Strategic Mobility 21. Collaborative Regional Web Portal Design, Development and Documentation

Abstract : This report documents the research and initial development of a Web Portal by the strategic Mobility 21 (SM21) program, including defining requirements for an SM21 Web Portal and reviewing current literature and technology associated with Web Portals supporting the transportation and distribution sectors. This document provides an example of a specific service interface that enables collaboration between military and transportation planners and military ship load planners. This paper also describes how the SM21 program is using Web 2.0 collaboration technologies including Wikis, Blogs, and Modeling, Simulation and Analysis tools to address a key program area identified as having significant capability gaps: a regional planning interface that makes data, models, and analyses available to all stakeholders in an interactive and configurable manner. An underlying theme of this report is the merging of Web 2.0 and knowledge management technologies with Service Oriented Architecture.