Re: [emergency-rim] The value of "Unknown" for Urgency, Severity, Certainty in CAP and Elsewhere

[Doug Allport <doug@allport.ca>]

Rex et al

In CAP 1.2 we added "to no known" to the statement associated with CAP Severity Minor; it now reads "Minimal to no known threat to life or property". I believe we have a clear value for "insignificant". 

I look at the use of "unknown" as A. Lazy or B. Managing issuer risk, as it may be easier to defend the ongoing practice of using unknown than it is a stated value that proves to be less or greater than it should have been. If we are to add a value, we might need "Not willing to state one". 

My two cents…

Doug

From: Rex Brooks <rex.brooks@ncoic.org>
Reply-To: "rex.brooks@ncoic.org" <rex.brooks@ncoic.org>
Date: Thursday, 7 February, 2013 1:04 PM
To: "emergency-rim@lists.oasis-open.org" <emergency-rim@lists.oasis-open.org>, "art.botterell@west.cmu.edu" <art.botterell@west.cmu.edu>, Jake Westfall <jake@jpw.biz>, "Christian, Eliot" <echristi@usgs.gov>, Elysa Jones <ElysaJones@yahoo.com>
Subject: [emergency-rim] The value of "Unknown" for Urgency, Severity, Certainty in CAP and Elsewhere

Hi Everyone,

In today's EM RIM meeting we discussed the issue of how the value of

"Unkown" for Urgency, Severity and Certainty is commonly taken, how the

weather service uses it and how it is viewed by other domains in

Emergency Management. We are thinking of changing it or defining it more

emphatically or removing it in favor of other value terms which might be

better understood.

So we are asking your opinions on and experience in this.

Best Regards,

Rex

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