Semantic services for Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield (IPB) composition

This paper describes an intelligence Rapid Product Generator (iRPG) knowledge management framework. The iRPG is designed for use by the ISR-C2 community to support the warfighter in the creation, analysis, and distribution of tactical intelligence data. The ultimate aim is to support generation and use of Generic Intelligence Requirements Handbook (GIRH) and Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield (IPB) data. The resulting capability for rapid generation of intelligence products will enable warfighter-evolved systems; that is, users will be able to compose solutions to intelligence needs in real time using pre-existing data sources and services. The iRPG will be a standards-based framework, making use of the service-oriented architecture (SOA), and supporting distributed data models and ontologies. iRPG will include the following features: a knowledge-products ontology derived from GIRH or IPB requirements; a set of design integration guidelines for application services; implementations of workflow and discovery services; and a method for annotating non-semantic web services for integration into the ISR-C2 framework.