Open Source Information System
Encyclopedia
The Open Source Information System (OSIS) is the former name of an American unclassified network
serving the US intelligence community
with open source intelligence
.
Since mid-2006, the content of OSIS is now known as Intelink-U
while the network portion is known as DNI-U.
Additional commercial datasources, such as Oxford Analytica
, as well as unclassified library holdings of several OSIS member agencies, including DIA
, reside on OSIS.
OSIS also offers specialized software and other tools to assist users in analysis and graphical interpretations of data.
machine translation
(MT) capability to provide "real time" rough translations of foreign language information. This was the first MT system to be integrated with the Web; implemented by the MITRE Corporation in the early 1990s.
OSIS users access the World Wide Web
and employ the full range of Internet protocols to collect information and conduct business with U.S. Government, academic and industrial organizations. OSIS users are seen by non-U.S. Government Internet
clients as "osis.gov".
A firewall prevents non-OSIS Internet users from accessing the OSIS.
Computer network
A computer network, often simply referred to as a network, is a collection of hardware components and computers interconnected by communication channels that allow sharing of resources and information....
serving the US intelligence community
Intelligence community
Intelligence community may refer to* Bangladeshi intelligence community* Croatian intelligence community * Israeli intelligence community* Italian intelligence community, see SISMI...
with open source intelligence
Open source intelligence
Open-source intelligence is a form of intelligence collection management that involves finding, selecting, and acquiring information from publicly available sources and analyzing it to produce actionable intelligence...
.
Since mid-2006, the content of OSIS is now known as Intelink-U
Intelink
Intelink is a group of secure intranets used by the United States Intelligence Community. The first Intelink network was established in 1994 to take advantage of Internet capabilities and services to promote intelligence dissemination and business workflow...
while the network portion is known as DNI-U.
Contents
OSIS contents include:- CIRC (Central Information Reference and Control)
- A databaseDatabaseA database is an organized collection of data for one or more purposes, usually in digital form. The data are typically organized to model relevant aspects of reality , in a way that supports processes requiring this information...
of over 10 million titles on scientific and technical topics, including patents, standardsStandardizationStandardization is the process of developing and implementing technical standards.The goals of standardization can be to help with independence of single suppliers , compatibility, interoperability, safety, repeatability, or quality....
, military equipment and systems. - Conference Database of upcoming symposia, congresses, and conventions in the areas of scienceScienceScience is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
, technologyTechnologyTechnology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
, engineeringEngineeringEngineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
, politicsPoliticsPolitics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
, and economicsEconomicsEconomics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
. - DTEDDTEDDTED is a standard of digital datasets which consists of a matrix of terrain elevation values. This standard was originally developed in the 1970s to support aircraft radar simulation and prediction....
(Digital Terrain Elevation Data) map collection [from The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGANational Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyThe National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is an agency of the federal government of the United States with the primary mission of collecting, analyzing and distributing geospatial intelligence in support of national security. NGA was formerly known as the National Imagery and Mapping Agency ...
), formerly the National Imagery and Mapping Association (NIMA)] provides global coverage. - OSCOpen Source CenterThe Director of National Intelligence Open Source Center is a United States government intelligence center that provides analysis of open source materials, including gray literature, through OSC's headquarters and overseas bureaus...
(Open Source Center, formerly FBISForeign Broadcast Information ServiceForeign Broadcast Information Service was an open source intelligence component of the Central Intelligence Agency's Directorate of Science and Technology. It monitored, translated, and disseminated within the U.S. government openly available news and information from media sources outside the...
, Foreign Broadcast Information Service) products include the Daily Reports, Science & Technology Perspectives, Trends, and Pacific Rim Economic Review. - IC ROSE database service provides searchable text articles from hundreds of periodicals on a wide range of subjects.
- TCOM (Telecommunications) contains abstracts and complete articles on telecommunications related topics.
- TEL (Technical Equipment List) indexes over 100,000 brochures and manuals on telecommunications and related equipment.
Additional commercial datasources, such as Oxford Analytica
Oxford Analytica
Oxford Analytica is an international consulting firm providing strategic analysis of world events. It was founded in 1975 by David Young, an American employee of the National Security Council during the Nixon administration and one of the four in the Watergate scandal.Clients of Oxford Analytica...
, as well as unclassified library holdings of several OSIS member agencies, including DIA
Dia
Dia is free and open source general-purpose diagramming software, developed originally by Alexander Larsson. Dia uses a controlled single document interface similar to GIMP and Sodipodi.- Features :...
, reside on OSIS.
OSIS also offers specialized software and other tools to assist users in analysis and graphical interpretations of data.
Real time translation
OSIS makes available the National Air Intelligence Center's (NAIC) SYSTRANSYSTRAN
SYSTRAN, founded by Dr. Peter Toma in 1968, is one of the oldest machine translation companies. SYSTRAN has done extensive work for the United States Department of Defense and the European Commission....
machine translation
Machine translation
Machine translation, sometimes referred to by the abbreviation MT is a sub-field of computational linguistics that investigates the use of computer software to translate text or speech from one natural language to another.On a basic...
(MT) capability to provide "real time" rough translations of foreign language information. This was the first MT system to be integrated with the Web; implemented by the MITRE Corporation in the early 1990s.
OSIS users access the World Wide Web
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
and employ the full range of Internet protocols to collect information and conduct business with U.S. Government, academic and industrial organizations. OSIS users are seen by non-U.S. Government Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
clients as "osis.gov".
A firewall prevents non-OSIS Internet users from accessing the OSIS.