emergency-comment

I'd like to propose for future versions of CAP the TC consider the
specification of a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) as the value of
alert.identifier and of entries into alert.references. While this would
make the identifiers longer, it would reduce the risk of non-unique
identifiers and simplify the construction of references.

UUIDs are spec'd in ITU X.667 and IETF RFC 4122.

- Art

Art Botterell, Manager
Community Warning System
Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff
50 Glacier Drive
Martinez, California 94553
(925) 313-9603
fax (925) 646-1120

The FCC CMSAAC made one departure from the CAP 1.1 spec when it
recommended an additional value of "Avoid" in the enumeration of values
for info.responseType. This new value would be used to indicate an area
closure or quarantine. I'd recommend this value be added in future
versions.

Additionally, I would suggest renaming the "Monitor" value to the
slightly more actionable term "Observe".

And I think it would be well worthwhile to consider what the
implications would be of making responseType mandatory. (We might want
to add an "Other" value just to hedge our bets.)

- Art


Art Botterell, Manager
Community Warning System
Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff
50 Glacier Drive
Martinez, California 94553
(925) 313-9603
fax (925) 646-1120

While not all systems issue explicit "all clear" alerts, some do. I'd
suggest the TC consider adding a responseType value of "All Clear" for
such messages. This might be supported by adding a "None" value to the
enumerations for info.urgency and info.severity.

- Art


Art Botterell, Manager
Community Warning System
Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff
50 Glacier Drive
Martinez, California 94553
(925) 313-9603
fax (925) 646-1120