- From: Chamindra de Silva <chamindra@opensource.lk>
- Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:59:02 +0530
- To: W3C Ontology List Disaster Management <public-disaster-management-ont@w3.org>
Agreed and great input Kristen, Paola, Paul. Certainly the dynamics of language and the bounds of each of these agencies impacts the ontology that is relevant and acceptable. I would be very interested to know how you typically manage all that complexity as this certainly is not a problem restricted to the crisis management domain. My only consolation was that in terms of interop standards (e.g. XML) at a machine to machine level data exchange, such dynamics do not need to come into play as humans are not involved in this data exchange (it could equally well be binary e.g. CORBA). Here we should strive to stick to one one ontology for efficiency. The end systems can subsequently use a thesaurus or localization functionality to map that to the relevant target local and group. paola.dimaio@gmail.com wrote: > Paul - > > I have become aware that there is something of a distinction > between what might be termed the domestic emergency management > agencies and the international response agencies. > > > Well, I that distinction indeed exists and its good your a pointing it out > > National vs International is important, the first level of which is LANGUAGE > for non English speaking countries, it is obvious that what we are doing > concerns the international dimension (otherwise things would be > discussed locally in their language instead of on a 'world' list) > > Considering that we are working in English, there is no question that > our work is currently focussing on the 'international' dimension, and > the layers thereof that interface with the 'national level' > > Obviously there is a lot of overlap and interplay between their > activities at the national level, but it might be worth identifying > this distinction within the XG Charter and expanding upon it in the > reports. > > > Modelling the 'nationality' dimension will inevitably touch upon the > following factors> > > language > regional issues > religion > culture > etchincal background > geography > logistics > national security > defense > politics > internal conflicts > (more) > > maybe a long term goal? > > > This will avoid any misunderstandings if there is a particular focus > one way or the other, and help with this group's approach to both of > those other groups of organisations? > > > It is pretty clear to me that the focus of our charter is creating and > supporting interoperability > at international level, although cohesion is likely to trickle down and > refect further in the long term - but maybe you are right, for the > English speaking countries this may not be obvious? > > If we all agree on this point, it may be worth adding a sentence or a > phrase, as per your suggestion, to clarify that dimension > > > Paola Di Maio > > Renato Iannella wrote: >> >> Hi all - any last comments on the draft XG Charter? >> >> PDF version here <http://esw.w3.org/topic/DisasterManagement >> ?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=eiif-charter-02.pdf> >> >> HTML version attached. >> >> Cheers... Renato Iannella >> NICTA >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> * Scope <#1144060ddfde6e18_scope> >> * Deliverables <#1144060ddfde6e18_deliverables> >> * Dependencies <#1144060ddfde6e18_coordination> >> * Participation <#1144060ddfde6e18_participation> >> * Communication <#1144060ddfde6e18_communication> >> * Decision Policy <#1144060ddfde6e18_decisions> >> * Patent Policy <#1144060ddfde6e18_patentpolicy> >> * Additional Information <#1144060ddfde6e18_additional> >> * About this Charter <#1144060ddfde6e18_about> >> >> W3C <http://www.w3.org/> Incubator Activity <http://2005/Incubator/> >> >> >> Emergency Information Interoperability Framework Incubator Group >> Charter >> >> >> DRAFT - Do Not Disseminate outside this group - DRAFT >> >> >> This is a PROPOSAL ONLY - No ENDORSEMENTS implied >> >> >> Mission >> >> The *mission* of the Emergency Information Interoperability >> Framework Incubator Group >> <http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/eiif/>, part of the Incubator >> Activity <http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/>, is to review the >> current state-of-the-art in vocabularies used in the emergency >> management sector and to investigate the path forward via an >> emergency management systems information interoperability >> framework. These activities will lay the groundwork for a more >> comprehensive approach to ontology management and semantic >> information interoperability leading to a proposal for future >> longer-term W3C Working Group activity. >> >> Note: The term *Emergency Management* is used holistically and in >> its broadest sense. >> >> Join the Emergency Information Interoperability Framework >> Incubator Group. >> >> End date X August 2008 >> Confidentiality Proceedings are public >> <http://2005/10/Process-20051014/comm.html#confidentiality-levels> >> Initial Chairs Renato Iannella, NICTA >> Initiating Members >> >> * National ICT Australia (NICTA) <http://nicta.com.au/> >> * Google <http://google.com/> >> * IBM (TBC) <http://ibm.com/> >> >> Usual Meeting Schedule Teleconferences: Monthly >> Face-to-face: Once/Twice Annually >> >> >> Scope >> >> The Emergency Management sector encompasses a broad spectrum of >> the global community and covers both short term actions, such as >> the response to an natural hazard, medium-term actions, such as >> the recovery from such hazards, and long-term actions, such as >> mitigation activities and community resilience capacity building. >> In effect, *everyone* is involved in the Emergency Management >> sector, which makes collaboration and sharing information vital. >> >> 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. >> >> The types of functions and roles supported by the Emergency >> Management sector include: >> >> * Early warning services to the public >> * Resilience networks of local services and groups performing >> crisis functions >> * Situational awareness of emergency risks and crisis planning >> * Rapid damage assessment of areas and critical infrastructure >> * Missing and displaced people management >> * Coordination of relief organizations roles and responsibilities >> * Managing relief logistics >> >> 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. >> >> >> 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. >> >> >> >> >> 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. >> >> >> Dependencies >> >> While the XG will not have any direct dependencies, there are a >> number of related efforts with which it intends to maintain close >> communications. The XG intends to collect and categorize numerous >> Emergency Management related vocabularies and in the process will >> gain a comprehensive picture of the key stakeholders in this >> sector. This will include existing standards groups (eg OASIS, >> UN), national emergency management groups, and international >> resilience and relief organisations. The XG will solicit and >> welcome input from these and other efforts of which we become >> aware during the duration of the XG. >> >> >> Participation >> >> It is envisioned that the XG will teleconference every month at a >> time that provides an adequate compromise over the various time >> zones of the interested participants. Extensive discussion will >> also be carried out on the XG mailing list. Additionally, it may >> be useful to have one or two face-to-face meetings at a venue for >> which a significant number of XG participants are likely to attend. >> >> Expected participation follows the W3C Process Document discussion >> of Good Standing >> <http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/process.html#good-standing>. >> >> >> Communication >> >> This group primarily conducts its work on the public mailing list >> public-xg-eiif@w3.org <mailto:public-xg-eiif@w3.org> ( archive >> <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xg-eiif/>) .. 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In the event of a conflict >> between this document or the provisions of any charter and the W3C >> Process, the W3C Process shall take precedence. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Renato Iannella >> >> Copyright <http://Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice#Copyright>© 2007 W3C >> ^® ( MIT <http://www.csail.mit.edu/> , ERCIM >> <http://www.ercim.org/> , Keio <http://www.keio.ac.jp/>), All >> Rights Reserved. >> >> $Date: 2007/06/27 $ >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> > > -- > Paul Currion > > UK / CELL: + 44 79 46 82 45 46 > UK / LAND: + 44 20 71 93 71 67 > MSN / SKYPE / YAHOO / IRC: paulcurrion > Web / > www.humanitarian.info <http://www.humanitarian.info> / www.currion.net <http://www.currion.net> > > > > > -- > Paola Di Maio > School of IT > www.mfu.ac.th <http://www.mfu.ac.th> > *********************************************
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