Ron Schuldt is a Senior Staff Systems Architect within the SOA organization of Lockheed Martin’s Enterprise Business Services organization. He has over twenty years experience with national and international data standards covering the gamut from Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) to the standard for the exchange of product model data (STEP) to the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM). He is Co-Chairman of the Aerospace Industries Association’s Electronic Enterprise Integration Committee and Chairman of The Open Group UDEF Project.
 
In addition to nine years active duty in the United States Air Force, he has seven years experience from 1981 until 1988 as a systems engineer on several weapon system programs for Martin Marietta. In 1988 he was asked to identify the approach for integrating computer systems. He has been involved in that task ever since. Recognized as a data standards expert, he is helping Lockheed Martin establish a corporate-wide Information Architecture Strategy.
 

Presentation

An Open Group Standard for Building Your Controlled Vocabulary
The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) does a great job of identifying the processes necessary for defining an enterprise architecture. However, the TOGAF does not assure “Boundaryless Information Flow” across enterprises. TOGAF does identify some key principles that will guide the enterprise architect but without an open standard framework that addresses data normalization across enterprise boundaries, each enterprise is faced with the challenge of effective information flow. The Open Group standard that provides the foundation framework for a controlled vocabulary is part of the solution. This presentation and demonstration of sample tools will highlight the role of this critical standard.

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