Testing a NATO OPORD Schema with C - BML

NATO MSG-085 was chartered to "Investigate approaches for the deployment of Coalition BML capabilities complementing existing operational C2 system exchange mechanisms." A recognized capability needed to achieve this is a functional NATO Operations Order (OPORD) for the Battle Management Language (BML). GMU has developed a schema for a NATO OPORD, based on our earlier work with an Army OPORD for Integrated BML (IBML) and, before that, the GeoBML OPORD that has been used in the Common Ground Joint Capability Technology Demonstration. The GMU NATO OPORD schema is available to MSG-085 as a basis for further development. This paper describes the resulting NATO OPORD schema and the associated script for the Scripted BML Web Server, including a description of the modifications necessary to conform to the new SISO C-BML Phase 1 Trial Use draft schema. It concludes with an extended design rationale and implementation details of the example order developed for testing, including consideration of the anticipated application by MSG-085.