Context-Intensive Software Toolkit for Data Abstra

To address the Army’s need for generalized, context-based data abstraction systems, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Context-Intensive Software Toolkit for Data Abstraction (CISTDA). This proposed technology is based on the definition and implementation of a context component as a separate object. The innovation in a hierarchical modeling perspective that encapsulates, context, data, real-world entities, and the overall application itself as software objects will enable the CISTDA system to define data, define contexts, and provide continuous data abstraction models that reduce human cognitive burdens without negative impact on mission success. As a result, this technology offers a generalized software toolset that produces abstract models based on descriptions of the input and output data and the models’ usage contexts, which directly addresses the Army requirements of reducing the amount of data required to successfully perform a given task. In Phase I, POC will demonstrate the feasibility of CISTDA by developing and debugging prototype software that will be used to exhibit the procedures and user operations involved in creating an information logistics application. In Phase II, POC plans to develop and demonstrate an enhanced software toolkit that meets specific CONOPS requirements.