ministry of Defense
OEM software vendors
First and lower tier commercial and defense contractors
Middleware software vendors
Ongoing Forum operations and maintenance will be
supported through a Membership and Participant fee
structure
PLCS-IF Organization
PLCS-IF Forum Director
Technical Infrastructure & Support
Management Infrastructure &Support
PLCS-IF GoverningBoard
PLCS-IF Advisory Board(e.g., rep. from PDES, Inc.,
OASIS TC, ASD, AIA)
PLCS-IF Key Roles
Governing Board – Made up of key stakeholders; provides strategic guidance and operational direction to the forum
Forum Director – Responsible for organizing and facilitating the testing activities of the forum, and internal and external communication and marketing
Advisory Board – Provides tactical advice and recommendations to the forum; source of requirements and scenarios;
Management Infrastructure and Support Supports Forum Director by providing program cost and schedule
reports Provides day to day support to the Forum Director
Technical Infrastructure and Support Development and maintenance of testing tools and infrastructure Data model expert to provide guidance to implementors
Initial timeline
Inception Phase
Sustainment Phase
3 Months 12 Months
•Develop syntax & structure checker•Create data sets•Integrate RDL•Develop semantic analyzer•Develop statistics and results module•Develop and prioritize use cases•Develop initial testing documentation
Meetings
For each round of testing:•Check files for proper syntax & structure •Create data sets•Regular conference calls•Reconfigure semantic analyzer•Reconfigure statistics and results module•Develop and prioritize use cases•Develop testing documentation•Develop or modify recommended practices•Meeting to wrap up one round and commence the next round
PLCS-IF Web Portal
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PLCS IF Software Framework
