Follow up questions or comments: ~ Elysa Jones

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Follow up questions or comments Elysa Jones
Chair, Emergency Management technical committee
(TC) - ejones_at_warningsystems.com Thomas
Ferrentino - Co-Chair, Emergency Management
Adoption TC tferrentino_at_verizon.net Werner
Joerg - Co-Chair, Emergency Management Adoption
TC werner.joerg_at_iem.com Dee Schur, OASIS
staff dee.schur_at_oasis-open.org
EDXL - 101
Welcome to the OASIS Emergency Data Exchange
Language (EDXL) 101 Webinar
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EDXL - 101

• About EDXL-101 Webinar
• (Dee Schur)

• Outline - EDXL Overview (Elysa Jones)
• - EDXL-CAP (Jacob Westfall)
• - EDXL-DE (Don McGarry)
• - Validating EDXL Implementations
• NIMS-STEP (Camille Osterloh)
• - References Resources (Werner Joerg)
• - Q A (Dee Schur)
• Future More webinars to cover other EDXL topics

? Next Elysa Jones
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EDXL Overview (1) (Elysa Jones)

• Topic Introduction to the EDXL family of EM
  Standards with focus on EDXL-CAP and EDXL-DE
• Purpose Inform the audience about the existence
  of EM Standards, their benefits, practical uses,
  creation and testing
• Audience vendors, developers, end users, special
  interest groups

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EDXL Overview (2)

• History
• Partnership for Public Warning (PPW)
• OASIS Emergency Management Technical Committee
• Emergency Interoperability Consortium (EIC)
• DHS/Science Technology Office for
  Interoperability and Compatibility

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EDXL Overview (3)

• EDXL Process
• Not a Language
• All About Data
• Practitioner Driven
• Standard Development
• Free and Open OASIS Process
• Common Alerting Protocol
• Distribution Element
• Other Content

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EDXL Overview (4)

• Features
• Practitioner driven
• Vendor reviewed
• International Standard
• Benefits
• Cross geographical messaging
• Cross discipline messaging
• Emergency communication

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EDXL Overview (5)

• Current EDXL Standards
• EDXL-Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)
• EDXL-Distribution Element (DE)
• EDXL-Hospital Availability eXchange (HAVE)
• EDXL-Resource Messaging (RM)
• EDXL Standards Under Development
• EDXL-Situation Reporting (Sit-Rep)
• EDXL-Tracking of Emergency Patients (TEP)

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EDXL Overview (6)

• Adoption
• EM Adoption Technical Committee (EMA-TC)
• Coordination with other OASIS-TCs
• Coordination with other Standards Development
  Organizations (SDO)
• International reach

? Next Jacob Westfall
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EDXL - 101

• EDXL - CAP (1)
• Common Alerting Protocol (Jacob
  Westfall)

• Overview
• CAP is a message format for exchanging all types
  of
• alerts and warnings over many different
  networks.
• Features
• Extensible Markup Language (XML) with Digital
  Signature support
• Simple to use, easy to implement
• Transport and system independent
• All-Hazards All-Media

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EDXL - CAP (2)

• Benefits
• Easy to implement
• Promotes well structured messages
• Extensible and adaptable
• Adoption
• International adoption since 2004, ITU-T 1303
• WMO support including NWS and EC
• USGS for earthquakes and tsunamis
• Next-generation EAS / IPAWS

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EDXL - CAP (3)

• Implementation Guidelines
• Validate messages using the schema and additional
  constraints in the specification
• Follow message structure guidelines
• Ensure alerting policy and non-technical concerns
  are addressed
• Start early with a trial and offer public feed
  for testing and feedback
• Watch out for Date, Update/Cancel, Area

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EDXL - CAP (4)

• Implementation Examples
• CAP 1.2 Specification, Schema, Examples
• http//docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/cap/v1.2/
• National Weather Service
• http//www.weather.gov/alerts-beta/
• DM-OPEN / IPAWS
• http//www.fema.gov/disastermanagement/
• CAP Cookbook
• http//www.incident.com/cookbook/

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CAP Message Lifecycle
ltgeocodegt ltvalueNamegtprofileCAP-CPLoca
tion0.3lt/valueNamegt ltvaluegt1301006lt/val
uegt lt/geocodegt lt/areagt
lt/infogt ltinfogt ltlanguagegtfr-CAlt/languagegt
lteventgtRoutier - Fermeture de routelt/eventgt
ltresponseTypegtMonitorlt/responseTypegt
lturgencygtImmediatelt/urgencygt
ltseveritygtMinorlt/severitygt
ltcertaintygtObservedlt/certaintygt
ltaudiencegtDoug Allportlt/audiencegt
ltonsetgt2009-07-18T1200000000lt/onsetgt
ltexpiresgt2009-07-19T1200000000lt/expiresgt
ltsenderNamegtDoug Allportlt/senderNamegt
ltheadlinegtRoutier - Fermeture de route - Doug
Allport, Exerciselt/headlinegt
ltwebgthttp//www.gnb.ca/0113/index-e.asplt/webgt
ltcategorygtTransportlt/categorygt
lteventCodegt ltvalueNamegtprofileCAP-CPEven
t0.3lt/valueNamegt ltvaluegtroadCloselt/valuegt
lt/eventCodegt ltparametergt
ltvalueNamegtlayerCAPANeventLocationpointlt/valueN
amegt ltvaluegt45.2449203344103,-66.110916137
69532lt/valuegt lt/parametergt ltareagt
ltareaDescgt1301006 - Saint Johnlt/areaDescgt
ltgeocodegt ltvalueNamegtCAP-CPLocation
0.3lt/valueNamegt ltvaluegt1301006lt/valuegt
lt/geocodegt lt/areagt lt/infogt
lt/alertgt
lt?xml version"1.0" encoding"utf-8"?gt ltalert
xmlns"urnoasisnamestcemergencycap1.1"gt
ltidentifiergtNBMASASui10286lt/identifiergt
ltsendergtDAllportlt/sendergt ltsentgt2009-07-17T23
4940.04360890000lt/sentgt ltstatusgtExerciselt/s
tatusgt ltscopegtPubliclt/scopegt
ltcodegtprofileCAP-CP0.3lt/codegt
ltmsgTypegtAlertlt/msgTypegt ltinfogt
ltlanguagegten-CAlt/languagegt lteventgtRoadway -
Roadway Closurelt/eventgt ltresponseTypegtMonito
rlt/responseTypegt lturgencygtImmediatelt/urgency
gt ltseveritygtMinorlt/severitygt
ltcertaintygtObservedlt/certaintygt
ltaudiencegtDoug Allportlt/audiencegt
ltonsetgt2009-07-18T1200000000lt/onsetgt
ltexpiresgt2009-07-19T1200000000lt/expiresgt
ltsenderNamegtDoug Allportlt/senderNamegt
ltheadlinegtThis is a test Road Closure
Alertlt/headlinegt ltdescriptiongtFree form
text fieldlt/descriptiongt ltinstructiongtMore
free form text herelt/instructiongt
ltwebgthttp//www.gnb.ca/0113/index-e.asplt/webgt
ltcontactgtNB DOT 888-555-5555lt/contactgt
ltcategorygtTransportlt/categorygt lteventCodegt
ltvalueNamegtprofileCAP-CPEvent0.3lt/valueN
amegt ltvaluegtroadCloselt/valuegt
lt/eventCodegt ltparametergt
ltvalueNamegtlayerCAPANeventLocationpointlt/valueN
amegt ltvaluegt45.2449203344103,-66.110916137
69532lt/valuegt lt/parametergt ltareagt
ltareaDescgt1301006 - Saint Johnlt/areaDescgt
Issuer interfaces with form, IVR, custom
application, etc.
Issuing Application produces
Aggregator collects and shares
Recipient interfaces with common products and
services e.g. Television, cellphone, ...
Distributor converts to common and proprietary
protocols
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CAP XML
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CAP XML with XSLT
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EDXL - CAP Additional Info

• About Profiles
• Additional requirements/constraints applied to
  existing specifications (e.g. CAP)
• IPAWS (US Integrated Public Alert and Warning
  System Profile)
• Defines event codes and location code references
  and requirements, in support of Emergency Alert
  System and other legacy systems
• CAP-CP (Canadian Profile)
• Defines event codes and location code references
  and requirements in support of national needs,
  including automated translation

? Next Don McGarry
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• EDXL - DE (1)
• Distribution Element
  (Don McGarry)

• Overview
• EDXL-DE facilitates the packaging of content and
  provides a standard set of elements in a header
  to describe that content in order to facilitate
  message delivery.
• Features
• Ability to package both XML and binary data
• Ability to use region-specific terminology
• XML with Digital Signature and encryption support
• Transport and system independent
• Simple to use, ability to scale

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EDXL - DE (2)

• Benefits
• Easy to implement
• Promotes well structured messages
• Extensible and adaptable
• Adoption
• FEMA DM-OPEN Platform
• LAFD Operational Information Sharing Pilot
• DHS DNDO messaging
• Next-generation EAS / IPAWS

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EDXL - DE (3)

• Implementation Guidelines
• Check out the DE Basics whitepaper
• Use the EMA-TC wiki for tips technical support
• Start simple with packaging and direct
  addressing
• Build out or reuse ValueLists for terminology
• Follow message structure guidelines
• Keep it simple and add on capabilities as needed.
• Validate messages using the schema and additional
  constraints in the specification

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EDXL - DE (4)

• Implementation Examples
• DM-OPEN
• http//www.fema.gov/about/programs/
• disastermanagement/framework/index.shtm
• LAFD / EDXL Sharp
• http//edxlsharp.codeplex.com
• ICBRNE
• https//icbrne.info/icbrnewiki/

? Next Camille Osterloh
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• Validating EDXL Implementations (1)
• (Camille Osterloh)

1. NIMS STEP (Supporting Technology Evaluation
   Program)

• Overview
• The NIMS Support Center assists the responder
  stakeholder community with standards and
  technology integration, evaluations, exercises,
  and training activities relating to NIMS and
  Preparedness.
• The purpose of NIMS STEP is to provide an
  objective evaluation of commercial and government
  software and hardware products to assist in the
  implementation of NIMS.

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Validating EDXL Implementations (2) NIMS STEP

• Program Features
• Managed by the National Preparedness Directorate
  (NPD) within FEMA
• 4-Tier Evaluations against NIMS Concepts and
  Principles OASIS Technical Standards
• Incident Management Test and Evaluation
  Laboratory (IMTEL) accredited by A2LA
• Benefits
• Awareness of NIMS concepts and recommended
  standards.
• Feedback from end-user representatives and test
  engineers.
• Publication on the Responder Knowledge Base (RKB)
  website.
• Supports Emergency Managers and Responders in
  decision making.

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Validating EDXL Implementations (3) NIMS STEP

• Recommended Technical Standards
• Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)
• Emergency Data eXchange Language Distribution
  Element (EDXL-DE)
• EDXL-Hospital AVailabilty Exchange (EDXL-HAVE)
• EDXL-Resource Messaging (EDXL-RM)

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Validating EDXL Implementations (4)

1. Other Validation Tools

• Free Open Source
• EDXL Sharp
• CAM
• 3rd Party
• XRay2, XMLSpy, etc.
• STEP Test Tool
• XML Validation and Checks Business Rules,
  Cardinality, etc.

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Vendor Registration
Program Guide
https//www.nimsstep.org
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https//www.rkb.us
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Comments and Questions
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• National Incident Management System
• Supporting Technology Evaluation Program (NIMS
  STEP)
• Website - https//www.nimsstep.org
• Camille.l.Osterloh_at_saic.com
• Office [phone]
• Test Manager, NIMS STEP

? Next Werner Joerg
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• References Resources (1)
• (Werner Joerg)

• About OASIS
• http//www.oasis-open.org
• EM-TC
• http//www.oasis-open.org/ committees/tc_home.php?
  wg_abbrevemergency
• EMA-TC
• http//www.oasis-open.org/ committees/tc_home.php?
  wg_abbrevemergency-adopt
• Emergency Member Section
• http//www.oasis-emergency.org/

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References Resources (2)

• EDXL General
• Official EM Standards http//www.oasis-open.org
  / committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrevemergencytechn
  ical
• EMA-TC Wiki http//wiki.oasis-open.org/emergenc
  y-adopt/
• Disaster Management http//www.fema.gov/
  about/programs/disastermanagement/index.shtm
• Publications
• Distributing Emergency Data Using Messaging
  Standards,
• (E. Jones, IAEM Bulletin, Oct 2009)
• Why Emergency Managers Should Care about Data
  Standards,
• (E. Jones, IAEM Bulletin, Sept. 2009)

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References Resources (3)

• EDXL General (ctd.)
• EDXL Product Directory http//oasis-emergency.or
  g/products
• OASIS is preparing to launch the Emergency Data
  Exchange Language (EDXL) Product Directory. Now,
  potential customers will be able to easily locate
  products that support CAP or any of the other
  EDXL standards. Listing your product in the
  directory is simple and free.
• Register at http//www.oasis-emergency.org/user
  /register
• Submit your product listing at 
• http//www.oasis-emergency.org/node/add/product

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References Resources (4)

• EDXL - CAP
• CAP Cookbook http//www.incident.com/cookbook/
• Official Standards http//www.oasis-open.org/
  committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrevemergencytechnic
  al
• DM-OPEN/IPAWS http//www.fema.gov/disastermanage
  ment/
• USGS http//earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ca
  talogs/
• National Weather Service http//www.weather.gov
  /alerts-beta/
• Profiles
• USA Integrated Public Alert and Warning System
  Profile Version 1.0 (IPAWS)
• CAP Canadian Profile (CAP-CP)

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References Resources (5)

• EDXL - DE
• Official Standards http//www.oasis-open.org/
  committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrevemergencytechnic
  al
• EDXL Sharp http//edxlsharp.codeplex.com
• ICBRNE Wiki https//icbrne.info/icbrnewiki/
• Publications
• EDXL-DE Primer (White Paper)
  http//www.oasis-open.org/ committees/download.php
  /34264/EDXL-DE-Basics-White20Paper-18Aug09-r2.doc
  

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References Resources (6)

• Validating EDXL Implementations
• NIMS Supporting Technology Evaluation Program
• https//www.nimsstep.org
• XRay2 http//www.architag.com/architag/xray/
• EDXL Sharp http//edxlsharp.codeplex.com
• CAM http//www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/librar
  y/ x-camval/index.html

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Presentation Summary (Werner Joerg)

• Topic Introduction to the EDXL family of EM
  Standards with focus on EDXL-CAP and EDXL-DE
• Purpose Inform the audience about the existence
  of EM Standards, their benefits, practical uses,
  creation and testing
• Whats next?
• More webinars
• Interoperability Demonstrations (IAEM, ..)

? Next Dee Schur
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• Concluding EDXL-101 Webinar
• (Dee Schur)

Q A
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Whats next for the EM and EMA TC IAEM 2010
Interop Demonstration
EDXL - 101

• Join us as a participant in our next Interop demo
  and receive...
• An opportunity to showcase your applications and
  tools that support the EDXL suite of standards
• A workstation in our 20x30 show floor demo area
  in the front row of the exhibit hall (and next to
  IPAWS)
• Exposure to the more than 1,800 EM professionals
  including emergency managers, homeland security
  officials, first response coordinators, private
  industry risk managers and contingency planners
• More information http//events.oasis-open.org/ho
  me/IAEMInterop/2010