Re: [emergency] Groups - CAP 1.1 Subcommittee Draft(CAP_1.1-draft_1-4-05) uploaded

[Art Botterell <acb@incident.com>]

At last, a constructive suggestion!  Personally I'd have no problem 
with that suggested language, although my opinion isn't what matters. 
I think this issue was referred back to the GIS subcommittee last 
week, so I'm forwarding this to them.

Thanks!

- Art

At 5:44 AM -0600 1/18/05, Jeff Kyser wrote:
>Still seems to me that the following is clearer
>and more precise (Section 3.3.1):
>
>	Latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere and longitudes in the
>	Western Hemisphere are signed negative with a leading dash.
>
>(as opposed to 'Coordinates in the Southern and Western Hemispheres ...')
>
>A similar sentence has been added to Section 1.5, it would benefit from
>the same language.
>
>-jeff
>
>
>On Jan 9, 2005, at 10:14 PM, Art Botterell wrote:
>
>>Bob -
>>
>>Your concern was discussed at some length by both the GIS and 
>>Messaging Subcommittees.  During the 11/30 call the Messaging 
>>Subcommittee took up Issue 14 and voted to stick with this 
>>formulation, which is in line with GIS industry and ISO usage.
>>
>>Of course you're welcome to offer an amendment to the full TC for 
>>discussion on our next call, hopefully with some specific alternate 
>>language.  After that it'll be up to the Committee.
>>
>>- Art
>>
>>
>>At 10:35 PM -0500 1/9/05, Bob Wyman wrote:
>>>Art Botterell wrote:
>>>>  The CAP 1.1 spec as approved by the Messaging Subcommittee.  Please
>>>>  review for approval to move it to public comment ASAP.
>>>	In the issues list for the CAP specification, it is stated that
>>>issue 14 would be addressed in 1.1... Yet, the offending and non-sensical
>>>sentence "Coordinates in the Southern and Western hemispheres are signed
>>>negative with a leading dash." remains in the specification. As I have been
>>>saying, since before 1.0 was approved by this working group, "coordinates"
>>>can't be signed -- only the components of a coordinate can be signed.
>>>	I suggest that an effort should be made to incorporate committed
>>>changes to the specification before it is released for public comment.
>>>
>>>	bob wyman
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: acb@incident.com [mailto:acb@incident.com]
>>>Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 6:33 PM
>>>To: emergency@lists.oasis-open.org
>>>Subject: [emergency] Groups - CAP 1.1 Subcommittee Draft
>>>(CAP_1.1-draft_1-4-05) uploaded
>>>
>>>The CAP 1.1 spec as approved by the Messaging Subcommittee.  Please review
>>>for approval to move it to public comment ASAP.
>>>
>>>- Art
>>>
>>>  -- Art Botterell
>>>
>>>The document named CAP 1.1 Subcommittee Draft (CAP_1.1-draft_1-4-05) has
>>>been submitted by Art Botterell to the OASIS Emergency Management TC
>>>document repository.
>>>
>>>Document Description:
>>>A draft update to the CAP specification incorporating issues identified to
>>>date.  Approved by the Messaging Subcommittee on 1/4/05.
>>>
>>>Download Document: 
>>>http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/emergency/download.php/10905/CA
>>>P_1.1-draft_1-4-05
>>>
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