Re: [emergency] Re: Question Regarding The EM TC

[Rex Brooks <rexb@starbourne.com>]

Hi Wayne,

There is no restriction for using EDXL Resource Messaging at any time. 
The MessageID, SentDateTime and MessageContentType elements are 
required. There is an optional IncidentInformation element which is 
typically used to associate an EDXL-RM message with an incident.

The reason for this, as I recall is that logistics are often arranged 
before and after a specific disaster, so it would have been onerous to 
require all RM messages to cite an incident.

Cheers,
Rex



Mary McRae wrote:
> Hi Wayne,
>
> I'm sure Elysa was just swamped and didn't have an opportunity to 
> respond. I'm going to forward your message to the TC and I'm sure 
> someone will be more than happy to speak with you!
>
> Please feel free to ping me again if you don't hear from someone in a 
> few days.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mary
>
> Mary P McRae
> Director, Standards Development
> Technical Committee Administrator
> OASIS: Advancing open standards for the information society
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>
> Standards are like parachutes: they work best when they're open.
>
>
>
> On May 7, 2010, at 9:42 AM, Wayne Kewitsch wrote:
>
>> Dear Ms. McRae:
>>
>> I’m a first year student in the National Fire Academy’s Executive 
>> Fire Officer program. Part of the program requires the completion of 
>> an applied research project. My project involves inter-dispatch 
>> notification during mutual/automatic aid requests. I found the EDXL 
>> information online and am wondering if EDXL is capable of making 
>> resource requests on a regular basis vs. solely on a disaster basis. 
>> I left a phone message for Ms. Jones but never received a return call.
>>
>> Who would you recommend I speak with regarding my questions?
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> **Wayne Kewitsch** | **Assistant Fire Chief** | **Richfield Fire 
>> Department** | 6700 Portland Ave.| Richfield, MN 55423 | 
>> 612.243.4501(ph) | 612.866.0297(fax)
>>
>

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