More info
Description / Abstract:
This document provides an overview of the High Level
Architecture (HLA), defines a family of related HLA documents, and
defines the principles of HLA in terms of responsibilities that
federates (simulations, supporting utilities, or interfaces to live
systems) and federations (sets of federates working together) must
uphold.
Purpose
This document describes the general principles defining the HLA
and delineates the set of rules that apply to HLA federations and
federates. Each rule is then described, and the rationale for its
inclusion is provided.
Many different classes of simulations exist. Each class has
changing application characteristics and needs to be flexibly
supported to allow for interoperability and reuse across classes
and to limit the need to maintain multiple interoperability
approaches. The HLA is a common integrated architecture, which has
been developed to provide a flexible approach for addressing these
interoperability and reuse needs. The related standards need to be
considered as a set of products because changes in one are likely
to have an impact on the others.