OASIS members and other interested parties,
OASIS and the Emergency Management TC are pleased to announce that two Committee Notes are now available for public review and comment.
The OASIS Open Event Terms List – Lookup Table is a resource that has been developed with the aim of enhancing interoperability among digital alerting systems. It features structured entries for seamless integration with CAP-based systems, and can be adapted for non-CAP-based systems as needed. The table provides universal terms and codes to support processing agents in managing CAP alerting messages within interconnected systems. This OASIS Open work product ensures a consistent approach 46 across such systems adaptable to any identified event-type.
A companion resource, the OASIS Open Event Terms List – User's Guide, outlines how agents should manage and interpret OASIS terms and codes in CAP messages during distribution. It emphasizes that the OASIS terms and codes can seamlessly coexist with existing local or domestic sets used by alerting agencies.
The documents and all related files are available here:
Event Terms List – Lookup Table Version 2.0
Committee Note 01
01 October 2025
https://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/etl/v2.0/cn01/etl-v2.0-cn01.docx (Authoritative)
https://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/etl/v2.0/cn01/etl-v2.0-cn01.html
https://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/etl/v2.0/cn01/etl-v2.0-cn01.pdf
ZIP: https://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/etl/v2.0/cn01/etl-v2.0-cn01.zip\
Event Terms List – User's Guide Version 1.0
Committee Note 01
01 October 2025
https://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/etl/v2.0/etl-ug/pr01/etl-ug-v1.0-pr01.docx (Authoritative)
https://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/etl/v2.0/etl-ug/pr01/etl-ug-v1.0-pr01.html
https://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/etl/v2.0/etl-ug/pr01/etl-ug-v1.0-pr01.pdf
ZIP: https://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/etl-ug/v1.0/cn01/etl-ug-v1.0-cn01.zip
How to Provide Feedback
OASIS and the Emergency Management TC value your feedback. We solicit input from developers, users and others, whether OASIS members or not, for the sake of improving the interoperability and quality of its technical work.
The public review is now open and ends 06 February 2026 at 23:59 UTC.
Comments may be submitted to the project by any person through the use of the project's Comment Facility. Members of the TC should submit feedback directly to the TC's members-only mailing list. All others should follow the instructions listed here.
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[1] https://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/ipr/
[2] https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/emergency/ipr.php
https://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/ipr/#RF-on-RAND-Mode