2. Civil Military Fusion Center (CFC)
Report
• “Armed Groups in the Sinai Peninsula”
• 3100 words total
• 228 terms identified as ontology content
• Map to 65 Parent Classes…then to…
• 17 Higher-Level Parent Classes
• Give structure to “unstructured data”
– Text heavy documents do have a structure
– Aggregation of data and facts
– Creation of a Common Operational Picture
4. “Listen, S-2,” the colonel said, “I don’t care about how many inches of rainfall to expect.
I don’t care about the percentage of lunar illumination. I don’t want lots of facts and
figures. Number one, I don’t have time, and number two, they don’t do me any good.
What I need is to know what it all means. Can the Cobras fly in this stuff or not? Will my
tanks get bogged down in this mud? Don’t read me lists of enemy spottings; tell me
what the enemy’s up to. Get inside his head. You don’t have to impress me with how
much data you can collect; I know you’re a smart guy, S-2. But I don’t deal in data; I deal
in pictures. Paint me a picture, got it?” (MCDP 6 pg. 2)
5. Mapping CFC Report Content to Ontologies
• Artifact
– Facility
– Technical Artifact
• Event
– Criminal Event
– Military Event
• Name
– Artifact/Facility Name
– Place Name
– Person Name
– Organization Name
– Geographic Feature Name
• Geographic Feature
• Object Aggregate
– Network
• Organization
• Person Roles
• Artifact Roles
228 terms in the Civil Information
Fusion Center (CFC) report were
identified as ontology content
They map to Ontological Categories
shown here
This is the semantic structure of the
report…
…which is made up of unstructured
data
6. Organization Names in CFC Report
Militant Organization Names
Islamic Militant Organization
Libyan Militant Group
Jaish al Islam (Army of Islam)
Ansar Bayit al Maqdis (Supporters of Jerusalem)
Ansar Jerusalem
Algerian Militant Group
Tawhid al Jihad (Monotheism and Holy War)
Palestinian Intifada
Military Organization Name
Israeli Military
Egyptian Army
Terrorist Organization Name
Hamas
Hezbollah
Muslim Brotherhood
Tafkir Wal Hijra (Anathema and Exile)
al Qaeda
Organization Name
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
Mujahedeen Council of Shura in Environs of
Jerusalem
Ansar al Sunnah
Civil Military Fusion Center
7. Names in CFC Report
News Magazine Name
Long War Journal
Time
News Website Name
Ahram Online
Al Monitor
Jerusalem Post
Times of Israel
Ahram Online
Africa Review
The Guardian
Y Net News
Defence Web
Daily News Egypt
News Organization Name
Egypt Independent
Reuters
CNN
New York Times
PBS
Reuters
British Broadcasting Corporation
8. Event Names
Arab Spring
2005 Sharm el Sheikh Bombing
Military Event Name
Operation Eagle
Operation Sinai
Event Names in CFC Report
9. Person Name
Hosni Mubarak
Allan Johnson
Osama bin Laden
Shukri Mustafa
Mohammed Morsi
Essam Haddad
Tribal Name
Sawarka Tribe
Tarabin Tribe
Muszeina Tribe
Artifact Name
Suez Canal
Names in CFC Report
10. Place Name
North Africa
Sanai
Middle East
Israel
North Sinai
South Sinai
Gaza
Khartoum
Geospatial Object Name
Northern Sinai Mountain Range
Northern Sinai
Country Name
Egypt
Iran
Israel
Spain
Libya
Sudan
Place Names in CFC Report
11. Objects in CFC Report
Geospatial Object
Battleground
Operational Area
Border Area
Demilitarized Zone
Territory
Lawless Region
Escape Route
Border
Peninsula
Mainland
Terrorist Sanctuary
Rugged Terrain
Object Aggregate
Network
Disenfranchised Population
Object Role
Hideout
Transit Point
Target
12. Artifacts in CFC Report
Facility
Mosque
Weapons Factory
Militant Base
Tunnel Network
Tunnel
Gas Pipeline
Technical Artifact
Weapon
Fence
Bomb
Landmine
13. Events in CFC Report
Criminal Event
Act of Murder
Rocket Attack
Mortar Attack
Individual Attack
Arms Trafficking Event
Bombing Event
Smuggling Event
Assassination
Terrorist Event
Illegal Activity
Smuggling Event
Human Trafficking Event
Killing Event
Kidnapping Event
Smuggling Event
Smuggling Activity
Terrorist Act
Military Event
Blockade Event
Revolutionary Event
Military Clash
Military Campaign
Military Operation
Airstrike
15. Organizations in CFC Report
Military Organization
Army
Multinational Force
Egyptian Security Force
Multi-National Organization
Multinational Observer Organization
Social/Familial Organization
Clan
Tribe
Bedouin Tribe
Family
Criminal Organization
Terror Group
Terror Organization
Radical Group
Radical Islamic Organization
Extremist Group
Jihadist Group
Criminal Network
Terrorist Network
Smuggling Network
Terror Group
Cell
Terrorist Organization
Terrorist Group
16. Person Roles in CFC Report
Person Roles in CFC
Report
Journalist
Police
Infidel
Government Minister
Bedouin Leader
Soldier
Worker
Tourist
Journalist
Policeman
Enemy
Extremist
Map to
Person
Ontology
17. Relations
Standardized relations, such as
the ones shown here, are used
throughout reports to relate
geospatial objects,
organizations, events, persons,
locations, etc…
Relations create information
from data and are required for
describing the world—e.g.
creating a Common Operational
Picture.
18. Conclusion
• Standardized Ontologies facilitate:
– Semantic Enhancement of Data Resources based
upon common ontologies
– Grouping of terms under commonly accepted
categories
– Enhanced querying across report/data types
– Enhanced retrieval of documents and data
elements
– Facilitate “Painting” a Common Operational
Picture from data
