1.3 Content Organization

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Following this Introduction, this discussion paper is organized as follows:

Section 2, Architectural Views: Presents and describes in detail the DIDO Architecture as a set of components collected into complementary Architectural Views: Stakeholder, Technical, and Taxonomic.

The Stakeholder View is organized in accordance with the communities considered to be the “customers” of the DIDO RA, e.g., Platform, Domain, and Ecosystem. The Technical View is organized into two basic views: Fundamental (e.g., System of Systems, Assurance, Tools) and Node Network. The Taxonomic View is organized into four taxonomies: network topology, network access control, nodes, and data. Standards (technical and de facto) relevant to or associated with the components supporting each view are listed.

Section 3, Governance: Proposes and describes the elements of the Governance structure to manage the DIDO Architecture as an Open Source program, i.e., Charter (for the effort as a whole plus each of the DIDO COIs), Policies & Procedures (P&P), and Guide (plain English version of the P&P).

Section 4, Requirements: Lays the groundwork (models and methods) with which to specify, assess, manage, implement, and govern DIDO requirements to ensure well governed DIDO Implementations. Describes in detail the functional and non-functional requirements one must consider during the requirements specification process for DIDO platforms and then how to assess the resulting requirements specifications.

Appendices

: Complete listing and description of the Standards Organizations associated with the technical and de facto standards cited in the DIDO RA Architectural Views. C: Hardware Architectures : Describes Hardware Architectures to consider when designing distributed systemsD: Operating Systems : Glossary of Operating Systems E: Tools : Tools to support the development, management, and operation of DIDOsF: DDS QoS: Quality of Service (QoS) parameters defined in the DDS specificationG: TestsH: AcronymsI: Cognitive ModelJ: Governance Model