The work described here was performed for the Defense Modeling and Simulation Office as part of its initiative to strengthen the use of simulation and modeling throughout DoD. This work should be of interest to those working in the areas of interoperability of information systems, information resource management (IRM), data dictionary systems, resource directories, data modeling and use of IDEF tools, complex data, data verification, validation, and certification (VV & C), data quality, and assessment of data management technology.

This document contains the proceedings from the July 1994 Information/Data Base Technology Working Group meeting and related task force meetings. RAND participated in this effort at the request of the Director, Defense Modeling and Simulation Office.