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Subject: Re: [emergency] FW: [legalxml-intjustice] GJXDM subset schema exa mple and documen tation
Again, well said and thoroughly put into a good analogy. I will say that public agencies are the only way to sell CAP, though. And I can say that definitively through our (Blue292) involvement in dealing with banks, television stations, etc. Its not just a public sector play. Or rather, it shouldn't be thought of that way. On Mar 23, 2004, at 10:34 AM, Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote: > 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 > > -- R. Allen Wyke Chief Technology Officer awyke@blue292.com 919.806.2440
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