Fwd: [emergency-comment] Proposal: make <category> mandatory

[R. Allen Wyke <emergency-tc@earthlink.net>]

And the second one from Art that came across the Public List.

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> From: Art Botterell <acb@incident.com>
> Date: March 28, 2004 5:21:19 PM EST
> To: emergency-comment@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: [emergency-comment] Proposal: make <category> mandatory
>
> Several implementers have reported a desire for a reliable data 
> element that offers greater specificity than the free-text <event> 
> field offers.  While the current optional enumeration of values for 
> <category> is somewhat arbitrary, no better all-hazard taxonomy has 
> been identified.
>
> The current optional list appears to be as good a compromise as is 
> available between providing an adequate level of specificity and 
> requiring originators to struggle with overly subtle distinctions. 
> Additional values can be added in the future, of course, if it turns 
> out some particular distinction actually needs to be drawn more 
> finely.
>
> - Art
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