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[Elysa Jones]

Friends, It will soon be time for our CAP Event Terms List discussion in the CAP Subcommittee of the OASIS Emergency Management Technical Committee (EMTC).  Please be aware of the OASIS  Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) policy under which this TC operates.  This meeting is open to all persons invited as all work of the EMTC is free and open.  We intend for that to remain by insuring the IPR policy is understood.  I will explain this more fully when we begin our call, but the details of the policy are provided here for your review.  In order to speak or contribute to the discussion, please be aware of the IPR policy as follows: 10.2 RF Mode TC Requirements 10.2.1 Common For an OASIS Standards Final Deliverable developed by an RF Mode TC, except where a Licensee has a separate, signed agreement under which the Essential Claims are licensed to such Licensee on more favorable terms and conditions than set forth in this section (in which case such separate signed agreement shall supersede this Limited Patent License), each Obligated Party in such TC hereby covenants that, upon request and subject to Section 11, it will grant to any OASIS Party or third party: a nonexclusive, worldwide, non-sublicensable, perpetual patent license (or an equivalent non-assertion covenant) under its Essential Claims covered by its Contribution Obligations or Participation Obligations without payment of royalties or fees, and subject to the applicable Section 10.2.2 or 10.2.3, to make, have made, use, market, import, offer to sell, and sell, and to otherwise directly or indirectly distribute (a) Licensed Products that implement such OASIS Standards Final Deliverable, and (b) Licensed Products that implement any Final Maintenance Deliverable with respect to that OASIS Standards Final Deliverable. 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See you soon, Elysa +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dear CAP Experts, The dial in details for our meeting on the CAP Event Terms List are: Phone: 800-320-4330 PIN Code 247202 Screen Sharing: https://join.freeconferencecall.com/jpwmeet Please join us from 11-12ET (1300 UTC) on Friday June 28, 2019. If you have any issues with the dial-in or screen share please email me right away. Best regards, Elysa Dear CAP Experts, The CAP Subcommittee of the OASIS Emergency Management Technical Committee (EMTC) has been working for many months on codifying the CAP Event Terms List.  An initial request for this effort came from CAP developers several years ago and has been voiced by many others since.  I will be sending out a notice soon inviting you to a meeting June 28 (11EDT) regarding this work of the CAP Subcommittee. Background:  Over half the world's population is now alerted to natural and manmade hazards using a CAP based national system.  For the last several years CAP developers have asked for the CAP SC to codify this field to provide guidance on its use.  The "Event" term is a required parameter in the CAP XML.  Countries have implemented the standard using a variety of terms with not much consistency.  Providing this guidance will enhance the interoperability of CAP.  Over the past several months, the CAP Subcommittee has worked through a very long list of terms to make a broad/narrow list that is unambiguous and can be helpful to developers. As a key stakeholder in CAP development and use, I would like to invite you to attend the June 28 meeting.  We will go over the background for this effort, the format of the list, how it will be published and the process for making a second pass through the list.  We will publish an OASIS Committee Note with the results and present it at our annual CAP Workshop in October.  Membership in OASIS is not necessary to attend.  In addition to our CAP SC members which include Environment Canada, US FEMA IPAWS, US NWS, we look forward to having persons from WMO, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) Society, AccuWeather and AWS. Please reply to confirm your interest in attending and I will send you an invite for the call. Best regards, Elysa Jones, Chair OASIS Emergency Management Technical Committee