Defense Collaboration Network/
International Collaboration Network
The DCN/ICN is an Information Technology infrastructure that
uses the "Internet" as a backbone to encourage and provide Defense wide
(DCN) and World-Wide (ICN) collaboration and CALS specific information services
concerning all aspects of the "CALS" Strategy. Our services include:
- Core Collaboration Services
- Core Information Services
- CorePlus Collaboration Services, and
- CorePlus Information Services
One may think of us as an Electronic Brokerage house that
- Interconnects, adapts, and facilitates services, and
- Brings together various pieces of multiple information products and provides
a common interface to these services without modifying the information product or the
remote applications that may seek to utilize our DCN/ICN services.
For some administrative and contractual background of the DCN/ICN and an overview of the Core Services,
please see our Guide to DCN/ICN Core Services.
Core Collaboration Services
The Core Collaboration Services include:
- Electronic Mail
- Public Text Conferences containing User Help and Security Forums
- Threaded Text Conferences for Pilot Program Groups
- File Sharing, and
- Exploder Mail Lists for Selected Pilot Programs.
The Pilot Program Groups include:
- Australian US Defense Ministries Acquisition Council (ADAC)
- OSD Business Case Modeling Working Group
- Corrosion Information Management & Distribution BCM
- DoD Data Strategy Working Group
- DoD/German Customs Working Group
- DoD Tri-Service ETM/IETM Technology Interoperability Working Group
- Korea Defense CALS Working Group
- LOGIC (LOG Integration Center)
- Logistics Transformation Leadership Group (LTLG)
- NATO CALS Management Board
- US Navy SILS-DSS
Currently membership to these Pilot Program Groups and access to their conferences is restricted to designated members. A user identifier
and password is required to access the text conferences and other services.
Core Information Services
The Core Information Services contains web-based, IDE specific information
on
- IDE Interest Organizations, including DoD, international and industry organizations
A user will have the capability to access these organization two ways - through a White Pages Service where the
name or prefix of the name is known, and through a yellow pages services where a capability or business area
(e.g., companies or government organizations in an area like electronic commerce, STEP, or agile manufacturing).
- Training information on Core Collaboration and Information Services as well as FAQs, and Feedback
This information is available at our Management Operations Control Center (MOCC)
as well as our Customer Support/Training.
- Electronic Publishing for Web-Centric Documents (PDF, HTML, XML)
- IDE Initiatives and Implementations - a directory to Internet accessible IDE initiatves and other pilot programsn
such as Integrated Data Environment, and Electronic Technical Manual implementations, and
- IDE Publications and Repositories - containing IDE standards and related information technology standards - a directory to IDE related standards at DISA, NIST,
UN/EDIFACT, ANSI X12, and the ISO, as well as sites containing information on IDE, STEP, electronic commerce and Concurrent Engineering.
CorePlus Collaboration Services
The CorePlus Collaboration Services currently under development include:
- Comment/Annotation on specified documents
- Voting - yes/no/abstain or rank order alternantives on specified issues
- Application Sharing - even when only one collaborator
has the application
- Whiteboard - for brainstorming, sketching ideas
- Text chatting - real-time collaboration via your keyboard (input) and text chat windows (display).
- Audio and video - if your PC has the additional hardware (sound board, speakers,
microphone, and desktop camera)
- Virtual reality modeling collaboration - for high end personal computers with
high bandwidth access to the Internet - may be used for form and fit perspectives such as layout
of equipment in a compartment; and simulation, and
- Media Streaming (Audio and Video)
CorePlus Information Services
The CorePlus Information Services currently under development include:
- Calendar of IDE related Events
- IDE Technologies, including technologies supporting acquisition, engineering,
manufacturing, logistics, test and evaluation, and operations and support
- IDE Partnership - search for potential teammates in a virtual enterprise to participate
in a joint proposal or business opportunity
- IDE/STEP/EC/EDI Specialists -search for individuals with specific IDE related skills
- IDE Test and Certification - search web based directories for IDE test and certification suites, services or
requirements, and
- Information Dissemination - register your interest in specific pages or sites information domain and
receive alerts when new information is available on line.
- IDE and Internet security - find information on IDE and Internet security plans, policies,
products and services.
Other DCN/ICN Services
The Other DCN/ICN Services currently under development include:
- Technical Support - for end users to solve installation and operational problems, and
- Infrastructure Technology Refreshment to improve user service levels.
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