IRIS Forms
IRIS Forms - Clear-cut Structured Information
IRIS Forms offers automated data entry forms for exchanging data between organisations. The exchanged data is unambiguous
and readily understandable for both humans and computer systems.
For mission critical operations, ambiguous information must not be misinterpreted, and hours cannot be spent manually digesting
facts that could be better processed automatically by computer. With IRIS Forms, required information is exchanged easily
and unambiguously.
Full compliance with message text formats (MTFs)
Timely, consistent and coherent information exchange is essential for successful mission critical operations. In the military
world, the ability to collate and utilize own, allied, and enemy forces information provides improves speed of command and
increases combat effectiveness.
Figure 1. Plans can be formed in on-line interaction with other units
IRIS Forms is a world leading product for working with structured forms, offering automatic form generation and content
validation. IRIS Forms is the only COTS product in the world that offers full military MTF compliance and automated message
text forms for effective manual creation and validation of formatted messages.
Product Features and Benefits
The BMS enhances the security of own forces and minimises the risk of friendly fire through the COP and by e.g. enabling
current adjustments to plans that are distributed instantly to relevant parties. Sketches of plans can even be drawn directly
on the screen and be displayed to other units or to HQ immediately.
- Message validation meets standards for the production of correct messages, ensuring interoperability
- Easy-to-use GUI removes the need to know the format-specific details of ADatP-3 or USMTF messages.
- Proven technology, with IRIS Forms' predecessor IRIS Lite used by most NATO and allied countries for the
safe preparation of formatted messages.
- Configuration control ensures that the product is kept up-to-date with the latest versions of the standards.
- Advanced integration features allows information contained within a message to be used to update external
systems such as operational databases and GIS.
Customising IRIS Forms
Customising the IRIS Forms is possible at user and system integrator level. The standard user has a range of options available
to tailor the application; for example, to create personal templates to ease the workload of preparing regularly used Forms.
The advanced user, or system integrator, can set additional options; for example add different colour themes to fit the
specific user environment (for example, no lighting areas).
The user interface can be customised, for example by the addition of a menu or toolbar command to perform the interaction
with some other application. For instance, an added toolbar button can automatically update a database or generate content
from a database.
Figure 2: IRIS Forms shown in browser view designed for particular customer requirement, thereby making it even easier to
view or edit selected information.
Technical Specifications
IRIS Forms is a product which can be used alone or integrated with IRIS Organisational Messaging as a complete message handling
system. Both as stand-alone and integrated with IRIS Organisational Messaging, IRIS Forms is available for the Windows platform
and supplied with an API to easily integrate with other systems. The Following platforms are supported: