Geospatial Intelligence Forum: The Magazine of the National Intelligence Community
Apologies but I could not afford a magazine subscription for every reader of this blog.
The next best thing is a free magazine that may be useful in your data integration/topic map practice.
Defense intelligence has been a hot topic for the last decade and there are no signs that is going to change any time soon.
I was browsing through Geospatial Intelligence Forum (GIF) when I encountered:
Closing the Interoperability Gap by Cheryl Gerber.
From the article:
The current technology gaps can be frustrating for soldiers to grapple with, particularly in the middle of battlefield engagements. “This is due, in part, to stovepiped databases forcing soldiers who are working in tactical operations centers to perform many work-arounds or data translations to present the best common operating picture to the commander,” said Dr. Joseph Fontanella, AGC director and Army geospatial information officer.
Now there is a use case for interoperability, being “…in the middle of battlefield engagements.”
Cheryl goes on to identify five (5) gaps in interoperability.
GIF looks like a good place to pick up riffs, memes, terminology and even possible contacts.
Enjoy!