OASIS Emergency Management Adoption TC
Supporting widespread implementation of EDXL standards including CAP through education and market awareness
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The Technical Committee was closed by OASIS TC Administration on 08 December 2020 and is no longer active. Archives of its work remain publicly accessible and are linked from this page. OASIS appreciates the efforts of all those who participated in this TC.Table of Contents
- Announcements
- Overview
- Subcommittees
- Technical Work Produced by the Committee
- Expository Work Produced by the Committee
- External Resources
- Mailing Lists and Comments
- Additional Information
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Beginning with the increased spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. and the world, in the month of March 2020 and continuing through April and likely to stretch into the following months, the Emergency Management Technical Committee (EM TC) has increased its efforts to ensure awareness of the benefits of our Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) standards and specifications for stakeholders from various agencies such as
- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) including several branches/divisions of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), Division of Emergency Operations
- Health Level 7 International (HL7) specifically for the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource (FHIR) initiative furthering awareness of the value of data interoperability through the use of our EDXL standards and specifications
- National Alliance for Public Safety GIS (NAPSG) Foundation
- From NAPSG: Implementation Guidance: Information Sharing Standards for Crisis Management and Mutual Aid Technology
- OASIS EDXL Tracking of Emergency Patients: https://www.oasis-open.org/standards#edxl-tep-02
- Bi-directional transformation specification: http://www.hl7.org/implement/standards/product_brief.cfm?product_id=439
- OASIS EDXL Hospital Availability Exchange: https://www.oasis-open.org/standards#edxl-have-20
- Cross paradigm implementation guide: http://www.hl7.org/implement/standards/product_brief.cfm?product_id=489
- Emergency Management Adoption Events & Demos Subcommittee: this SC shall work on organizing speakers and topics for events that the EM Adoption TC decides to support. They shall also be responsible for organizing scenarios and planning of OASIS Interop events
- Emergency Management Adoption Collateral & Documents Subcommittee: this SC shall be responsible for writing or editing whitepapers, primers, slide presentations, etc.
- Emergency Management Adoption Outreach & Education Subcommittee: this SC shall be responsible for identifying, building and maintaining relationships with external organizations. It shall also support communities of interest such as the meteorological community to promote the global adoption of the CAP OASIS Standard (and ITU-T X.1303) by weather and meteorological agencies world-wide
- Overview of EDXL Emergency Standards Video
- OASIS EDXL Datasheet
- OASIS EDXL Product Directory
- EDXL-101:
- July 15, 2010 original presentation:
This one-hour briefing on the EDXL suite of standards provides an overview of EDXL and explains how implementation can enhance interoperability and information sharing capabilities in the emergency management and response domains.
The presentation highlights the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) and the Distribution Element (DE), and includes specific implementation examples.
The webinar also provides an overview of the NIMS Supporting Technology Evaluation Program which reviews EDXL products and publishes reports on the Responder Knowledge Base website.The recorded webinar (78.3M WMV file) or slides (1.3M PPT file) are ready for download.
- July 15, 2010 original presentation:
- WCDM 2010 Conference:
- June 8, 2010 Poster session - download poster
- OASIS Emergency Interoperability Member Section
- Common Alerting Protocol References
- CAP Flyer:Getting Public Warnings to People Online
- CAP Implementations by Country
- Introduction to CAP: Training Video
English, English with Arabic Subtitles
10-min. Video - Filtered Alert Hub (prototype of WMO Alert Hub): Website, Opportunity Document Design Document
- CAP Workshops: 2018, Hong Kong 2017, Rome 2016, Bangkok 2015, Rome 2014, Negombo 2013, Geneva 2011, Geneva 2009, Geneva 2008, Geneva 2006, Geneva
- Common Alerting Protocols - Example Practices: CAP Elements , CAP Feeds
- Distinguishing High Priority Public Alerts: GDPC Guide for Distinguishing High Priority Public Warnings
- Regulations, Canada - Requirements of "broadcast immediately" (Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-438)
- Regulations, U.S. - "Imminent Threat Alert" criteria in United States Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 47 CFR 10.400
- Common Alerting Protocol - File size constraints: Technical Advisory Note - Canada
- Hazards App, from the IFRC Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC)
- Google Tools for CAP Alerts and FeedsCAP Validator, Monitor CAP Feeds, CAP Alert Hub, CAP Alert Hub Publishers
- Google CAP Creator Freeware: Code, Guide
- Google Public Alerts:, Displayed in Google Maps
- International Register of Alerting Authorities
- Federation for Internet Alerts (FIA):Website, Public Warning Design Guidelines for FIA Messaging Draft Reference Service for FIA Messaging
- Overview of Cell Broadcast
- Task Analysis for Composing CAP Alert Message
- Templates for 20 Emergency Alert Situations (available in: Dutch, English, French, Papiamentu, Spanish)
- WMO Administrative Procedures for Registering WMO Alert Identifiers (TD No. 1556/PWS-20)
- WMO Guidelines for Implementation of CAP-Enabled Emergency Alerting (TD No. 1109/PWS-27), (available in: Arabic, English, French, Russian, Spanish)
- OASIS EDXL Standards LinkedIn Group
- Cover Pages Report
From November 15-20, 2019, the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) Annual Conference was conducted in Savannah, Georgia. The OASIS Emergency Management Technical Committee (EMTC) provided a full day pre-conference training session on the EDXL suite of standards. While the EMTC has presented EDXL at sessions during the IAEM annual conference, this is the first time there has been pre-conference training event dedicated to the topic of data interoperability. This provided emergency managers an opportunity to learn about the standards that are available to exchange data for alert and warning, patient tracking, hospital availability, situational awareness, resource management and message distribution. The OASIS Emergency Member Section Steering Committee sponsored the event. Jacob Westfall and I presented at the full day session on Saturday Nov 16. It was attended by 10 persons from three countries (USA, Barbados, Saudi Arabia). Some were longtime emergency managers, one emergency management student and some first time IAEM attendees. All attendees stayed for the full day and stated they got out of the session what they had hoped for. We provided a full overview of the EDXL suite of standards, guiding principles, toolkit with details on the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP), Hospital Availability Exchange (HAVE) and Tracking Emergency Patients) TEP specifications and their joint release with other international standards bodies (ITU and HL7). Lunch was provided as well as a morning and afternoon break.
In addition to the preconference workshop on EDXL, OASIS provided exhibit space during the conference. This was a good opportunity to meet with emergency managers, product and service providers as well as government entities interested in interoperable data standards.
On 28 January 2019 the OASIS Committee Specification Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) Hospital AVailability Exchange (HAVE) Version 2.0 Committee Specification 01 Proposed HL7® Informative Document 13 December 2018 was published. In addition, TC Administrator Chet Ensign posted the document on Linked-In for discussion. This is noteworthy because it is the first Joint Release of OASIS Open and Health Level Seven International.
From 31 October - 1 November 2018, the international CAP Workshop 2018 was held in Hong Kong, China. You can access the agenda and presentations here. You can access the Final Report here.
On 3 April 2018 the HL7 paper Healthcare IT Computable-Interoperability Strategy“Methodology to manage data-quality risk by standardizing data” In accordance with 21st Century Cures Act, TEFCA and USCDI was posted to the Documents repository of the EM Adoption TC.
On 22 March 2018 Best Practices for the Dissemination of Weather Warnings to the Public A Best Practice Statement of the American Meteorological Society(Adopted by the AMS Council 7 January 2018) was posted to the Documents repository of the EM Adoption TC.
Mid March 2018 marked the signing of the 2017 Statement of Understanding (SOU) between OASIS and Health Level Seven (HL7).
On September 22, 2017 the first international EDXL Workshop 2017 was held in Rome. You can access the agenda and presentations here. You can access the Final Report here
On September 20-21, 2017 the international CAP Workshop 2017 was held in Rome. You can access the programme and presentations here. You can access the Final Report here.
The video "Overview of EDXL Emergency Standards" is now available in both English and Italian. You can access the English version at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eoV5XwZVO8 and the Italian version at https://vimeo.com/234306686?utm_source=email&utm_medium=vimeo-cliptranscode-201504&utm_campaign=29220.
Mert Gencturk from SRDC Corp, a spin-off from the Middle East Technical University, Software Research and Development Center (METU-SRDC) discusses his work on the C2-SENSE Project, a project to a develop a profile-based Emergency Interoperability Framework that exposes the functionalities of C2 Systems, Sensor Systems and other emergency/crisis management systems. The framework uses the OASIS CAP, EDXL SitRep, EDXL RM, EDXL HAVE and EDXL TEP standards. C2-SENSE is a joint project of 8 partners from France (SAFRAN), Austria (AIT), Italy (LUTECH, REGOLA, Innova Puglia, Regione Puglia), Turkey (SRDC) and Poland (PIAP). Watch the full presentation here: https://youtu.be/lDwlAYsshN0: 17 July 2017
HL7 and OASIS Announce Joint Publication of Implementation Guide to Advance Emergency and Disaster Response; 20 Sept 2016
On August 23-24, 2016 the international CAP Workshop 2016 was held in Bangkok, Thailand. You can access the presenters and presentations here. You can access the Final Report here.
On September 23-24, 2015 the international CAP Workshop was held in Rome. You can access the presentations here. You can access the Final Report here.
CAP Workshop 2014 Negombo, Sri Lanka
CAP Workshop 2013 Geneva, Switzerland
CAP Workshop 2012 Montreal, Canada
CAP Workshop 2011 Geneva, Switzerland
CAP Workshop 2009 Geneva, Switzerland
CAP Workshop 2008 Geneva, Switzerland
CAP Workshop 2006 Geneva, Switzerland
15 July 2010 First run of EDXL-101 completed
Registered: 170+; attended: 104
14 May 2009 three subcommittes have been formed (see below)
5 January 2009 Inaugural meeting
Participation in the OASIS Emergency Management Adoption Committee is open to all interested parties, including emergency management professionals, solution providers, government agencies, and consultants. Contact member-services@oasis-open.org for more information on joining the Committee.
Governments around the world are mandating the use of the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) and Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) standards. The OASIS Emergency Management Adoption Committee works to raise awareness and provide education on the best ways to implement CAP and the family of EDXL standards including the Distribution Element (DE), Hospital AVailability Exchange (HAVE), and Resource Management (RM).
The Committee provides a neutral ground where implementers and solution providers can connect, share experiences, and learn how best to deploy implementation programs. The group works closely with the OASIS Emergency Management Committee, where the CAP and EDXL specifications are advanced.
For more information, see the Committee Charter and FAQ.
Technical Work Produced by the Committee
This Committee has not produced technical work yet.
Expository Work Produced by the Committee
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