Re: [emergency] CAP 1.1 Standard and ITU-T Recommendation

[Rex Brooks <rexb@starbourne.com>]

Hi Elysa, All,

The best I can do is to look at 2 as much as I am 
able. I am in the last all-day face-to-face 
SOA-RA meeting via teleconference today and I 
have another meeting either late today (4:00 p.m. 
my time) or tomorrow morning, so Friday 
afternoon-evening is best for me.

Cheers,
Rex

At 9:12 AM -0500 4/26/07, Elysa Jones wrote:
>Dear TC Members,
>
>As we were busy with our face to face meeting 
>last week the ITU folks were busy working on 
>integrating our CAP 1.1 Standard into their 
>format and process.  They produced two 
>recommendations that are attached for your 
>review.
>
>The first is to be an exact representation of 
>our existing CAP 1.1 Standard in the ITU 
>Recommendation format.  They were required by 
>their guidelines and process to make changes to 
>some of the normative references we used.  Other 
>than that it is supposed to be a match.  The 
>second attachment is a recommendation for the 
>addition of ASN.1 encoding.
>
>The ITU team has requested that we respond by 
>May 1 on these recommendations.  I have been 
>working with OASIS Staff to consider how to move 
>forward as expeditiously as possible.  Different 
>members of the staff are working to ensure we 
>follow the proper IPR, process, etc.  For 
>example, ASN.1 needs to be "contributed" to 
>OASIS for this purpose.
>
>If we agree as a TC that this is indeed a 
>complete and correct description of our Standard 
>and we agree to accept the ASN.1 encoding that 
>it is technically equivalent to our Standard, 
>and therefore non-substantive, we could process 
>this document through the OASIS process as an 
>errata.  This appears to be the most efficient 
>way to proceed given the OASIS process.
>
>The changes to the normative references need to 
>be studied in some detail.  It has also been 
>noted that in ITU recommendation that in the 
>DOM, Response Type is not specified correctly. 
>It is, however, correct in their Data 
>Dictionary.  They did not have the benefit of 
>the correction to "assess".  As you recall, we 
>listed "assess" in our data dictionary but it 
>was not listed in the schema and we have already 
>prepared errata document for that (thanks to 
>Patti and Rex).  This errata has been voted on 
>by the TC but not yet submitted for 15-day 
>public comment.
>
>Since there is already one noted discrepancy in 
>the ITU recommendation (between their DOM and 
>data dictionary), I am hopeful that they will 
>make this minor correction as well as the one 
>for "assess" and we can move forward without 
>them having to go through another recommendation 
>cycle.  I think we are all in agreement that it 
>would be best if these Standards can track 
>directly and do not splinter.
>
>With there only being less than a week for us to 
>meet their requested response time, I am hopeful 
>that all of you will take a good hard look at 
>these changes and post any questions/comments to 
>the list.  If we break this task up into pieces, 
>it may help.  The more eyes the better.
>
>Tasks:
>1.  Read/compare documents word for word and list any discrepancies
>2.  Study the normative references to be sure they are correct
>3.  Validate the ASN.1 notation is a correct 
>representation and technically equivalent to the 
>XML schema
>
>Jamie Clark and I are doing #1, others please 
>join in.  Could a couple of you agree to comb 
>through the references and compare?  Is there 
>one or more of our members who are (or have 
>access to someone that is)  ASN.1 knowledgeable 
>that can verify the ASN schema, please identify 
>yourself and work this part.
>
>Please respond to this note with your 
>willingness to take on a task, then we can start 
>a discussion list on each task.  Also with your 
>response, let me know 2 or 3 times when you 
>would be available for a telecon to discuss over 
>the next few days.  I suggest we schedule one 
>for either Thurs or Fri evening when Renato and 
>Karen might be available and possibly one for 
>Sunday or Monday evening.  We have a normally 
>scheduled TC meeting on Tues, May 1 where we can 
>do any final voting that may be necessary. 
>Other suggestions welcomed.
>
>In the interest of public safety worldwide, 
>let's take this time to get this work complete! 
>However, let's make sure it is correct.  Thanks 
>to all of you and your hard work and 
>contributions.
>
>Warm regards,
>Elysa Jones, Chair
>OASIS EM-TC
>Program Manager
>Warning Systems, Inc.
>256-880-8702 x102
>256-694-8702 (cell)
>
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