The Open Source Information System (OSIS) is the former name of an American unclassified

network Network, networking and networked may refer to: Science and technology * Network theory, the study of graphs as a representation of relations between discrete objects * Network science, an academic field that studies complex networks Mathematics ...

serving the U.S. intelligence community with

open source intelligence Open-source intelligence (OSINT) is the collection and analysis of data gathered from open sources (covert and publicly available sources) to produce actionable intelligence. OSINT is primarily used in national security, law enforcement, and bus ...

. Since mid-2006, the content of OSIS is now known as Intelink-U while the network portion is known as

DNI-U A variety of networks operating in special security domains handle classified information in the United States or sensitive but unclassified information, while other specialized networks are reserved specifically for unclassified use by the same a ...

OSIS contents include: *CIRC (Central Information Reference and Control) *A

database In computing, a database is an organized collection of data stored and accessed electronically. Small databases can be stored on a file system, while large databases are hosted on computer clusters or cloud storage. The design of databases spa ...

of over 10 million titles on scientific and technical topics, including

patents A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A p ...

standards Standard may refer to: Symbols * Colours, standards and guidons, kinds of military signs * Standard (emblem), a type of a large symbol or emblem used for identification Norms, conventions or requirements * Standard (metrology), an object t ...

military equipment A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct ...

and systems. *''Conference Database'' of upcoming symposia, congresses, and conventions in the areas of

science Science is a systematic endeavor that Scientific method, builds and organizes knowledge in the form of Testability, testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earli ...

technology Technology is the application of knowledge to reach practical goals in a specifiable and reproducible way. The word ''technology'' may also mean the product of such an endeavor. The use of technology is widely prevalent in medicine, scie ...

engineering Engineering is the use of scientific method, scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad rang ...

politics Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that stud ...

, and

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analy ...

. *

DTED DTED (or Digital Terrain Elevation Data) is a standard of digital datasets which consists of a matrix of terrain elevation values, i.e., a Digital Elevation Model. This standard was originally developed in the 1970s to support aircraft radar sim ...

(Digital Terrain Elevation Data) map collection NGA), formerly the National Imagery and Mapping Association (NIMA)">National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency">NGA), formerly the National Imagery and Mapping Association (NIMA)provides global coverage. *

OSC OSC may refer to: Organizations * ''Odborové sdružení československé,'' the Czechoslovak Trade Union Association * Office of Special Counsel (in the United States of America) * Ohio Supercomputer Center, a computing research facility in Col ...

(Open Source Center, formerly FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service) products include the Daily Reports, Science & Technology Perspectives, Trends, and

Pacific Rim Economic Review The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

. *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 Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than tha ...

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 is an international consulting firm providing strategic analysis of world events. It was founded in 1975 by David Young (Watergate), David Young, an American employee of the United States National Security Council, National Secur ...

, 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.

Real time translation

OSIS makes available the National Air Intelligence Center's (NAIC) SYSTRAN

machine translation Machine translation, sometimes referred to by the abbreviation MT (not to be confused with computer-aided translation, machine-aided human translation or interactive translation), is a sub-field of computational linguistics that investigates t ...

(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.Tools for the knowledge analyst: an information superiority visionary demonstration
Computer Software and Applications Conference, 1998 OSIS users access the

World Wide Web The World Wide Web (WWW), commonly known as the Web, is an information system enabling documents and other web resources to be accessed over the Internet. Documents and downloadable media are made available to the network through web se ...

and employ the full range of Internet protocols to collect information and conduct business with

U.S. Government The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, a city within a fede ...

, academic and industrial organizations. OSIS users are seen by non-U.S. Government

Internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a ''internetworking, network of networks'' that consists ...

clients as "osis.gov". A firewall prevents non-OSIS Internet users from accessing the OSIS.

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External links

DNI-U Remote Access website

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