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Subject: Re: [emergency] Fwd: OASIS EM TC Category for EDXL standards
Might the promulgation and ongoing maintenance of a recommended standards profile fall within the scope of NIEM? Could the grant language simply reference such a listing? - Art On Sep 19, 2005, at 6:44 AM, Elysa Jones wrote: > Art and others, > I met last week with the DM program and the EIC and we discussed > this topic. There is guidance in the works for grant programs as > well for other federal agencies to use. The particular draft that > was circulated to the TC members was very preliminary. All agreed > that making EIC membership a requirement and forcing DMIS was not > in the best interest of anyone. The main reason for Bill Kalin > sending the message was to ask if we or someone at OASIS had run > into this naming issue before. That is, a way to reference several > standards all in the same discipline but on different upgrade and > development paths. He was particularly interested in getting some > wording from us that would reference the work being done now > including versions to follow as well as additional EDXL emerging > standards. They seem to want to avoid listing each separately and > are concerned about versions getting out of date. Any suggestions? > Elysa Jones, Chair > OASIS EM-TC > Engineering Program Manager > Warning Systems, Inc. > 256-880-8702 x102 > > At 05:19 PM 9/18/2005, Art Botterell wrote: > >> This strikes me as the wrong way to do the right thing. Certainly >> there should be grant guidance language that promotes the use of open >> standards and even perhaps particular ones. >> >> But this has the regrettable appearance of an attempt to carve out >> some bureaucratic turf for EIC and the DM program, by designating >> them as the sole legitimate source of such standards... even before >> those standards are identified, evaluated or even created. >> >> I would think that an eclectic profile of recommended standards, >> drawing from all the available sources and updated from time to time >> as new standards are formalized and old ones are updated, would be >> much more in the inclusive spirit of NEIM. >> >> And from a more tactical point of view, I think it could actually be >> damaging to the current positive reception and uptake of CAP within >> its target domain (alerting and warning) to complicate things by >> confusing it with the much broader, and as yet much less mature, EDXL >> program. >> >> For some time now our workplan has been to continue to promote and >> develop CAP separately while EDXL develops and mature, and then to >> create a fully EDXL-compliant version at CAP 2.0. >> >> I don't believe OASIS or the TC ought to change that approach for >> what appear to be merely bureaucratic reasons. Funding guidance >> language certainly could be written to include CAP and EDXL >> specifically without conflating the two prematurely or preemptively >> excluding other potential sources of valuable standards. >> >> Aside from being bad practice technically, I don't think OASIS and >> this TC want to get embroiled in external jurisdictional issues... >> especially not at a time where the whole current structure of >> emergency management is undergoing so much scrutiny at the highest >> policy levels. >> >> - Art >> >> On Sep 12, 2005, at 9/12/05 3:25 PM, Elysa Jones wrote: >> >> >>> TC Members, I received the following email from Bill Kalin >>> representing the DHS/DM program. There is specific grant guidance >>> language proposed for our review. I would prefer discussion begin >>> on the list and then we can take it up at the next regular TC call >>> 9/20. Elysa >>> >>> >>>> From: "Kalin, Bill" <Bill.Kalin@associates.dhs.gov> >>>> To: "'ejones@warningsystems.com'" <ejones@warningsystems.com> >>>> Cc: Matt Walton <mwalton3@gmail.com>, "Hines, Chip" >>>> <Chip.Hines@dhs.gov>, >>>> "Baker, Ashley" <Ashley.Baker@associates.dhs.gov>, >>>> "McIntyre, Robert" <Robert.Mcintyre@associates.dhs.gov>, >>>> "Wood, Mark" <Mark.Wood@associates.dhs.gov> >>>> Subject: OASIS EM TC Category for EDXL standards >>>> Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 10:11:51 -0400 >>>> >>>> Elysa - We have been asked by the Office of Management and Budget >>>> (OMB) to create standardized RFI/RFP language that federal >>>> agencies would required to use when seeking to purchase an >>>> incident management software application. We want to be able to >>>> refer to EDXL as a single set of standards as opposed to listing >>>> them all individually, including CAP. This is the first step in >>>> creating common grant guidance language that will be required when >>>> local, tribal and state governments are seeking to purchase >>>> incident management tools with DHS grant money. We believe this >>>> will strongly facilitate the adoption of standards within the >>>> vendor community and further develop this emerging market. >>>> >>>> What can be done via OASIS to help create this single type of >>>> category under the OASIS TC? I am attaching a draft of proposed >>>> language for the RFI/RFP's which includes a desired reference to >>>> the OASIS web site. >>>> >>>> >>>> Bill Kalin >>>> Disaster Management eGov Initiative >>>> Office of the Chief Information Officer >>>> Emergency Preparedness and Response/FEMA >>>> Department of Homeland Security >>>> (202) 646-4347 >>>> bill.kalin@associates.dhs.gov >>>> >>> <Purchase_Guidance_DM.doc> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> - >>> To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that >>> generates this mail. You may a link to this group and all your TCs >>> in OASIS >>> at: >>> https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/ >>> my_workgroups.php >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that >> generates this mail. 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