OASIS TC Formation


1.  Name of Technical Committee

   The name of the committee shall be the Emergency XML (EM-XML) 
   Technical Committee (TC). The Technical Committee may constitute 
   subcommittees or other groupings as necessary and appropriate to 
   carrying out the Technical Committee's purpose.

2.  Statement of Purpose

   In a world where a risk is present in everything we do, from 
   breathing air and responding to natural and man-made disasters, there
   is an enormous need to remove any barriers that prevent or hinder 
   data, communication, and technology interoperability. Many of the 
   barriers are inherit side effects of bringing together diverse people,
   cultures, geographical locations, and systems, but today's technology
   can and should be used to help bridge gaps and overcome these 
   obstacles. Specifically, applications can be empowered to support open
   structured information standards, which can then provide mechanisms 
   to leverage disparate data, any services, and functional assets.
   
   In order to advance the fields of incident management and emergency
   preparedness and response, the EM-XML Technical Committee has been 
   formed. The purpose of the Technical Committee is to design, develop, 
   and release XML Schema-based standards that begin to solve these 
   real-world problems. These standards will not only provide a 
   framework for data exchange, but also for functionality and service 
   accessibility, all with the common goal of seamless application and 
   data interoperability.
   
   The core scope of this activity shall include, but is not limited to:
   
   o  Unified incident identification
   o  Emergency GIS data accessibility and usage
   o  Notifications methods and messages
   o  Situational reporting
   o  Source tasking
   o  Asset and resources management
   o  Monitoring and data acquisition systems
   o  Staff, personnel and organizational management

3.  Deliverables and Schedule
   
   o  Q1 2003: Research to find any related XML-based DTDs and XSD 
      schemas that should be considered or included in our efforts. This 
      will be done in collaboration with OASIS and/or other relevant 
      national standards bodies and authorities.
   
   o  Q2 2003: Delivery of first draft of the first XML-based standard 
      from the group.
   
   o  Q3 2003: Design compliance test suite and scenarios to assist 
      implementers of the EM-XML standards.
   
   o  Q3 2003: Publish best practices to be used by implementers of the 
      EM-XML standards.
   
   o  Q4 2003: Delivery of first official OASIS standard.	

4.  Language

   All business will be conducted in English.

5.  Meeting Schedule

   o  The first meeting will be a teleconference held by phone on 
      February 6th, 2003.
  
   o  Teleconferences at one-week intervals following formation of the 
      EM-XML TC until further notice.
  
   o  Face-to-face meetings, which will be one and a half to two days in 
      length, will be held quarterly at location to be determined by the
      TC.

6.  Eligible Persons
   
   o  Allen Wyke (awyke@blue292.com), Blue292, Inc.
   o  Rick Carlton (rcarlton@eteam.com), E Team, Inc.
   o  Joyce Kern (joyce.kern@sungard.com), SunGard Planning Solutions
   o  Gary Ham (hamg@battelle.org), DMI-S
   o  Karl Kotalik (karl.kotalik@nc4.us), NC4
   o  Dave Robinson (robinson1d@netscape.net), Wells Fargo N.A.
   o  Jay Clark (jclark@shipanalytics.com), Ship Analytics

7.  TC Chairs
   
   o  Chair: Allen Wyke, Blue292
   o  Vice Chair: Rick Carlton, E Team, Inc.

8.  Phone Meeting Sponsors

   o  E Team, Inc.

9.  Face-to-Face Meeting Sponsors

   o  E Team, Inc.
   o  Blue292, Inc.