RE: [emergency] FW: [legalxml-intjustice] GJXDM subset schema exa mple and documen tation

["Paul Embley" <pembley@mstar.net>]

As chair of the group that put the GJXDM work together I want to say I
appreciate the observations and critique put forward.  The comments point
out some of the areas we need to work, and also points to some of the
misconceptions there are about the model as well as the effort.  If
interested I can put together a more comprehensive response, or I can give a
short briefing when we are in New Orleans.  We are very interested in the
CAP work and would like as much as possible to be complimentary in our
efforts.

Paul S. Embley
Practitioner Resource Group
502.695.7733 (office)
502.545.0127 (cell)
502.695.0055 (fax)
pembley@ghinternational.com
 

-----Original Message-----
From: R. Allen Wyke [mailto:emergency-tc@earthlink.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 10:21 AM
To: Bullard, Claude L (Len)
Cc: emergency@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: Re: [emergency] FW: [legalxml-intjustice] GJXDM subset schema exa
mple and documen tation

Well put.

As a side note, I did want to comment (personally) on this one 
section....

> Anyway, you might want to adjust your concepts to
> differentiate specifications and standards.  CAP
> and Global Justice are specifications for systems
> groups want to create.  NIBRS and UCR are standards
> for systems that do exist and are in widespread use.
> It isn't smart to bet the farm on a specification.
> It is smart to develop them as affordable.  I'd say
> you definitely want CAP to be part of Global Justice.

I do, IMHO, agree that this is where CAP is - its a specification. 
However, and I can say this as Chair, the primary author of both the 
Charter and Requirements Document, and as a CTO of a company that 
targets both public safety AND business continuity as markets, this was 
NOT the intention of this TC. It was to create standards - not specs. 
Their are 10,000,000,000 different XML schemas out there - they are a 
dime-a-dozen. We do not need more - they are hard enough to sort out. 
What we need are standards - standards for doing things such as 
exchanging Alert information - not just describing it.

Allen

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R. Allen Wyke
Chair, OASIS Emergency Management TC
emergency-tc@earthlink.net


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