The Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) is an organization dedicated to the promotion of

modeling and simulation Modeling and simulation (M&S) is the use of models (e.g., physical, mathematical, behavioral, or logical representation of a system, entity, phenomenon, or process) as a basis for simulations to develop data utilized for managerial or technica ...

interoperability Interoperability is a characteristic of a product or system to work with other products or systems. While the term was initially defined for information technology or systems engineering services to allow for information exchange, a broader de ...

and reuse for the benefit of diverse modeling and simulation communities, including developers, procurers, and users, worldwide.

History

The Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) originated with a small

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held April 26 and 27, 1989, called, "Interactive Networked Simulation for Training". The original conference attracted approximately 60 people. The group was concerned that there was activity occurring in networked simulation, but that it was occurring in isolation. The group believed that if there were a means to exchange information between companies and groups that the technology would advance more rapidly. The group also believed that once the technology begins to stabilize then there would also be a need for

standardization Standardization (American English) or standardisation (British English) is the process of implementing and developing technical standards based on the consensus of different parties that include firms, users, interest groups, standards organiza ...

. The technology and the consensus of the community would be captured in the standards as networking or simulation technology matured. The pre-history of SISO starts with SIMNET, a

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program from 1983 through 1991 that demonstrated the feasibility of networking substantial numbers of (relatively) low-cost simulators on a "virtual battlefield." Based on the success of this program, the US Army initiated a large-scale program called Combined Arms Tactical Training. In order to ensure that multiple teams of contractors would be able to bid on various components of this program, the Army Program Manager for Training Devices (PM TRADE), soon to be renamed as the Army Simulation Training and Instrumentation Command (STRICOM - now PEO STRI), in conjunction with

and the newly established Defense Modeling and Simulation Office ( DMSO now

Modeling and Simulation Coordination Office The Modeling and Simulation Coordination Office (M&SCO) is an organization within the United States Department of Defense that provides modeling and simulation technology. The M&SCO was named the Defense Modeling and Simulation Office (DMSO) when ...

(MSCO)), initiated a series of workshops at which user agencies and interested contractors could work together to develop standards based on the SIMNET protocols. The "First Conference on Standards for the Interoperability of Defense Simulations" was held on 22–23 August 1989 in Orlando, Florida. DIS Workshops were held semi-annually from 1989 through 1996. The first Simulation Interoperability Workshop (SIW) held under the SISO banner was the 1997 Spring SIW in Orlando. SIWs have continued semi-annually since 1997. In 2001, SISO also began holding annual Euro-SIWs at various locations in Europe. In 2003, the

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Standards Activities Board (SAB) granted the SISO Standards Activities Committee (SAC) status as a recognized

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Sponsor Committee. SISO is also recognized as a Standards Development Organization (SDO) by

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. In addition, SISO is a Category C Liaison Organization with

ISO/IEC JTC 1 ISO/IEC JTC 1, entitled "Information technology", is a joint technical committee (JTC) of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Its purpose is to develop, maintain an ...

for the development of standards for the representation and interchange of data regarding Synthetic Environment Data Representation and Interchange Specification ( SEDRIS).Miller, Duncan C.,"A Brief Overview of SISO", SISO, 2009
SISO was an original sponsor of SimSummit.

Contributions

SISO originated, maintained, or contributed standards: *

1278

Distributed Interactive Simulation Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) is an IEEE standard for conducting real-time platform-level wargaming across multiple host computers and is used worldwide, especially by military organizations but also by other agencies such as those inv ...

(DIS) *

1516 High Level Architecture (HLA) for Modeling and Simulation *

1730 DSEEP Distributed Simulation Engineering and Execution Process *

ISO/IEC ISO/IEC JTC 1, entitled "Information technology", is a joint technical committee (JTC) of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Its purpose is to develop, maintain and ...

18023-1, SEDRIS—Part 1: Functional specification *

18023-2, SEDRIS—Part 2: Abstract transmittal format *

18023-3, SEDRIS—Part 3: Transmittal format binary encoding *

18024-4, SEDRIS language bindings—Part 4: C *

18025, Environmental Data Coding Specification (EDCS) *

18041-4, EDCS language bindings—Part 4: C *

18026, Spatial Reference Model (SRM) *

18042-4, SRM language bindings—Part 4: C * SISO-STD-001-2015: Guidance, Rationale, & Interoperability Modalities for the

RPR FOM The Real-time Platform Reference Federation Object Model (RPR FOM) enables linking computer simulations of discrete physical entities into complex virtual worlds. It is a High Level Architecture (HLA) federation object model developed for distribut ...

(GRIM 2.0) * SISO-STD-001.1-2015: Real-time Platform Reference Federation Object Model (

2.0) * SISO-STD-002-2006: Standard for: Link16 Simulations * SISO-STD-003-2006; Base Object Model (BOM) Template Specification * SISO-STD-003.1-2006; Guide for BOM Use and Implementation * SISO-STD-004-2004: Dynamic Link Compatible HLA API Standard for the HLA Interface Specification * SISO-STD-004.1-2004: Dynamic Link Compatible HLA API Standard for the HLA Interface Specification * SISO-STD-005-200X: Link 11 A/B * SISO-STD-006-200X: Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Simulation Package Interoperability (CSPI) * SISO-STD-007-2008: Military Scenario Definition Language (MSDL) * SISO-STD-008-200X: Coalition- Battle Management Language (C-BML)

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External links

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SISO Web Site
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