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Subject: Fw: Advice needed on federated search
Anyone here have any advice I can pass on to Mr. Lemen? --Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Lemen" <dave.lemen@ugov.gov> To: <rden@loc.gov> Cc: "John E. Hale" <john.e.hale@ugov.gov> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 10:06 AM Subject: Advice needed on federated search > Mr. Denenberg, > > I've been following the work of the OASIS SWS Technical Committee with > interest. The organization I support, Intelligence Community Enterprise > Solutions (ICES), is part of the Director of National Intelligence CIO > organization, and provides search and discovery services that allow the > sharing and integration of information between the intelligence agencies > and their customers. In addition to providing search tools (as well as > other community services) on Intelink, ICES is also the DoD's managed > service provider for Content Discovery on its secret and unclassified > networks. > > As you may know, the DoD developed a Search Web Service specification > under the Horizontal Fusion program back in the 2003-2004 time frame. > Since then, the IC and DoD have tried, unsuccessfully, to arrive at an > updated, joint federated search protocol. There's general support for > using a combination of Atom, OpenSearch, and the Defense Discovery > Metadata Standard (DDMS) as the basis for a new specification. However, we > haven't come to agreement on query syntax or Web service style (SOAP vs. > REST). Our decision on Web service style is very much affected by the > access controls on some of the content sources, and use cases that involve > federating searches across security domains. > > Our organization would appreciate your input on some very near-term > decisions we need to make in this area. Specifically, what protocol(s) > would you recommend we implement this year (and what should we avoid), in > order to line up with the direction you see the OASIS work going? Also, > what direction do you see commercial product support going in this area? > > Please call me at the number below if you'd like. We can also arrange to > visit your office, or host a visit to ours as your schedule allows. > > Best regards, > > Dave Lemen > DNI CIO | IC Enterprise Solutions > CSC Contractor > dave.lemen@ugov.gov > 410-854-9634
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