[nws-changes] 20080825:comments solicited on experimental common alerting protocol

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20080825:comments solicited on experimental common alerting protocol
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:53:25 -0600

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...COMMENT REQUEST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
410 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

TO:       SUBSCRIBERS:
         -FAMILY OF SERVICES
         -NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
         -EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
         OTHER NWS PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:     ROBERT BUNGE
         INTERNET DISSEMINATION OFFICER

         PROTOCOL VERSION 1.1 MESSAGES

NWS IS ACCEPTING COMMENTS THROUGH DECMEBER 1 2008 ON EXPERIMENTAL
ENHANCED INTERNET BASED FEEDS OF NWS WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY PRODUCTS
FORMATED USING THE XML BASED COMMON ALERTING PROTOCOL /CAP/ FORMAT
VERSION 1.1.  THESE FEEDS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING URL /USE LOWER
CASE LETTERS/

    HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ALERTS-BETA/

THIS URL WILL ALSO CONTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT THE CAP FORMAT.

COMMENTS ON THE ATOM FEED AND NWS CAP 1.1 MESSAGES CAN BE LEFT AT THE
FOLLOWING URL /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

    HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=ATOM

THIS VERSION USES THE XML BASED ATOM FORMAT TO PROVIDE STATE AND
NATIONAL INDEXES FOR ACTIVE CAP MESSAGES AS WELL AS XML STYLE SHEETS TO
TRANSFORM THE MESSAGES INTO HUMAN READABLE FORM.  THE CAP 1.1 MESSAGES
FEATURE MORE DETAILED PRE-PARSING OF NWS TEXT MESSAGES THAN HAS BEEN
OFFERED PREVIOUSLY.  USERS OF THE EXISTING CAP FEED OFFERED AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ALERTS/ ARE ENCOURAGED TO EXAMINE THE NEW CAP
1.1 VERSION MESSAGES CLOSELY. IT IS EXPECTED THE CAP 1.1 MESSAGES WILL
REPLACE THE EXISTING NWS CAP MESSAGES IN THE COMING 12 MONTHS.  HOWEVER
IT IS EXPECTED THE CAP 1.1 MESSAGES WILL UNDERGO SOME CHANGES DURING
THE EXPERIMENTAL PERIOD AS COMMENTS ARE RECEIVED.

THE FEEDBACK PERIOD FOR THIS EXPERIMENTAL INFORMATION SERVICE WILL
EXTEND THROUGH DECEMBER 1 2008.  NWS ENCOURAGES ITS PARTNERS AND
CUSTOMERS TO FILL OUT THE ABOVE SURVEY ON THIS FORMAT.

FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS EXPERIMENTAL INFORMATION SERVICE...
PLEASE CONTACT:

 ROBERT BUNGE
 INTERNET DISSEMINATION OFFICER
 1325 EAST WEST HIGHWAY
 SILVER SPRING MD 20910
 EMAIL: ROBERT.BUNGE@xxxxxxxx
 PHONE: 301-713-1381 X140

NWS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS ARE ONLINE AT
/USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

    HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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