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Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL)

Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL). International. Free. Open. EDXL Overview . Current EDXL Standards EDXL-Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) EDXL-Distribution Element (DE) EDXL-Hospital Availability eXchange (HAVE) EDXL-Resource Messaging (RM) EDXL Standards Under Development

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Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL)

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  1. Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) International Free Open

  2. EDXL Overview • Current EDXL Standards • EDXL-Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) • EDXL-Distribution Element (DE) • EDXL-Hospital Availability eXchange (HAVE) • EDXL-Resource Messaging (RM) • EDXL Standards Under Development • EDXL-Situation Reporting (Sit-Rep) • EDXL-Tracking of Emergency Patients (TEP)

  3. EDXL - CAP Common Alerting Protocol • Overview: CAP is a message format for exchanging all types of alerts and warnings over many different networks. International adoption since 2004, ITU-T 1303 • Features: • Extensible Markup Language (XML) with Digital Signature support • Simple to use, easy to implement • Transport and system independent • All-Hazards All-Media

  4. CAP Profiles • CAP 1.2 IPAWS Profile • CAP Canadian Profile (CAP-CP)

  5. EDXL - DE Distribution Element • Overview: EDXL-DE facilitates the packaging of content and provides a standard set of elements in a header to describe that content in order to facilitate message delivery. • Features: • Ability to package both XML and binary data • Ability to use region-specific terminology • XML with Digital Signature and encryption support • Transport and system independent • Simple to use, ability to scale

  6. EDXL - RM Resource Messaging • Overview: • Organizes Emergency Logistics Information in a Standard XML Vocabulary • Another EDXL-DE Payload Message • Features: • 16 Predefined Response-Request-Report Resource Messages • User-defined Resource Messages Allowed Using Standard Terms and Datatypes

  7. EDXL - HAVE • Hospital Availability Exchange • Overview: • EDXL-HAVE allows the communication of the status of a hospital, its services, and its resources. • Includes bed capacity and availability, emergency department status, available services and the status of a hospital’s facility and operations. • Current Version of the Standard: v1.0 • The HAVE SC is working on the next version of the standard – expected to be completed in 1Q 2011 • Features: • Multiple use – EDXL-HAVE provides a flexible format which can be used during disasters, everyday emergencies, reporting etc

  8. EDXL - SitRep • Situation Reporting • Overview: • Supports reporting on incidents in consistent format • Features: • Pre-configured report types • Flexibility to create new report types from common components

  9. EDXL - TEP • Tracking of Emergency Patients • Overview: • Supports exchange of emergency patient and tracking information during patient encounter from admission to release • Features: • Patient tracking across the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) and emergency medical care continuum, as well as hospital evacuations and day-to-day patient transfers • Supports incident responders, emergency management, coordinating organizations, and care facilities in the chain of care and transport.

  10. Getting Involved / Learn More • Ask software vendors about use of EDXL to encourage adoption • Include references to the EDXL suite of standards when preparing RFPs • Learn about the OASIS EDXL work and share this information with others • Publications Distributing Emergency Data Using Messaging Standards, (E. Jones, IAEM Bulletin, Oct 2009) Why Emergency Managers Should Care about Data Standards, (E. Jones, IAEM Bulletin, Sept. 2009) • Contact OASIS Emergency Management Adoption Technical Committee with questions or ideas

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