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Subject: Re: [emergency] Fwd: RE: Establishing A Centralized Database For Katrina Evacuees
Sounds like a good idea but I note that no-one in the thread expressed any security concerns. This centralized database server would be pummeled by all kinds of folks interested in looting, identity theft and fraud. I think one would be better served by one database storing no more information than is contained in a white pages book, along with unique keys that can be mapped to other decentralized databases, some or more which would require more security (such as an individual's SS# or current location). I can't imagine the people finder schema would scale well for tens of thousands of people... it seems like a good replacement for something like a personal ACT contact list at most. Some things just require a real database instead of a monolithic XML file. Cheers Kon > Comments? > > > >Delivered-To: ejones@warningsystems.com > >X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.5.2 > >Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 16:51:11 -0400 > >From: "Alan Kotok" <akotok@aaas.org> > >To: <carol.geyer@oasis-open.org>, <jamie.clark@oasis-open.org> > >Cc: <ejones@warningsystems.com> > >Subject: RE: Establishing A Centralized Database For Katrina Evacuees > >X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.83/1079/Mon Sep 12 09:23:50 2005 on > >magneto.pns.networktel.net > >X-Virus-Status: Clean > >X-NAS-Bayes: #0: 0; #1: 1 > >X-NAS-Classification: 0 > >X-NAS-MessageID: 51129 > >X-NAS-Validation: {4FFF9F5B-0862-47C2-858F-59F6F684AC80} > > > >Carol, Elysa: > > > >I found an XML specification called People Finder Interchange Format. > >It may be a good complement or addition to the Emergency Management TC. > >This spec is in use at KatrinaList.net (http://katrinalist.net/), a > >project of the Katrina People Finder Project. Best regards. > > > > > >Alan Kotok > >Managing Editor, Science/Next Wave > >akotok@aaas.org > >+1 202-326-8965 > >http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/ > > > > > > >>> "Carol Geyer" <carol.geyer@oasis-open.org> 09/09/05 04:16PM >>> > >Alan, > >The OASIS Emergency Management TC is doing a lot of work that will help > >in the event of future Katrinas. I'm not sure if we have > >anything going on now to address the specific need identified here. It > >does seem like something that could be easily resolved. I'll > >pass this message on to the TC chair. > > > >Best regards, > >Carol > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Alan Kotok [mailto:akotok@aaas.org] > >Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 9:19 AM > >To: jamie.clark@oasis-open.org > >Cc: carol.geyer@oasis-open.org > >Subject: Establishing A Centralized Database For Katrina Evacuees > > > >Jamie: > > > >The following message was posted yesterday on the Computer Book > >Publishers list-serve, and it points out an immediate serious need > >that OASIS standards may be able to address ... > > > >------------------------------ > > > >Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 18:53:56 -0700 > >From: Jeffrey Carr <rainieri.carr@gmail.com> > >To: cbp@lists.studiob.com > >Subject: Establishing A Centralized Database For Katrina Evacuees > >Message-ID: <5ff3627605090818535d1fa980@mail.gmail.com> > > > >This seems like an obvious solution to an extremely serious problem. > >Thousands of family members are scattered across who knows how many > >evacuation centers in a dozen or more states. All of those > >centers have phone lines, and most have computers. Still, these centers > >are not talking to each other. There's no central archive of > >information on the evacuees. > >Just some informal blogs and some local listings. > > > >I'm not a DBA, but I really don't think that this should be such a > >difficult problem to solve. Any centralized online registration > >process should do the trick. Maybe having Gmail or another free email > >service set up a specialized email identifier. Everyone > >registers with their name, their shelter address, contact info, etc. > >Then create a searchable GUI for registered users. > > > >Is this really that hard to do? Does anyone else here have any ideas on > >how to accomplish it? > > > >Jeff Carr > >Technical Writer > >Instructional Designer > > > >http://metamaps.typepad.com > >http://www.nahualli.com > > > >------------------------------ > > > >OASIS's TCs dealing with e-government or emergency management probably > >have the business expertise, which combined with the deep > >technology skills of the members should be able to solve this problem. > > > >This is not an academic issue here ... one my colleagues at Next Wave > >is from New Orleans, and while her immediate family is > >accounted for, a few members of her extended family are still missing. > >Best regards. > > > > > >Alan Kotok > >Managing Editor, Science/Next Wave > >akotok@aaas.org > >+1 202-326-8965 > >http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/
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