DS-RT '09 Proceedings of the 2009 13th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications
Integration of simulations, battle command, and technology
SIW '09 Proceedings of the 2009 SISO European Simulation Interoperability Workshop
UK Experiences of Using Coalition Battle Management Language
DS-RT '11 Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE/ACM 15th International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications
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The Battle Management Language (BML) has been developed as an unambiguous representation of orders, reports and requests between military command and control (C2) systems and simulations. This paper describes development of two critical elements for BML experimentation. The first is a Web service that is used as a repository for the orders, reports, and requests, packaged as XML documents and stored in a relational database in a standard format. The second is a graphic user interface that supports inspection and modification of BML documents using forms that are created from the BML schemas at runtime, combined with a geospatial interface. This paper describes the role of these elements in C2-simulation interoperation and describes their architecture and features, as motivated by application in NATO Coalition BML experimentation. The software described is available as open source.