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Table of Contents1.0 Executive Overview................................................................................................ 1 2.0 Background............................................................................................................. 1 2.1 Purpose................................................................................................................ 1 2.2 Definitions........................................................................................................... 1 2.3 GIG Federation Strategy..................................................................................... 3 2.3.1 GIG Architecture Federation Strategy Goals.............................................. 4 2.3.2 Federation Guiding principles..................................................................... 4 2.4 Integration vs. Federation ................................................................................... 4 2.5 Aligning Disparate Architectures ....................................................................... 5 2.6 Challenges of Federating EA.............................................................................. 6 3.0 Introduction to the Federation Process ................................................................... 8 3.1 Tiered Accountability ......................................................................................... 9 3.2 Architecture Categorization.............................................................................. 11 3.3 Reference Architectures and Federation Reference Model ............................. 11 3.3.1 DON Architecture Federation Model ....................................................... 11 3.3.2 DoD High Level Architectures ................................................................. 12 3.3.2.1 The Business Mission Area (BMA)...................................................... 13 3.3.2.2 Warfighter Mission Area (WMA) ........................................................ 14 3.3.2.3 Intelligence Mission Area (IMA).......................................................... 16 3.3.2.4 Enterprise Information Environment Mission Area (EIEMA) ............. 16 3.3.3 DON Level Architectures ........................................................................ 17 3.3.4 Mission Architectures .............................................................................. 18 3.3.5 Program Reference Architectures............................................................. 19 3.4 Semantic Alignment.......................................................................................... 19 3.4.1 GIG Architecture Federation Strategy Semantic Guidance...................... 19 3.4.2 Applying GIG Rules for Determining Semantic Alignment .................... 21 3.4.3 The “Equivalent to” Rule for Semantic Alignment .................................. 21 3.4.4 The “Part of” Rule for Semantic Alignment............................................. 21 3.4.5 The “Similar to” Rule for Semantic Alignment........................................ 21 3.4.6 The “No relationship” Rule for Semantic Alignment............................... 22 3.5 Enterprise Search and Discovery...................................................................... 22 3.5.1 DoD Enterprise Search / Discovery Today............................................... 22 3.5.2 Goals of the GIG Architecture Enterprise Services (GIG AES)............... 23 3.5.3 DARS........................................................................................................ 24 3.5.4 NARS........................................................................................................ 26 3.5.5 SADIE....................................................................................................... 26 4.0 The Repeatable Federation Process ...................................................................... 28 4.1 Overview of Process ......................................................................................... 28 4.2 Phase 1 - Qualify Candidate Architectures for Federation ............................... 29 4.3 Phase 2 – Identify Federation Mapping Matches & Relationships.................. 32 4.4 Phase 3 - Classify Federation Relationships and Load Metadata to DARS ..... 36 4.5 Using FORCEnet as an Example of the Federation Process ............................ 38 4.5.1 Phase 1 ...................................................................................................... 38 DON Enterprise Architecture Federation Pilot Initiative -- Final ReportPage III