Public Comment

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Comment from: jskeels@fs.fed.us

Name: Timothy Grapes on behalf of Jon Skeels
Title: Senior Project Manager
Organization:
WO-Fire & Aviation Staff
Information Systems Project Office
USDA Forest Service / National Wildfire Coordinating Group
Regarding Specification:  EDXL-DE v 1.0

A meeting was held on October 3, 2005 between the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG - represented by Jon Skeels) and representatives
of the DHS Disaster Management eGov initiative and the OASIS Emergency Management Technical Committee.  The NWCG has reviewed the EDXL Distribution Element during this public comment period.  The purpose of the meeting was to address NWCG comments and questions, and to facilitate submission of their formal comments back to OASIS.

The following formal comments regarding the EDXL Distribution Element are submitted on behalf of the NWCG.

"The EDXL Distribution Element must contain explicit (optional) elements identifying a  declared incident.  At a minumum the following elements must be added.  These elements are considered to be essential for standard adoption and for a "Yes" vote by the NWCG.

1- Incident identifier
2- Incident Description"

Regards,
Jon Skeels
NWCG