Multi-media Knowledge Capture (MKC) Engine - Rapid Mobile Authoring Toolkit (R-MAT)

The Department of the Navy (DON) is seeking ways to more rapidly deliver timely, relevant information to Sailor and Marine Warfighters. Problem Solutions (PS) proposed and was awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) by the Office of Naval Research to provide a task analysis, user needs and modeling, proof-of-concept design, technology demonstration and requirements analysis for our proposed solution, the Rapid Mobile Authoring Toolkit (R-MAT). In Phase II, Problem Solutions will more fully develop the client-side software (i.e., the software that will reside on the mobile device) for the R-MAT and will concentrate on making the user interface highly intuitive, with multiple templates for the user to access when creating content. PS will then refine our user interface design through a series of formative evaluations. In this phase, PS will fully develop and test the core functionality of the R-MAT that will be sufficient to build upon the initial proof-of-concept to provide a more robust proof-of-concept with the relative ease and efficiency of creating, editing, and reviewing content. The overall objective of the proposed R-MAT Phase II is to advance the maturity of the R-MAT so that it can ultimately support broader capabilities.