SORD Gateway

StackFrame supports multiple contracts for the development and enhancement of the Simulation Object Runtime Database (SORD) Gateway. The SORD Gateway provides access to internal OneSAF data and supports interoperability between the OneSAF simulation and external applications by using XML over HTTP to provide a RESTful interface.

The SORD Gateway supports distributed simulation within OneSAF and provides battlespace and simulation control objects and events to OneSAF clients. Clients are able to publish, retrieve, and update simulation objects and register for database event notifications.

While OneSAF does support DIS and HLA, this involves a translation of the OneSAF data representation to the DIS/HLA data model. The SORD Gateway provides a more direct pathway to the runtime data model which often has more experimental objects and interactions not represented in the DIS/HLA adapter or the C2 adapter. In this way, external applications, such as AARs, 2D and 3D viewers, have access to more detailed simulation and exercise data, providing even more robust capabilities to the training audience.