WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
WMO INFORMATION SYSTEM (WIS)
WIS Common Alerting Protocol (CAP, X.1303)
Implementers Workshop
Geneva, Switzerland, 9-10 December 2008

WIS-CAP-2008/1.3(1)
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Original:  ENGLISH ONLY

 1.

ORGANIZATION OF THE WORKSHOP

Agenda Item

Title

Doc. No.

Submitted By

Deadline

1.1

Welcome from WMO, Deputy Secretary-General [ transcript ]

1.1(1)

Hong Yan

Done

1.1

Welcome from ITU, Director Standardization Bureau [ transcript ]

1.1(2)

Malcolm Johnson

Done

1.1

Welcome from OASIS, Executive Director [ video ]

1.1(3)

Laurent Liscia

Done

1.2

Agenda

1.2(1)

Secretariat (SSO/WIS)

Done

1.2

Explanatory Memorandum

1.2(2)

Secretariat (SSO/WIS)

Done

1.2

Work Plan

1.2(3)

Secretariat (SSO/WIS)

Done

1.2

List of Participants

1.2(4)

Secretariat (SSO/WIS)

Done

1.3

Material Arrangements for the Workshop

1.3(1)

Secretariat (SSO/WIS)

Done

1.3

Information on Genveva

1.3(2)

Secretariat (SSO/WIS)

Done

1.3

Document Plan

1.3(3)

Secretariat (SSO/WIS)

Done

 2.

KEYNOTE SPEECH

2.1

WMO and Public Warning

2.1

Jean-Michel Rainer

Done

 3.

REPORT OF PREVIOUS ITU/OASIS WORKSHOP

3.1

Summary of 2006 Workshop

3.1(1)

Carol Cosgrove-Sacks

Done

3.1

Report of "Workshop and Demonstration of Advances in ICT Standards for Public Warning", October 19-20, 2006

3.1(2)

Secretariat (SSO/WIS)

Done

3.1

Presentations from "Workshop and Demonstration of Advances in ICT Standards for Public Warning", October 19-20, 2006

3.1(3)

Secretariat (SSO/WIS)

Done

3.1

General Overview of Common Alerting Protocol, X.1303 [ flyer ]

3.1(4)

Secretariat (SSO/WIS)

Done

 4.

STATUS REPORTS ON CAP IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS

4.1

OASIS / Emergency Management Technical Committee

4.1

Elysa Jones

Done

4.2(1)
4.2(2)

WMO / Public Weather Service and
Disaster Risk Reduction

4.2

Haleh Kootval and
Jim Douris

Done

4.3

ITU work in emergency telecomm and implementations of CAP

4.3

Richard Hill

Done

4.4

European Commission (focus on REACT)

4.4

Massimo Cristaldi

Done

4.5

MeteoAlarm, a project of the European Meteorological Organizations (EUMETNET)

4.5

Michael Staudinger

Done

4.6

Integrated Risk Managment for Africa (IRMA)

4.6

Ingo Simonis

Done

4.7

Japan Meteorological Agency

4.7

Yuichi Yamakoshi

Done

4.8

Meteorological Service of Canada

4.8

Norm Paulsen

Done

4.9

Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) [ abstract ] [ presentation ]

4.9

Magnus Runneson

Done

4.10

United States Geological Survey (USGS)

Jim Devine

Done

4.11

United States National Weather Service (NWS)

4.11

Ron Jones

Done

 5.

DEMONSTRATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY AND BEST PRACTICES

5.1

[cancelled]

5.2

Blackboard Connect

Billy Pitts

Done

5.3

CellCast Technologies

5.3

Kevin Preston

Done

5.4

EC Joint Research Center

5.4

Tom De Groeve

Done

5.5

Environment Canada

5.5

Norm Paulsen

Done

5.6

ESRI

5.6

Anak Agung

Done

5.7

Google

5.7

Phil Dixon

Done

5.8

SpaceCurve

5.8

J. Andrew Rogers

Done

5.9

REACT, an EU Project funded under IST

5.9

Massimo Cristaldi

Done

5.10

Warning Systems, Incorporated

5.10

Patrick Gannon

Done

5.11

[cancelled]

5.12

Cell broadcast technical coordination

Mark Wood

Done

 6.

HOT TOPICS FOR ALERTING AUTHORITIES

6.1

Best practices for text in the CAP "description" and "instruction" elements

6.1

Ron Jones

Done

6.2

Making globally unique identifiers for CAP alerts

J. Andrew Rogers

Done

6.3

Best practices for disseminating CAP alerts (radio/tv, RSS/Atom, SMS, e-mail...)

Ron Jones

Done

6.4

Determining the standards-compliance of a CAP implementation

J. Andrew Rogers

Done

6.5

Use of CAP for disease surveillance

6.5

Nuwan Waidyanatha

Done

 7.

KEY ISSUES FOR INTERMEDIARIES

7.1

Mechanisms to discover and validate CAP feeds

7.1

Tom De Groeve

Done

7.2

Having an internationally agreed list of authorities for common types of CAP alerts

7.2

Tom De Groeve

Done

7.3

Best practices for authenticating CAP alerts

7.3

J. Andrew Rogers

Done

7.4

Best practices for aggregating CAP alerts

7.4

J. Andrew Rogers

Done

7.5

Multi-language CAP brokers

7.5

Nuwan Waidyanatha

Done

7.6

CAP over GTS (WMO's Global Telecommunications System)

7.6

Simon Elliott

Done

7.7

The GEONETCast Alert Channel

7.7

Lothar Wolf

Done

 8.

CLARIFYING STANDARDS WORK

8.1

Unique identifier for events, e.g., GLIDE number, http://www.glidenumber.net

8.1

Tom De Groeve

Done

8.2

Use of sub-setting mechanisms (profiles, layers)

8.2

Norm Paulsen

Done

8.3

Best practices for updates and cancels

8.3

Norm Paulsen

Done

8.4

Best practices for AREA blocks and moving threat zones between updates

8.4

Norm Paulsen

Done

8.5

Best practices for Polygons, Preset Polygons, and Motion Vectors

8.5

Norm Paulsen

Done

8.6

Early Warning in the IETF

8.6

Hannes Tschofenig

Done

 9.

KEY ISSUES FOR FUTURE ACTION

9.1

Elysa Jones will ask the OASIS EM TC to consider certain suggested enhancements to the next version of the CAP standard contained in a letter from Blackboard Connect.

9.2

Elysa Jones will ask the OASIS EM TC to investigate how to indicate which of multiple "alert/info" elements in a CAP message is primary in the case where some are secondary translations of the original message.

9.3

Elysa Jones will ask the OASIS EM TC to explore the possibility of preparing a "white paper" on the topic of globally unique identifiers for CAP alerts.

9.4

Elysa Jones will ask the OASIS EM TC to address the need for clarity in the agreed semantics on Update and Cancel message types, and consider adding an “all clear” type in a future CAP version.

9.5

Eliot Christian will seek an ITU member to propose a "root certificate authority" for CAP alerts.

9.6

WIS staff will consult on request in support of: the planned future activity of MeteoAlarm to support CAP, the evaluation by Japan Meteorological Agency that CAP adoption would be straightforward, and the plans of EUMETSAT to prototype the GEONETCast Alert Channel on EUMETCast.

9.7

WIS staff will request the appropriate WMO organization to pursue a common meteorological coding or profile of CAP, raised by the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute.

9.8

WMO agrees with the EUMETSAT assertion that CAP messages can supply the GTS community with information which can be understood and used in a variety of applications and disciplines. This will be pursued as part of the mandate on "...improving exchange of high priority data and products in support of a virtual all hazards network" within WIS.

9.9

WMO, ITU, and OASIS applaud the European Union in its efforts to realize an interoperable European emergency information infrastructure, and will take actions to assist on request.

9.10

Representatives of WMO, ITU, and OASIS will explore how to address the problem that CAP implementations suffer from the lack of a public education campaign that would make the case for CAP readily understandable.

 10.

DRAFTING SESSION: REPORT OF MEETING TO WMO, ITU, AND OASIS

10.1

Report of Meeting
As agreed among the Workshop participants, the drafting session consisted of a session in plenary and follow-up discussions among participants via e-mail. From notes prepared by Carol Cosgrove-Sacks, Eliot presented and modified these with live input from participants. These notes were the basis for a draft Report of Meeting sent by e-mail on 15 December to all participants. The final Report of Meeting was posted on 20 December.

10.1

Secretariat (SSO/WIS)

Done

 11.

CLOSURE OF THE WORKSHOP