EM TC Meeting Minutes
May 6th, 2003
Attendee List is now maintained on the EM TC OASIS Website.
Meeting Minutes
The purpose of the TC meetings,now that the subcommittees (SC) are in place, are to get updates from each SC and find out where the TC can help.
Notification, Methods and Messages
Update from Art Boterell, chair
- Recommendation of Requirements document for CAP. Referred to TC for review/approval (whatever TC decides is required). Would like requirements document to become a TC document. Allen stated that document would come from SC but represent the TC.
- Working on two other projects
- ICS Forms
- Incident Notification Messaging - information should be available this week.
GIS
Update from Eliot Christian, Co-chair
- Focusing on geometry aspect of CAP
- Specific recommendation on how to do geometry
- Look at CAP format: what has implicit assumptions and constraints must be documented
- Ambiguities are addressed in protocol
- May be able to address optional parameters, such as elevation
- Allen - can group make recommendations for transform services? The OpenGIS will be providing those
Infrastructure Framework
Gary Ham presented update
- The group reviewed the types of items that are being considered
- Most items being discussed already have other sponsors
- A lot of discussion of data repository issues
- No requirements document has been created - focusing more on enabling capabilities
- Gathering information to address issues
- Eliot noted that the eGov Infrastructure Group has a discussion paper addressing semantic registry issues.
- Art - reliability and security are issues that will connect with our target audience
- Rick - each member of the SC will bring an elemental standard to next week's meeting. Rick has developed a matrix that he will provide to the TC.
Other Items
May 15 - 17: Partnership for Public Warning Conference
- will include workshop for CAP - currently scheduled for afternoon of 5/15
- $10 fee for exhibitor/workshops
- more detailed information can be found at
www.ppw.us
Next Meeting
The TC meetings are now held ever other week. The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 20th 10am PDT/1pm EDT.
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