OASIS Common Alerting Protocol Standard, CAP

This issue of the Java Location Services e-Newsletter is devoted to The Common Alerting Protocol Standard, abbreviated as CAP, which represents the work of more than two years bringing forward a recommended standard for a message format that can present essential information about emergency situations in a way that can be understood across the spectrum of channels or mechanisms for communication to first responders, public health and safety workers and managers, and the public at large. CAP contains Geospatial Information Systems information based on WGS84 as the current, most appropriate, global standard capable of conversion into most if not all currently used GIS.

Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Ratified as OASIS Standard

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The CAP 1.0 Fact Sheet (PDF), by Art Botterell.

Art Botterell is the Chair of the CAP Working Group of the Partnership for Public Warning and Co-Chair of the OASIS Emergency Management, EM Messages and Notification Sub Committee.

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Experts Agree on a Common Alerting Protocol (PDF), by Sikandra Christian.

Sikandra Christian is a student at Swarthmore College.

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Interoperability Now!, by Rex Brooks. - The Interoperability Now! event highlights the current context of CAP. The Emergency Management Technical Committee (EM TC) of the international Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) voted to approve The CAP 1.0 Committee Draft for submission as a standard to OASIS, which occurred shortly after. On April 6th, after the OASIS member organizations completed their vote, OASIS announced the successful approval of CAP 1.0 as a new OASIS Standard.

Rex Brooks is the Co-Chair of the OASIS Emergency Management, EM Messages and Notification Sub Committee and Co-Chair of the OASIS HumanMarkup Technical Committee.

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A Coordinate Reference System, (CRS), Registry as a Useful Addition to the OASIS Common Alerting Protocol (PDF), by Carl Reed. Moving CAP Forward: A Suggestion on Using the Coordinate Reference System Registry of the Open GIS Consortium

Carl Reed is the Executive Director of the Open GIS Consortium, and the Chair of the OASIS Emergency Management, EM – GIS Sub Committee

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CRS and Units Registry DRAFT (PDF), by Ron Lake of Galdos Systems Inc. The document provides an overview of the CRS and Units of Measure Registries as defined through the OGC Geography Markup Language and the OGC Catalogue 2.0 (ebRIM profile) or Web Registry Service (WRS).

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Disaster Management Interoperability Service, API Overview: What is DMIS? U.S. Department of Homeland Security. DMIS Slide show