Dev:Interop Standards

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Interop Standard References

Overview of Disaster Data Exchange Standards

• XML and Emergency Management
• A Roadmap to Emergency Data Standards
  • OASIS Docs Repository

Emergency Management Data Envelopes

• Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL)
  • Spec: EDXL 1.0

People Data

• People Finder Interchange Format (PFIF)
  • Spec: PFIF 1.1
• vCard contact information exchange
  • Spec: vCard 2.1
  • References: Overview, Wikipedia Ref

GIS

• GeoRSS
  • References: GeoRSS 1.0, W3C Geo
• WMS, WFS, etc, etc (GIS team please elaborate :-)

Shelter Data

• Shelter Finder Interchange Format (SFIF)
  • Spec: <not found>

Alerts

• Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)
  • Spec: CAP 1.0
  • References: CAP Cookbook, CAP Wikipedia Ref

Resource Management

• Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) Distribution Element
  • Spec: EDXL 1.0

Guides Defining New Standards

• Defining Effective Ontologies
  • Ref: Open Archives Initiative

Conclusions On Mailing List

• PFIF are still not mature enough but a good basis for evolution
• SFIF is specification is elusive and does not seem to be discussed much on the web
• EDXL is too tightly integrated to US Gov specific requirements however it is the only real formalized standard (OASIS)
• CAP seems to be getting the most acceptance so far
• vCard is an established standard and is supported by most mobile phones. However it does not have all the elements required for disaster victims. I can possibly be used as a envelope for these additional fields.
• Other data exchange standards requirements include, inventory, damage assessment, situation awareness, etc for which we need to find appropriate standards

Archive

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