Re: Feedback on Example Practices: CAP Elements WD09 document [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Anthony Mancuso <amancuso@google.com>]

Thanks Greg. I will adjust both of our CAP Example Practices doc, Really appreciate the feedback.

Tony Mancuso

On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 8:04 PM, Trott, Gregory <Gregory.Trott@ag.gov.au> wrote:

UNCLASSIFIED

For EMA C&D SC and Tony Mancuso,

 

Not sure whether this email will get through the Kavi firewall to the EMA SC members as I am not on the SC roster, so I have CC’d to relevant members as a backup.

 

I have been reviewing the content of the “Example Practices: CAP Elements” WD09 document today, with the view of deciding what information should be considered for insertion into a future revision of the Australian CAP Profile (CAP-AU) document.  I am responsible for revising the CAP-AU document over the next few months.  The CAP Elements document version I am reviewing is from:

https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/emergency-adopt-docs/document.php?document_id=48710

 

I have noted one issue so far in your CAP Elements document that the CAP Profiles Sub Committee decided was required in the CAP-AU Profile, regarding the use of the word “tag”. 

 

The CAP Profiles SC highlighted during the development of the CAP-AU Profile in 2012 that in order to be consistent, the word “tag” or “field” should NOT be used interchangeably to describe a CAP “element”. 

 

The CAP Profiles SC insisted that the CAP-AU Profile reflects a consistent use of “Element” to refer only to the four overarching sections of a CAP message (<alert>, <info>, <resource>, or <area> elements) or “Sub-element” to refer to all other parts of the CAP message sitting within each of the four Elements.

 

There are a number of instances in your CAP Elements document where “tag” is used when it should really be “Element” or “Sub-element” to be consistent with previous Profiles SC advice, so I wanted to highlight this Profiles SC issue to you for consideration.

 

 

 

Regards,

 

Greg Trott 

 

CAP-AU Custodian for the Australian Government standard for Common Alerting Protocol

Australian Government Attorney-General's Department

 

Download the CAP-AU-STD from www.em.gov.au/CapAuStd

 

 

 

 

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