Fwd: RE: The Sample Incident Information

[Art Botterell <acb@incident.com>]

The following is from Gary... I'm sure we all understand and 
appreciate his care about this. - Art

>Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 13:20:03 -0400
>From: "Ham, Gary A" <hamg@BATTELLE.ORG>
>Subject: RE: The Sample Incident Information
>
>Art,  please pass to the sub-committee:
>
>I just wish to reiterate to the committee that this information is just a
>starter set: 
>Drop things out or add things in as needed. Change the hierarchy if you
>want.  Art just wanted something real on the table, so I provided a small
>starter set based on a real implementation.
>
>There is NO attempt by DMIS to push its particular structure in any way.  As
>an interoperability service, our architecture must be defined for
>adaptability.  Our goal is to adapt to all emerging standards, both defined
>and de facto. So DMIS will accommodate your decisions, not try to push its
>own.  
>
>Sorry for the soap box, but I did not want my provision of a draft data
>structure to be misinterpreted in any way.
>
>Respectfully,
>
>Gary Ham