EM TC Notifications, Methods and Messages 05/20/03 Meeting Minutes

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Emergency Management Technical Committee
Notifications, Methods and Messages Subcommittee
May 20th, 2003

Attendees:
Art Botterell (chair)
Naseem Elkarra
Jerry Weltman
Gary Ham
Jason Gilliam
Ory Washenbot
John Aerts
Allen Wyke
Cathy Subatch

Meeting Minutes

Notes from  Partnership for Public Warning CAP Workshop

• Art mailed out notes to SC the evening before meeting so all did not have a chance to review.  Will review and comment for next meeting.
  
  Guidance on Security Infrastructure
  • We need a recommendation on security.  This is especially important to our non-technical users.  This should address authenticity, message integrity and in some cases, privacy.
  • Eliot - use RFS as a way of thinking of security
  • John - should follow W3C recommendations.  XML and PKI to authenticate down to the granular level.  MS is cooperating big time around this.  
  • Specific elements of our own security include key management, PKI and digital signature
  • This issue cuts across the entire TC
  • Allen - why don't we pose to the Infrastructure Framework subcommittee that we need a preferred way to exchange standards and let them work on the details.  That SC should take ownership of the security issue.
  • Eliot - we must give the SC common streams
  • Allen - provide use cases and scenarios to the Infrastructure SC and let them determine security options
    
    Other Issues
    • CAP Requirement document - is now at the TC level.
    • Notification Schema discussion -  Need understanding of how it is being used and what the purpose of the schema is.  Gary promised to provide to SC by next meeting.  Gary gave a quick overview, "ability of sharing basic incident information to virtual organizations registered in the DMI-S network, " but will also provide a summary of the business problem being solved.
    • ICS Forms - David Hall is working on and will present to team when he has the time - hopefully in a few weeks.
      
      Action Items
      • Circulate object model - Art
      • Notification Schema statement of purpose (what problem is it addressing) - Gary
        
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