Re: [emergency] EM TC 08-26-03 Meeting Minutes

[Allen Wyke <emtc@nc.rr.com>]

On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 00:40, Rex Brooks wrote:
> My comments and answers are placed after item referred to.
> 
> At 10:43 PM -0400 8/28/03, Allen Wyke wrote:
> > Couple of questions/comments, and I apologize for not being on the
> > call.
> > Also, forgive my use of id attributes in my <snip> instances - I
> > could
> > not restrain myself :)
> > 
> > <snip id="1">
> > Continued discussions on symbology for emergency management.
> > 
> >       * When talk about symbology not talking about the artwork,
> > color
> >         and content.
> >       * Are referring to transport, communicate and interoperate.
> >         Does the TC agree with that approach? Yes
> > </snip>
> > 
> > Why not? Why should this not include the artwork? Especially if it
> > can
> > be represented in SVG, preserving (if this was the concern) the XML
> > nature of the effort. Personally, I think including the artwork,
> > even if
> > marked optional in the schema, is something we should do. Not saying
> > this is something we must do - just that I am not clear as to why we
> > would not want to do this.
> 
> 
> I believe what was meant was that we are not as concerned about the
> process of choosing or selecting the specific symbols to represent
> features like hospitals, police and fire stations, etc,as we are about
> ensuring the interoperability of the processes and features the
> symbols represent. That doesn't mean that we are not planning to use
> the symbols, just that we should not be reinventing our own symbols,
> and we should refrain from commenting about the symbols except through
> a liaison, if we have one, to the FGDC.

Ahhh - gotcha. That makes perfect sense - thanx for the clarification.

> > <snip id="2">
> > Department of Homeland Security has taken the TC letter on board.
> > </snip>
> > 
> > What "letter"? Didn't see anything else in the minutes describing
> > such.
> 
> 
> The letter suggesting the proper, well-formed and correct xml coding
> for the threat advisory levels.

Great! It had been so long since it was sent and no followup attempts
were replied to, I thought it wasn't going to happen.


-- 
R. Allen Wyke
Chair, Emergency Management TC
emtc@nc.rr.com
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/emergency