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        Please review these minutes from the July 12th, 2012 meeting of the Reference Information Model subcommittee for approval at our next meeting, subject to any specified changes. Thanks.
        

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        Document Name: DRAFT-EDXL-RIM-SC-MtgNotes-07-12-2012.doc

        
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        At the July 12th, 2012 meeting of the Reference Information Model

subcommittee, the members discussed the following topic:

1.	 What is the difference between ?layers? and ?profiles? and what is our

position on the concept of ?layers?? (Answer: ?Profiles? are more like

restrictions on schema whereas ?layers? are more like extensions by

defining sets of name/value pairs, for example utilizing the parameter

name/value pairs provided in the CAP schema. This ?layers? concept is a

grass-roots effort which captures and helps to standardize emergency

management terminology. OASIS could provide guidance and a place to

register these ?layers?. Also to formalize the ?layers? concept a bit for

use across the EDXL standards, we would recommend utilizing a structure in

the common types similar to the ValueList.  For example the

ValueKeyStringPairType provides a URI with a single name/value, but a

NameValueList structure could easily be created that would have a URI and

then a list of name/values. In this way the ?layers? structure would be

supported across all the EDXL family and the advantage of having a URI to

unique identify the ?layer? would be helpful for standardization and

lookup/registration. )        

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        Submitter: Jeff Waters

                Group: EM Reference Information Model SC

        Folder: Meeting Notes

        Date submitted: 2012-07-13 02:08:29