Announcements

The CAP Workshop Programme is complete, with our Speakers addressing 23 topics. Each of several presentations will present CAP-enabled emergency alerting at an alerting authority in a particular country. These include Brazil, France, Malaysia, Mexico, and Sierra Leone.

For a more complete update, see the latest information here.

Following the 20th CAP Anniversary Celebration in this year's CAP Implementation Workshop, the EM TC continues the celebration at this year's Annual Conference of the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM). The EMTC will have booth #1003.

The EMTC booth will be attended by the Emergency Management Common Alerting Protocol Subcommittee (EM CAP SC) Chair Jacob Westfall. This highlights the 20^th CAP Anniversary activities, including recent work on the CAP Event Terms List Committee Note and Event Terms List User Guide, and the Mobile Alerting Practices Committee Note.

The meetings of the pre-award technical meeting are cancelled today and next week.  They will start again on 25/09/2024

Welcome to the 20^th Anniversary of the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) becoming an OASIS Open Standard in October 2004!

As of this writing, 87% of the world’s population lives in a country with at least one national-level CAP news feed.

This was the culmination of years of work on sharing information among various stakeholders. Initial development of CAP was spearheaded by the Partnership for Public Warning (PPW) in response to lessons learned from the terrorist attack on New York on September 11, 2001. This event, and the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 that killed 238,000 people, highlighted the crucial need for better ways to communicate emergency alerts.

Through Eliot Christian’s efforts along with Elysa Jones, Chair of the OASIS Emergency Management Technical Committee and members, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) approved CAP in 2007 as their ITU-T Recommendation X.1303.

In 2006, the first CAP Workshop was hosted by ITU. Soon, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Organizations (IFRC), the United National Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), and many other international organizations, NGOs, and commercial companies embraced CAP as the essential standard for emergency alerting. With the leadership and evangelism of Eliot, CAP became known worldwide and CAP implementation by national governments was growing at 8% per year. The Call to Action on Emergency Alerting launched in 2021 with the goal to reach 100% by 2025. This was adopted a year later as an Outcome of the UN Early Warnings for All initiative.

In challenging times with increasing severity and frequency of disasters, CAP helps countries to save lives and livelihoods, using a simple all-hazards format for emergency alerts that can leverage all available media. CAP serves as a model of worldwide collaboration, and everyone is invited to join in further advancing emergency alerting over the next 20 years. 

Get involved in this incredible work by reaching out to OASIS at https://www.oasis-open.org/join-a-tc/or email  join@oasis-open.org or contact Elysa Jones at elysajones@yahoo.com for more information.

We look forward to celebrating this monumental birthday event at the CAP Implementation Workshop in Leuven, Belgium October 23-24, 2024, co-hosted by Traveler Information Services Association (TISA), Alert-Hub.Org CIC, the US Agency for International Development (USAID), OASIS Open, and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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20^th Anniversary of the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)

Announcement of 2024 Annual CAP Implementation Workshop

The 2024 CAP Implementation Workshop will be held 23-24 October 2024 in Leuven, Belgium. 

The Call for Participation can be found here.

An overview of the CAP Workshop is in the Announcement Flyer here.

Everyone interested in emergency alerting is welcome: managers, technical staff, media, etc., including government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and commercial firms. There is no charge to participate, but all participants need to pay for their own travel expenses.

If you have CAP implementation experiences or insights to share, please let the Program Committee know that you want to give one of the 20-minute presentations. You can contact the Program Committee by e‑mail to Workshop Chair: Eliot J. Christian@gmail.com.

On 22 October in the same venue, CAP Training will be held 9:00 to noon and a Traveller Information Services Association (TISA) Workshop in the afternoon.

You can register for the CAP Workshop and Training here. The events will be conducted in person, or you can join the online Webinars. Webinar instructions will be sent only to registered participants.

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Dear all,

I will not be able to participate in the Pre-Award meeting tomorrow so I am cancelling the meeting.  

I hope to see you all next week.

Sorry but I could not see how to cancel the meeting in the calendar.

Kind regards,

Natalie

We are excited to announce that UBL 2.4 has been officially approved as an OASIS Standard.

For more information, please visit the following links:

• UBL 2.4 OASIS Standard: https://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/os-UBL-2.4/UBL-2.4.html
• Download All Resources: https://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/os-UBL-2.4/

For more information, please see the official press release: https://www.oasis-open.org/2024/06/27/oasis-approves-ubl-v2-4-standard/

The NetDev 0x18 Conference, scheduled for July 15-19, promises to be a hotbed of innovation, with several exciting presentations lined up. Three papers, in particular, are expected to be game-changers in the world of AI networks and protocols and have a close connection to our work on the Infrastructure Data-Plane Function (IDPF) spec and driver.

The first paper, "The Future of AI Networks: Advancing TCP with Device Memory and Collective Communication," focuses on the evolution of TCP to support Collective Communication (CC) semantics. This initiative, originally introduced as Devmem TCP by Google, is a game changer in the AI network landscape. The paper focuses on Device Memory TCP network performance enhancements, similar to GPU Direct RDMA, for AI workloads. The authors will share their implementation strategies and provide updates on their progress, along with detailed performance data and future collaboration topics.

The second paper, "PSP Crypto Protocol and HW Offload," presents PSP, a security protocol that incorporates lessons from experiences with currently deployed L2, L3, and L4 crypto protocols. Developed and implemented by Google, PSP is engineered for scalability and avoids storing an explicit Security Association (SA) for incoming traffic. Instead, it dynamically generates the ingress key on the NIC using a device master key and the SA Security Parameter Index (SPI) found within the packet. This paper is a preview of a new capability that will be integrated in the IDPF spec and driver in the future.

The third paper, "Introduction to Falcon Reliable Transport," explains Falcon, a hardware-offloaded reliable transport that works with RDMA to solve RoCEv2 issues. Introduced by Google, Falcon is designed to meet the demands of workloads that require high burst bandwidth, high message rates, and low latency. The paper will detail the connection setup, key exchange, and integration with the rdma-core/ibverbs framework, along with proposed extensions to support advanced features. Falcon Reliable Transport leverages the newly defined interface for iRDMA from within IDPF.

Collectively, these papers signify a leap forward for AI networks, offering cutting-edge solutions to the complexities of network communication protocols, security, and reliable transport, all while building upon the IDPF standard's foundation. The NetDev 0x18 Conference is set to be a significant event, showcasing advancements that will shape the AI network landscape. For more information on the conference, including abstracts for these and other offerings, please visit the NetDev 0x18 Conference website: https://netdevconf.info/0x18/index.html.

Read the blog post by Omar Santos.

The Third Public Review and Committee Specification Draft 03 for the Common Transactive Services is open through June 15, 2024.

The Public Review announcement with links is at  Public Review Metadata

The Authoritative-for-review PDF is at Public Review PDF

For the convenience of reviewers, a PDF with Acrobat Reader bookmarks for the table of contents (use View > Show/Hide > Side Panels > Bookmarks) imay be downloaded from the TC Public Documents is available: Public Review PDF with Acrobat Bookmarks.

Read blog post by Duncan Sparrell.

Dear Members,

In accordance with the OASIS bylaws, we are happy to share the following:

[1] The 2023 Annual Report, now ready for download, showcases our members’ impactful work, including the recipients of the Distinguished Contributor Awards and Open Cup Awards. Your dedication and contributions have been instrumental in shaping the progress detailed within this report. I encourage you to take a moment to explore its contents and share it with those interested in OASIS. 

[2] The 2023 OASIS Open & Associates Financial Review is available. These financial statements include the operations of OASIS and its subsidiary groups. In 2023, the Board of Directors approved the motion for an independent review of the organization's financial statements. 

Thank you for your ongoing commitment and support to the OASIS community. We take pride in our collective achievements and look forward to fostering innovation and driving positive change together.

[3] Register for the OASIS Annual General Member Meeting: 

Wednesday, 17 July 2024 from 11am-12pm (EDT).

Best regards, 

Cathie Mayo-Figenbaum

CFO, OASIS Open

[1] https://www.oasis-open.org/annual-reports/

[2] https://groups.oasis-open.org/higherlogic/ws/groups/77c35eab-04d0-4770-b59f-018dc976daa5/documents/auditor3452/document?document_id=71856

[3] https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fT1BmdmvTaGl6OoOPbHfEg

Dear Members,

In accordance with the OASIS bylaws, we are happy to share the following:

[1] The 2023 Annual Report, now ready for download, showcases our members’ impactful work, including the recipients of the Distinguished Contributor Awards and Open Cup Awards. Your dedication and contributions have been instrumental in shaping the progress detailed within this report. I encourage you to take a moment to explore its contents and share it with those interested in OASIS. 

[2] The 2023 OASIS Open & Associates Financial Review is available. These financial statements include the operations of OASIS and its subsidiary groups. In 2023, the Board of Directors approved the motion for an independent review of the organization's financial statements. 

Thank you for your ongoing commitment and support to the OASIS community. We take pride in our collective achievements and look forward to fostering innovation and driving positive change together.

[3] Register for the OASIS Annual General Member Meeting: 

Wednesday, 17 July 2024 from 11am-12pm (EDT).

Best regards, 

Cathie Mayo-Figenbaum

CFO, OASIS Open

[1] https://www.oasis-open.org/annual-reports/

[2] https://groups.oasis-open.org/higherlogic/ws/groups/77c35eab-04d0-4770-b59f-018dc976daa5/documents/auditor3452/document?document_id=71856

[3] https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fT1BmdmvTaGl6OoOPbHfEg

20^th Anniversary of the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)

2024 Annual CAP Implementation Workshop

2024 heralds the twentieth (20th) anniversary of the year CAP was first approved as an OASIS Standard, (2004). From then OASIS Open CAP v1.2 has been adopted by more than 90% of the world.

2024 CAP Implementation Workshop will be held 23-24 October 2024 in Leuven, Belgium. 

The Call for Participation can be found here 

An overview of the CAP Workshop is in the Announcement Flyer accessible here</a> 

Everyone interested in emergency alerting is welcome: managers, technical staff, media, etc., including government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and commercial firms. There is no charge to participate, but all participants need to pay for their own travel expenses.

If you have CAP implementation experiences or insights to share, please let the Program Committee know that you want to give one of the 20-minute presentations. You can contact the Program Committee by e‑mail to Workshop Chair: Eliot J. Christian@gmail.com.

On 22 October in the same venue, CAP Training will be held 9:00 to noon and a Traveller Information Services Association (TISA) Workshop in the afternoon.

You can register for the CAP Workshop and Training here.

The events will be conducted in person, or you can join the online Webinars. Webinar instructions will be sent only to registered participants.

Since Thrive gives us this option, what happens if we use it to announce, say, a TC's public review? 

Participation is open to all interested parties. Contact join@oasis-open.org for more information.

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The TC has been working with the FIX Trading Community on improved alignment of CTS with global financial market terminology and interfaces.

Watch for a public review soon; working drafts are posted in the TC Workspace which is supposed to be public.

If you cannot access current working drafts please email wtcox@coxsoftwarearchitects.com with your request.

Thanks!

bill cox

March 25, 2024

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