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The COI Resource is a
central location to find up to date information and news on various
activities being conducted to implement the DoD Net-Centric Data
Strategy. This site contains
general guidance,, COI briefings and other information which is useful to
organizations and individuals supporting COIs, looking to form COIs or conducting
other activities to implement the Net-Centric Data Strategy.
Communities of
Interest (COIs) are an approach for developing the agreements necessary for
meaningful information exchange and doing so on a community-basis. The COI concept
is described in the DoD Net-Centric
Data Strategy and directed by DoD Directive
8320.2, "Data Sharing in a Net-Centric Department of Defense".
A Community of Interest consists of collaborative groups who come together
to solve information sharing problems in order to develop operational
capabilities. COI solve
information sharing problems by developing a shared vocabulary to exchange
information in pursuit of their shared goals, interests, missions, or business
processes. This group includes operators, program managers, application
developers, subject matter experts, Combatant Command, Service and Agency
representatives, and IT Portfolio representatives.
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Why are COIs formed?
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What do COIs do once formed?
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- Solve information sharing problems
- Resolve issues affecting
their communities
- Increase information
sharing, volume, speed, and reach to known and authorized
unanticipated users
- Provide organization and
maintenance construct for the sharing of data
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- Define shared vocabularies
and taxonomies
- Make data assets visible,
accessible, and understandable (tagged and discoverable) to
authorized users
- Identify data assets such
as files, databases, and information services
- Register semantic and
structural metadata to the DoD Metadata Registry
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DoD
Directive 8320.2 establishes policies and responsibilities to implement
data sharing, in accordance with Department of Defense Chief Information
Officer Memorandum, "DoD
Net-Centric Data Strategy," May 9, 2003, throughout the
Department of Defense. COIs are a collaborative group of people
that must exchange information in pursuit of its shared goals, interests,
missions, or business processes and therefore must have a shared vocabulary
for the information it exchanges.
To achieve data sharing among its communities, COIs must make data Visible,
Accessible, and Understandable.
Visible
– Users (people and machines) can find your data on the network.
Accessible – Once found,
users’ tools or applications can get to your data.
Understandable – Users can find
metadata that describes your data so others can understand how to use it.
Trusted – Data is protected as
required by policy and law to users with appropriate credentials
Governable – A structure
exists for managing data products and access.
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