[OASIS Issue Tracker] (EMERGENCY-27) Change Headline length limit to 140

[ https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/EMERGENCY-27?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=48543#comment-48543 ] 

Steve Hakusa commented on EMERGENCY-27:
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From https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/emergency-cap/download.php/53640/Aproved%20CAP%20SC%20Meeting%20Notes%207-14-14.doc

Consensus was to make the change in the document for the suggested number to be changed from 160 to 140 characters.  It was further noted that a statement should be added to the Best Practices guide.

> Change Headline length limit to 140
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>
>                 Key: EMERGENCY-27
>                 URL: https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/EMERGENCY-27
>             Project: OASIS Emergency Management TC
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: CAP 
>            Reporter: Art Botterell
>
> The <headline> element was specified with SMS in mind.  Since then, however, Twitter has created a de-facto global standard of 140 UTF-8 characters for short text messages.



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