CAP aspects of EAS standards development

["FRANK BELL" <frank.w.bell@usa.net>]

Dear Sirs and Mesdames,
First, there are some comments attached, largely they are about CAP aspects of
an improved EAS standard. This proposed standard I am calling EAS+ and I
hereby give OASIS permission to use this name and the terms "EAS+
compatibility" and "EAS+ compliance". The copyright control may be by OASIS or
another organization e.g. FEMA, subject to discussion and relevant legal
restraints.

A powerpoint presentation is the next attachment which gives some overview of
EAS+ as it currently stands. This is work in progress, and OASIS is not the
only relevant standards organization, ATSC is also and perhaps others. Also
Dolby and Ibiquity are two relevant companies.

The final attachment is a proposed implementation of CAP in EAS+. The latter
part of the paper, as explained in the introduction, is a manufacturers group
proposal for EAS. A goal of EAS+ is to be suitable to generate messages that
can be used to generate valid and appropriate CAP messages. The latter CAP
messages are not expected to be identical to the source message. The purpose
of this is that in the event of a failure of the CAP message distribution
network, an EAS+ message can be the source to get a CAP message through.
Consumer electronics may take an active role in EAS+ alerting, primarily to
provide selectivity and also to turn themselves on to give alerts at night or
other times for example.

Another goal of EAS+ is to be able to carry CAP messages or other push
broadcast files (e.g. pdf files) to computers via ISPs, corporate or campus
LANs, etc.

I hope that this submission is in a suitable format and manner of handling, as
although I am an individual member of OASIS, I would appreciate your
assistance. I do have other material that can address questions that may
arise, but at present that does not appear appropriate.
Sincerely,

Frank W. Bell
Cp:(973)460-0722
frank.w.bell@usa.net

OASIS comment1 FBell.xls

EAS+ Overview.ppt

CAP-EAS+2.doc