Re: Draft XG Charter

> Renato Iannella wrote:
> > 
> > Hi all - any last comments on the draft XG
> Charter?

I suggest adding exactly one sentence to each of two
paragraphs to make slightly clearer how this effort
fits in with long term civil governments' efforts
towards resilience and interoperability, and could
lead to improved responses to large scale disasters.

It would also be useful I think to add an example
anyone would recognize as essential as a future
activity likely to be recommended, without of course
committing to that as the specific recommendation.

See below.

> > Information systems can have a tremendous value to
> help manage the scale 
> > of the Emergency Management sector operations,
> from day-to-day 
> > mitigation and resilience activities to immediate
> actions when a 
> > disaster strikes. Each stakeholder group needs to
> understand the 
> > vocabulary of others, and exchange information in
> common formats, to 
> > support data integration for critical decision
> making.

Add:  "The more compatible routine and emergency data
and procedures become, the easier it is to shift from
local to larger scale response, and the more likely
the data to be kept up to date and ready in a crisis."

> > In essence, this XG aims to encourage the
> Emergency Management sector to 
> > move towards the adoption of compatible
> information systems before any 
> > disaster and therefore to develop the capacity and
> capability of 
> > strategic long-term local Emergency Management and
> short-term relief 
> > operations.

Add:  "This would enable, for instance, local systems
to immediately share data and combine resources with
those of aid agencies and other governments, as soon
as the appropriate authorities authorize such sharing,
and save lives presently lost due to slower sharing." 


> >       Success Criteria
> > 
> > The XG will prove successful if, in addition to
> the Deliverables, it will:
> > 
> >     * encourage collaboration between experts,
> local authorities, relief
> >       specialists and non-governmental agencies,
> >     * promote the development of common standards
> and protocols for
> >       coordinating information gathered in
> anticipation of potential
> >       risks, and
> >     * highlight best practices in simplifying the
> exchange of
> >       information across the sector.

I believe adding the two sentences makes much clearer
how and why these are the success criteria that apply.

It would not be a bad thing to make specific mention
of vulnerable persons lists or other data that is
obviously necessary to gather far in advance, and far
more likely to be reliable if it is kept up to date as
part of routine processes of the local/civil
authority.


> >     Deliverables
> > 
> > This XG will develop three specific outcomes.
> > 
> >     * XG Report on the current state-of-the-art of
> vocabularies and
> >       terminologies used in the Emergency
> Management sector. This will
> >       present a categorised snap-shot of the
> sector's ontology usage and
> >       development plans.
> >     * XG Report on an interoperability information
> framework for the
> >       Emergency Management sector. This will
> provide a reference model
> >       for information interoperability across the
> sector.
> >     * Final XG Report with recommendations for
> future activities.

I would suggest that it is almost certain that the
development of a standard for a vulnerable persons
list would be one of the future activities.  Perhaps
it would be appropriate to simply add it here as an
example:

"Final XG Report with recommendations for future
activities, e.g. a related incubator developing a
standard for vulnerable persons lists."

> >     Dependencies
> > 
> > While the XG will not have any direct
> dependencies, 
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Received on Saturday, 21 July 2007 00:41:04 UTC