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Subject: RE: [emergency] FW: [legalxml-intjustice] GJXDM subset schema exa mple and documen tation
That we need them, I agree. That this is the intent of the TC, I agree. Neither of us are naive about the long haul from specification to standardization. Too many out there believe they can enter a group, create a spec, stamp standard on it and dominate a market by years' end. It is too much like the music business in that respect. A hit will put a group in the spotlight, but it takes three albums full of hits to sustain a long career, so the bands only want to record hits and songwriters compete ferociously for their attention. http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040316/165150_1.html A standards group finds itself in the position of a songwriter trying to get bands with a big following to record their songs, or they have to have their own solo careers. CAP needs to be on a hit album. One looks for the equivalent of the songplugger who can control the local playlists of some market. It is the modern version of payola. To sell CAP, it has to be sold to the state agencies. That's probably obvious from where you sit. len From: R. Allen Wyke [mailto:emergency-tc@earthlink.net] Well put. As a side note, I did want to comment (personally) on this one section.... > Anyway, you might want to adjust your concepts to > differentiate specifications and standards. CAP > and Global Justice are specifications for systems > groups want to create. NIBRS and UCR are standards > for systems that do exist and are in widespread use. > It isn't smart to bet the farm on a specification. > It is smart to develop them as affordable. I'd say > you definitely want CAP to be part of Global Justice. I do, IMHO, agree that this is where CAP is - its a specification. However, and I can say this as Chair, the primary author of both the Charter and Requirements Document, and as a CTO of a company that targets both public safety AND business continuity as markets, this was NOT the intention of this TC. It was to create standards - not specs. Their are 10,000,000,000 different XML schemas out there - they are a dime-a-dozen. We do not need more - they are hard enough to sort out. What we need are standards - standards for doing things such as exchanging Alert information - not just describing it. Allen
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