RE: [emergency-msg] ICS form req's draft

[Allen Wyke <emtc@nc.rr.com>]

On Thu, 2003-07-17 at 15:46, Art Botterell wrote:
> Allen -
> 
> Let me try to say this plainly, because it seems to have become 
> confused:  The ICS messages are an entirely separate project from 
> CAP.  

Perfect! That is what I originally thought and I 100% agree with.

> The ONLY connection between CAP and the ICS messages is that 
> one individual (me) suggested that a particular subset of the 
> elements used in CAP might also be useful in the ICS-201 
> implementation.

Maybe I am not understanding "how" you are planning on using the subset. Are you proposing to use the same structure as used in CAP, OR are you saying to use CAP ("connection" implies use CAP)? For example, let's say the following is an example of AllenXML.

<allen>
  <name>
    <first>John</first>
    <last>Doe</last>
  </name>
</allen>

Now, let's say the following is ArtXML.

<art>
  <name>
    <first>John</first>
    <last>Doe</last>
  </name>
</art>

Now, if ArtXML said it used a "subset of AllenXML" (<name> element and children elements), then the following would be essentially be true (implying a namespace is defined elsewhere and yes, I know the "gracefully" way to do this is to use the import feature of XML Schema, but please just go with me here)

<art>
  <allen:name>
    <allen:first>John</allen:first>
    <allen:last>Doe</allen:last>
  </allen:name>
</art>

So, are you saying the ICS effort would import the same elements from the CAP schema, or you would just use the same definition in the ArtXML (aka redefine them again)?

Allen

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R. Allen Wyke
Chair, Emergency Management TC
emtc@nc.rr.com
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/emergency