| Summary: | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited === New facility construction and existing facility renovation create new or modified
operation and maintenance (O&M) requirements for the maintenance responsibility
organization such as a Public Works Department (PWD). This O&M requirement is fully
described by an Operation and Maintenance Support Information (OMSI) package.
OMSI content includes facility, systems, and product information.
This thesis will address information integration, the process of allowing
information systems to cross-communicate and share data. OMSI information integrated
within the framework of a Computer-Aided Facility Management (CAFM) system allows
for early identification of O&M requirements, an improved planning capability for new
facilities, and more efficient economies of scale. In addition to PWD manpower savings,
OMSI-CAFM integration will also allow a revolution in the way O&M requirements are
planned and created. Preliminary OMSI information would be ideally created by the
design A/E after having considered work force capability from both a workload and
expertise perspective. While this may be impractical due to the changing nature of
workforce capability and the lengthy planning and design cycle of military construction,
OMSI-CAFM integration will certainly allow O&M planning to begin early in the OMSI
development stages. OMSI submittals can be layered to provide preliminary planning
information in the first submittal and add additional detailed information in later
submittals. In such a manner, PWD O&M planners can begin an incremental planning
effort early in the facility construction phase. This thesis provides a non-proprietary, no-cost solution to OMSI-CAFM
information integration that minimizes specialized knowledge on the part of the OMSI
AE. This will allow a broad applicability of the solution to all OMSI developers,
including those for smaller non-MILCON projects that aren’t specifically funded for
OMSI generation. An effective solution must also provide for easy and inexpensive
repurposing of OMSI information for future (and as yet unknown) uses. The solution
uses XML technologies (XML, XSD, XLS, XLST, XPath, XQuery, etc) and XML
storage systems for the content creation, management, and repurposing of OMSI
information. === Lieutenant Commander, Unites States Navy
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