Lessons Learned from Design and Development of Military Scenario Definition Language Scenario Editing Toolset

Abstract:

The Military Scenario Definition Language (MSDL) is an approved SISO standard for describing components of military scenarios that can be shared across a variety of modeling and simulation systems. However, the “last mile problem” for MSDL development is to have a user interface that represents information flowing to/from C2 and simulation systems. We have developed an open-source Toolset for this purpose: MSDL Scenario Editing Toolset (MSDLSET), providing an easy-to-use graphical user interface to MSDL developers that can serve as a surrogate input/output GUI or alternately to generating MSDL file. MSDLSET is developed using other open-source Tools: Xcentric's JaxFront and BBN's OpenMap. MSDLSET provides easy and efficient means for the end user to edit validate and add MSDL components to the MSDL file. Numerous initiatives are in progress to employ the new Toolset and to realize the benefits of exchanging scenarios files across diverse systems.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 748)
• Pages: 1041-1045
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.748.1041
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Xin Ye Zhao, Ying Cai, Shan Liang Yang, Ke Di Huang
• Keywords: Interoperability, MSDL, Scenario Definition, Scenario Editing

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