NIEM Overview Rule Ml November 2011

National
Information
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Exchange
Model

Deploy Requirements

NIEM and Rules
Test
NIEM Model
Data

Build Generate
Exchange Dictionary
David Webber – Public Sector NIEM Team,
November 2011
XML Exchange Development

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Topic Areas
• NIEM – Introduction
• Dictionaries and Exchange development
• Simplifying and accelerating effective exchanges
• Alignment of vocabularies and information components
• Toward a better NIEM – canonical component management

• NIEM and Rules
• Short term
• Medium term
• Long term

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Officially - What is NIEM?
• Joint DOJ / DHS / HHS program created to promote standardization of information
exchange for cross jurisdictional information sharing.
• Provides the tools for enabling interoperability at the data layer within and across
systems supporting information sharing, while preserving investments in current
technology and optimizing new technology development.
• Going International – Canada, Mexico, EU
Components of NIEM

Common Language
(Data Model Lifecycle)

Built and governed by the business users at Repeatable, Reusable Process
(Exchange Specification Lifecycle)
Federal, State, Local, Tribal and Private Sectors

NIEM Governing Structure
NIEM’s governing structure is comprised of Federal, State, Local,
Tribal and private organizations
NIEM is managed at an executive level by the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Justice (DOJ), and
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
ESC
Executive Steering Council

NIEM PMO
Executive Director
Deputy Director

NC&OC NTAC NBAC
NIEM Communications & NIEM Technical NIEM Business
Outreach Committee Architecture Committee Architecture Committee


Who steers NIEM currently?

Founders and Voting Members
• Dept of Justice
• Dept of Homeland Security
• Dept of Health and Human Services

Ex-Officio Members
• Global Justice Information
Sharing Initiative
• Office of Management and Budget
• Program Manager, Information
Sharing Environment (ISE)
• NASCIO

Partners
• Terrorist Screening Center
• Dept of Defense / Dept of Navy
• Dept of State, Consular Affairs (invited)


NIEM Strategic Next Steps

Increasing NIEM international adoption (Canadian and Mexican cross-border
initiatives)

Broadening NIEM state & local implementations (including support through new
Homeland Security grants specifications)

Developing enabling standards for NIEM and the Information Sharing Environment
(Object Management Group and OASIS engagement)

Institutionalizing a common privacy & security framework

On-boarding new and strengthening existing NIEM Domains

Expanding governance to support other Federal, State, Local and International
agencies


The Information Sharing Environment

Maximum value of information sharing occurs when:

Right workers share
Right information with
Right recipients to use at
Right time


Information Sharing Stack and Rules

Privacy and Policy
Automation
Privacy and
Policy
Identity and Automation
Access
Business Management Rules
Process,
Enrichment, Routing / Process
Flow
Routing Rules
Standardized
Metadata
Identity,
Access
Control,
Validation Classifications
Common
Rules Vocabulary Rules


The NIEM Framework
NIEM connects communities of people who share a common need to exchange
information in order to advance their missions, and provides a foundation for
seamless information exchange between federal, state, local, and tribal
agencies. Much more than a data model, NIEM offers an active user community
as well as a technical and support framework.

Community Technical Framework Support Framework

Tools for Development
Formal Governance Processes Data Model
and Discovery

Established
Online Repositories XML Design Rules
Training Program

Mission-Oriented Domains Development Methodology Implementation Support

Self-Managing Predefined Help Desk &
Domain Stewards Deliverables (IEPD) Knowledge Center


The NIEM Data Model
NIEM’s data model is a set of common, controlled, and
approved XML data structures and definitions vetted through
the Federal, State, Local, Tribal and Private Sectors.

Data elements are organized into core and
domain-specific components

Domain-specific
components are
Core components are NIEM Naming and
continually updated by
used by multiple domains Design Rules (NDR)
subject matter experts
and can be described by specify how each of
that are actual NIEM
structure, semantics, and these components are
participants and industry
definition universally defined and utilized
experts for their particular
domain


Available XML Dictionaries

• NIEM 2.1 dictionaries Note: Those marked in bold are model style dictionaries with recursive components.

• CBRN dictionary
Available from download site
• Emergency dictionary
direct link:
• Family dictionary
http://sourceforge.net/projects/camprocessor/files
• Immigration dictionary
• Infrastructure dictionary + includes spreadsheets and sample models
• Intelligence dictionary
• Justice dictionary
• Maritime dictionary
XML XML
• Screening dictionary XML XML
XML XML
• Trade dictionary
• Immigration blueprint
• NIEM core dictionary


Understanding the moving parts

• NIEM Oracle NIEM resources site:
http://www.oracle.com/goto/niem
• Information exchanges – transactional
• Business process orientated
• Common schema / dictionary definitions
• LEXS / GRA
LEXS community site:
• Open communications infrastructure
http://www.LEXSdev.org
• Patterns for message exchanges
• IEPDs / SDLC
• IEPD – Information Exchange Package Documentation
• Formal deliverables and documentation needed in support of
SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) processes
NIEM community site:
• LEXS – Logical Entity eXchange System
http://www.NIEM.gov
• GRA – Global Reference Architecture


Reality – NIEM is still improving…
• Collections of complex XML Schema
• Attempt to marry modelling techniques and XSD
Schema syntax
• Verbose components
• Embedded context in names
• Currently facing significant scaling challenges
• Inconsistencies
• Too much manual management
• Slow lifecycles
• Dictionary technology incubating
• Enhanced code lists mechanism incubating
• UML profile is evolving initiative with OMG


Development Lifecycle
Scenario Plan the project, establish the process, and identify information exchange business
requirements
Planning

Analyze Selected information exchange is further elaborated to understand and document the
business context and data requirements
Requirements

Associate local objects with types and elements in NIEM. This process is called
Map & Model mapping an exchange content model to NIEM

Build & Create a set of exchange-specific NIEM conformant XML schemas that implement the
data model created for the exchange
Validate

Assemble & Prepare and package all related files for this IEPD into a single self‐contained, self-
documented, portable archive file
Document

Publish & Publish IEPD for search, discovery, and reuse
Implement * IEPD – Information Exchange Package Documentation


Exchange Delivery Lifecycle
Component
Dictionary
Drag and Drop
Designer

Template
Updates

Design

Exchange

Monitor Author Templates
XML Samples
Test

Deploy
Production XSD Schema
Log Results

XMI / UML
Models
Validated
Templates

Documentation


IEPD Components & Requirements

IEPD MPD
Main Document
IEPD IEM

Catalog <Exchange_Schema/>

<Extension_Schema/>
Change Log
<Subset_Schema/>
NIEM Core Domain
Schema(s) Schema(s)
Sample XML
Instance

In order to be NIEM-conformant, the IEPD must adhere to:
1. NIEM Conformance Document
2. NIEM Naming and Design Rules (NDR) v1.3
3. NIEM Model Package Description (MPD) Specification v1.0


Toward Top Down Exchange Assembly
Components Dictionary
Collections
1 Canonical XML Components Dictionary
XML
User Inserts
Navigation
Relationship and Query
2 Component Associations and Couplings Lookups Tools

Domains Reuse Library
3 Exchange Templates and Rules

Catalog
Template
Automatic Rendering Tools
4 W3C Schema and Model Representations

XML
Schema Components
Models
5 Delivery Control, Messaging, Security Deployment Environments and Middleware

Testing Workbench, Rules Engine, Data Samples, Integration ETL
6 Implementation Artifacts and Examples


Developing domain dictionaries (EIEM)
• Allows domains to manage their components libraries
• Provides consistency for project development teams
• Sets of NIEM consistent XML exchange components
• Aligned to enterprise data stores
• Optimized for reuse and interoperability
• Save time and effort across the enterprise
• Perennial question for developers – when should I use NIEM
components, and when our own local ones?
• Are there components already available for that purpose?
• Provide formal mechanisms and procedures to share
components and collaborate across SDLC process
• Provide external parties consistent data views
Opportunities for rules/agents *EIEM – Enterprise Information Exchange Model


EIEM/BIEC

• Business Information Exchange
Components (BIEC)
• NIEM-conforming XML schema data
component definition that meets a
particular recurring business
requirement for an enterprise

• Enterprise Information Exchange
Model (EIEM)
• NIEM-conforming schemas that define
data components to be reused in
IEPDs developed by an enterprise;
collection of enterprise BIECs
organized into a subset and one or
more extension schemas


Vendor Enabled Innovation
Controlled

Open Controlled
Model
Architecture

Interfaces &
Specifications
Hybrid Vendors
Proprietary
Tools Tools Repository & NIEM Governance
Development
Collaboration
Environment

Open Tools
Collaborative
Development

NIEM Users

NIEM Tools Strategy Vision
Community practitioners have relevant, adoptable, and adaptable tools that will improve the
efficiency and effectiveness of NIEM lifecycle processes


CAM toolkit and CAMV validation engine

• Open source solutions – designed to support XML
and industry vocabularies and components for
information exchanges

• Implementing the OASIS Content Assembly
Mechanism (CAM) public standard

• CAMV validation framework and test suite tools
CAM Editor resources site:
• Development sponsored by Oracle
http://www.cameditor.org


CAM editor capabilities overview


NIEM and Rules
• NIEM and Rules
• Short term
• Immediate short term needs revolve around
specific application areas and provide the
potential for quick wins where rule and agent
technology can be applied directly to information
exchange data points and uses
• Medium term
• Long term


Rule and Context Metadata

• Properties of the access rules and environment.

• Actions. • Conditions. • Obligations.
– Subject.
– Resource.
– Policy.


Content Metadata in NIEM

NIEM
NIEM
Extensions

• Association • Business Purpose
• Data Quality • Data Type Category
• Source • Data Classification


Policy Authoring Language

• A mechanism to
specify policy rules
in unambiguous
terms.
• XML Access
Control Markup
Language
(XACML).
• Machine-readable.
• Supports federated
and dynamic
policies.


Florida Sunshine Law 119.07

Policy Statement Policy Matrix Analysis
Attributes
Organization:
“Inspection and copying of records; [Government: State, Local, Executive]
Subject
photographing public records; fees; Authorization: [Custodian]
Attributes
exemptions.— Role: [Public Record Custodian]

Record Type: [Public Record],
(1)(a) Every person who has custody of a Record Use: [Official Business],
public record shall permit the record to be Resource
Record Role: [Non Exempted]
inspected and copied by any person desiring Approved/Reviewed by Custodian:
Attributes
to do so, at any reasonable time, under Request can be Fulfilled
Request falls within Allotted “Reasonably”
reasonable conditions, and under
policy.
supervision by the custodian of the public
Actions Transmit, Access, Share
records.” Resource Conditions Assertions:
Reasonable time frame (True)
Conditions Reasonable Conditions (True),
Under supervision by custodian of public
records (true)
Rule Rule Target = Resource: Public Record

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Florida Sunshine Law 119.07
Policy XACML Policy Rule Statement
A [Subject: Authorization: Custodian]
in [Subject: Organization: Government: State, Local,
Executive]
with [Subject: Organizational Role: Person having custody for
Public Record]
must perform [Action: Transmit, Access, Share]
Florida
on [Resource: Public Record]
Statutes
for [Purpose(s): All]
Section 119.07
if [Resource: Conditions: Reasonable time frame: Yes,
(1)(a)
Reasonable Conditions: Yes,
Under supervision by custodian of public records: Yes]
if [Condition: Rule Target: Resource,
Record Type: Public Record]
and with [Obligations: None].
Effect = PERMIT.


NIEM and Rules
• NIEM and Rules
• Short term
• Medium term
• In the medium term we can envision adoption of
specific rule and semantic capabilities that
address more complex challenges and
information analysis. This may involve
extensions to the existing NIEM information
model to enable new capabilities
• Long term


NIEM and Rules
• NIEM and Rules
• Short term
• Medium term
• Long term
• Rule technologies can offer advantages for NIEM
with regard to business accuracy, costs and
timeliness of analysis and consistency of
application of functional processes
• Fundamental challenges in information
processing and reasoning and interpretation
• Healthcare diagnosis, citizen services


Acknowledgements

• With contributions from RuleML NIEM Panelists:

• Justin Stekervetz – NIEM PMO
• Vijay Mehra – ISE - Standards Portfolio Lead
• James E. Cabral Jr. – IJIS/OASIS and MTGM LLC


Q&A

http://www.niem.gov


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