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Subject: Fwd: [emergency-comment] Proposal: make <category> mandatory
And the second one from Art that came across the Public List. Begin forwarded message: > From: Art Botterell <acb@incident.com> > Date: March 28, 2004 5:21:19 PM EST > To: emergency-comment@lists.oasis-open.org > Subject: [emergency-comment] Proposal: make <category> mandatory > > Several implementers have reported a desire for a reliable data > element that offers greater specificity than the free-text <event> > field offers. While the current optional enumeration of values for > <category> is somewhat arbitrary, no better all-hazard taxonomy has > been identified. > > The current optional list appears to be as good a compromise as is > available between providing an adequate level of specificity and > requiring originators to struggle with overly subtle distinctions. > Additional values can be added in the future, of course, if it turns > out some particular distinction actually needs to be drawn more > finely. > > - Art > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a post to > emergency-comment-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org, or visit > http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/. >
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