Web-Based Lossless Databse Conversions via SEDRIS

Over the past several years the Synthetic Environment Database Representation and Interchange Specification (SEDRIS) project has been developed to address the issues of simulation data interchange between heterogeneous applications in a non-ambiguous, lossless fashion. As one of the SEDRIS Associate Members, Reality by Design (RBD) has helped both to define and implement the SEDRIS standard. By utilizing RBD's expertise with SEDRIS and Internet-based SEDRIS applications, a software package will be developed to address the database conversion needs of the Special Operations Forces. Use of SEDRIS and the plugin-based format conversion architecture developed by RBD will provide the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) with a single conversion application to perform all USSOCOM database conversion tasks. Different formats will be supported via the use of Dynamic Link Libraries, making the conversion software extensible and provide a future growth path. The conversion software will be accessed via a Web-based interface and support access to source data accessible over the Internet as well as private Intranets. The software package will support a variety of both input and output formats.