Specific CIS Structure

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Here is the working outline for this Semantic Government solution offering and its documentation (CIS DocWiki), in general conformance with the MIKE2.0 structure.

In general, this particular document is intended to be the most complete organization of links and resources available on this site.

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Grounding Documents 3 Key Differences from MIKE2.0 4 Solution Offerings 5 Semantic Government Solution Capabilities 5.1 Overall Implementation Guide 5.1.1 Activities (see also Tasks) 5.1.2 Activities (see also Tasks) 5.1.3 Activities (see also Tasks) 5.1.4 Activities (see also Tasks) 5.1.5 Activities (see also Tasks) 5.2 Foundational Components 5.3 Supporting Assets 5.4 Supporting Frameworks 5.5 Supporting Offerings 6 DocWiki Environment

Introduction

• Quick Structure Overview
• Rationale for the Semantic Government Offering
• Guiding Principles for the Open Semantic Government
• Contrasting Styles for Semantic Government

Grounding Documents

This offering is built upon the methodology used in MIKE2.0, with some significant differences. The Structural Overview of MIKE2.0 is a good intro point to understanding the broad scope and structure of the general MIKE2.0 methodology, with many external links back to the main MIKE2.0 site.

In addition, these are some local documents that provide important background and grounding:

• Executive Summary
• Overview and Key Concepts
• Background Documents
• Software Assets
• Role Definitions
• Project Examples
• Guidelines and Standards
• Concept articles, which are a rich source of definitions for key terms and concepts used throughout this SemGov offering.

Key Differences from MIKE2.0

The key differences of this Semantic Government offering from what is standard in MIKE2.0 include:

• A simpler five phase structure
• A different, layered architecture
• A specific focus on the semantic government domain
• Less discussion of governance
• A more complete listing of supporting assets
• A more task-centric scope and organization
• Fewer topics, since the scope is not information development in general, and
• Use of the DocWiki collaboration and publishing framework, as opposed to the more general OmCollab environment of MIKE2.0.

Solution Offerings

The Semantic Government offering is a Composite Offering according to the definitions used by MIKE2.0.

Solution Offerings are the major focus of MIKE2.0 and topical organization of the available MIKE2.0 material. Core Solutions are solutions for common problems in Information Management. Composite Solutions are next-generation offerings that provide advanced information-centric capabilities across two or more core solution areas. Business Solutions are applied to common business problems for which information management practices is a key. Product Solutions describe an offering that is specific to a commercial or open source product.

Generally, each Offering is organized according to the presentation under Solution Capabilities in the standard MIKE2.0 structure. This standard structure has been modified for the purposes of this Semantic Government offering.

1. Core Solution Offerings
2. Composite Solution Offerings
   • Semantic Government, the focus of this document
3. Business Solution Offerings
4. Product Solution Offerings
   • Open Source Solution Offerings
     • (see below)

Semantic Government Solution Capabilities

Solution Capabilities provide the means by which the various Solution Offerings are delivered. They tend to follow a common organization, as reflected below.

Overall Implementation Guide

• Executive Summary
• Overview and Key Concepts
  • Listing of Key Concepts
• Rationale
• Overall Task List, with its 394 structured tasks organized according to the activities below
• The Five Phases of this SemGov Offering
• Phase 1 - Assessment and Strategy Blueprint; this phase typically results in the preparation of a work plan and budget

Activities (see also Tasks)

• Phase 2 - Initial Standup and Proof-of-Concept; this phase typically results in the first demonstration of the system with critical PoCs (proofs-of-concept)

Activities (see also Tasks)

• Phase 3 - First Public Release

Activities (see also Tasks)

• Phase 4 - Next Activities Increment

Activities (see also Tasks)

• Phase 5 - Continuous Improvement

Activities (see also Tasks)

Foundational Components

• Layered Semantic Government Architecture
• Semantic Components
• Community Indicators
• Data Structures (including named entities and ontologies)

Supporting Assets

Supporting Assets are reusable building blocks that provide detail to complement the overall methodology. Many of the activities within the methodology have sample assets that can be referred to during the implementation process. There are a number of different types of Supporting Assets:

• Deliverable Templates are reusable framework documents to help guide the preparation of new structured content
• Listing of Other Available Templates
• Concept articles
• Glossaries, Dictionaries, Definitions

• Related Links

• Software Assets

• Tools and Technique Papers

• Case Studies

• Role Definitions

Supporting Frameworks

• Guidelines and Standards

• Creation Guides

• Architectural Design

Supporting Offerings

• Business Solution Offerings

• Open Source Solutions

• Vendor Product Solutions

DocWiki Environment

This DocWiki is a collaboration environment that enables multiple authors to contribute to the structure's content. It is also a publication environment that allows site content to be re-purposed and published in many formats and venues.

The DocWiki provides the machinery and infrastructure by which these activities can take place, including guidelines on how to document and how to edit. This DocWiki is initially provided as a somewhat vanilla "baseline" system with starting content. From there, individual installations are able to build, morph, tailor and adapt this starting material in any direction they deem helpful.

The many parts of the DocWiki technology can be seen organized by its own category and subcategories.