Re: EDXL Resource Message

[Elysa Jones <ejones@warningsystems.com>]

Jon,

The Subcommittee will review and get back to you with any questions or 
clarifications required.  Thanks for your input.

Regards,
Elysa Jones, Chair
OASIS EM-TC
Engineering Program Manager
Warning Systems, Inc.
256-880-8702 x102

At 04:40 AM 4/25/2006, Jon Skeels wrote:
>Elysa:  I appoligize for the delay in getting to this.  I have started
>working on this and have questions and need further information.  In your
>note, you reference the "Draft Resource Messaging Specification".
>Unfortunitly I do not have the copy that was submitted by the EIC.  I did
>have a draft which is dated August 12, 2005, but did not find it useful in
>providing my response.  My guess is that my response is very incomplete and
>will require much more information.
>
>The comments provided in the "EDXL RM draft comment" column on the sheet
>you sent uses words like "included".  In this case I assumed that you have
>enough information and don't need any additional.  Where it states "Need
>Definition", I have provided a response.
>
>It should be noted that the ROSS Project Team is currently developing a
>Enterprise Service Bus architecture for message exchange.  As with any
>systems project that use an iterative approach to requirements, design,
>develop, test, and deploy; we have made many important discoveries and
>improvements upon the approach we are taking to implementing a Services
>Oriented Architecture (SOA).  The work we are doing will be used for
>interfaces with many systems external to ROSS.  In the early running, this
>will include 2 Computer Aided Dispatch Systems (CAD Systems) which are used
>in the Wildland Fire focus area, Qualifications and Certification Systems
>(for incident personnel), and several Finance Systems.
>
>My guess is that we will have improved upon many (and perhaps developed
>specifications for new), if not all of the message packages I discussed
>with the EIC.
>
>Hopefully this helps.  If not, please advise.
>
>Jon
>
>
>(See attached file:
>Proposed_EDXL_Message_List_Skeels_Response_2006_0425.doc)
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>Mr. Deitz and Mr. Skeels,
>
>My name is Elysa Jones, Chair of the OASIS Emergency Management Technical
>Committee.  During October of 2005, the EDXL Resource Messaging
>requirements and specification was submitted to OASIS for standards
>review and formalization under the OASIS process.
>
>The requirement was submitted by the Emergency Interoperability
>Consortium (EIC), the Department of Homeland Security's Disaster
>Management e-Gov Initiative, and the Standards Working Group (SWG) it has
>sponsored.
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>Jon Skeels and Judy Crosby have participated in this Standards Working
>Group process, and I understand that Mr. Deitz is the formal contact
>representing the NWCG. At the time of submission to OASIS, Mr. Skeels
>provided a document “Proposed_EDXL_Message_List”, which was included as
>an addendum to the submission to OASIS for additional consideration.
>
>To assist the OASIS technical committee, further information is required
>in order to adequately consider this input.  The original document
>provided by Mr. Skeels is attached with brief annotations / initial
>impressions.  For each bulleted message where it is felt that the
>draft Resource Messaging Specification does not adequately cover, we
>respectfully request that you provide the following information:
>
>1.    Definition of each message and it’s purpose
>2.    Actors involved (who might send and receive this
>message)
>3.    For each, list any message elements not covered by
>the spec
>4.    Definition of additional message elements
>recommended and the purpose of each.
>
>Mr. Skeels and his colleagues were very involved with and supportive of
>this SWG process for resource, and we are happy to consider this
>additional input.  We look forward to your reply, and to your
>continued participation in the process to help make this standard the
>best it can be.
>
>Sincerely,
>
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>
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>
>Elysa Jones, Chair
>OASIS EM-TC
>Engineering Program Manager
>Warning Systems, Inc.
>256-880-8702 x102
>256-694-8702 cell (See attached file:
>Proposed_EDXL_Message_ListJSkeelsAnnotated.do