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Subject: Re: [emergency] FYI: Draft Address Data Content Standard
Good reply from Eliot that I thought the whole group would benefit from. Going to try and cross post with the Infrastructure group as well, although previous attempts have been unsuccessful. Allen -----Forwarded Message----- > From: Eliot Christian <echristian@usgs.gov> > To: R. Allen Wyke <emtc@nc.rr.com> > Subject: Re: [emergency] FYI: Draft Address Data Content Standard > Date: 09 May 2003 06:53:10 -0400 > > At 04:48 PM 5/7/2003 -0400, you wrote: > >Hmmm.....I looked over this, and maybe I am missing something, but this > >doesn't seem like the purpose is to "facilitate the exchange of address > >information", but rather to facilitate "the processing" of address > >information, which may or may not be the act of exchanging. > > Sure, but if you are simply building a system for your own, internal > use then it doesn't make sense for you to invest significant thought > in issues of interoperability. On the other hand, if your system will > exchange address information you will have to think about the various > concepts and conventions that comprise an "address". > > > I am clearly > >no expert on the problem this is solving, but it seems a bit like > >killing a fly with a elephant gun. > > In my experience, the biggest problems in IT are typically regarded > as trivial at first glance. The tendency to trivialize is probably > a major reason these problems remain largely unsolved on a broad > scale. (The only interoperability problem larger than the "address" > problem is the, somewhat related, problem of "identity".) > > >It is also interesting that a lot of what is here is already achieved by > >the de facto vCard standard (explained here, http://www.imc.org/pdi, > >along with its sister vCalendar). vCard does not, however, talk about > >how to process and use the data - it just describes it. > > Yep, interoperability with vCard should be straightfoward. > > >So, my personal commentary aside, what were your thoughts on how this > >applied to the efforts of the EM TC? Something the Infrastructure SC > >should think about, since "processing" is certainly within its area of > >concentration? > > Yes, and relevant when processing things like Incident Reports, I would > think. > > Eliot > -- R. Allen Wyke Chair, Emergency Management TC emtc@nc.rr.com http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/emergency
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