Emergency Data Exchange Language Situation Reporting (EDXL-SitRep) Version 1.0

Committee Specification Draft 03 /
Public Review Draft 03

11 August 2015

Specification URIs

This version:

http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-sitrep/v1.0/csprd03/edxl-sitrep-v1.0-csprd03.odt (Authoritative)

http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-sitrep/v1.0/csprd03/edxl-sitrep-v1.0-csprd03.html

http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-sitrep/v1.0/csprd03/edxl-sitrep-v1.0-csprd03.pdf

Previous version:

http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-sitrep/v1.0/cs01/edxl-sitrep-v1.0-cs01.doc (Authoritative)

http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-sitrep/v1.0/cs01/edxl-sitrep-v1.0-cs01.html

http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-sitrep/v1.0/cs01/edxl-sitrep-v1.0-cs01.pdf

Latest version:

http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-sitrep/v1.0/edxl-sitrep-v1.0.odt (Authoritative)

http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-sitrep/v1.0/edxl-sitrep-v1.0.html

http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-sitrep/v1.0/edxl-sitrep-v1.0.pdf

Technical Committee:

OASIS Emergency Management TC

Chair:

Elysa Jones (elysajones@yahoo.com), Individual

Editors:

Rex Brooks (rexb@starbourne.com), Individual

Timothy Grapes (grapesco@outlook.com), Individual

Werner Joerg (wjoerg@computer.org), Individual

Additional artifacts:

This prose specification is one component of a Work Product that also includes:

·         XML schemas: http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-sitrep/v1.0/csprd03/schemas/

·         Example files: http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-sitrep/v1.0/csprd03/examples/

Related work:

This specification is related to:

·         Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) Distribution Element v1.0. Edited by Michelle Raymond, Sylvia Webb, and Patti Iles Aymond. 01 May 2006. OASIS Standard. Latest version: http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-de/v1.0/EDXL-DE_Spec_v1.0.pdf.

·         Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) Hospital AVailablity Exchange (HAVE) v1.0. Edited by Sukumar Dwarkanath. 22 December 2009. OASIS Standard. Latest version: http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-have/v1.0/emergency_edxl_have-1.0.html.

·         Emergency Data Exchange Language Resource Messaging (EDXL-RM) v1.0. Edited by Dr. Patti Aymond, Rex Brooks, Tim Grapes, Gary Ham, Dr. Renato Iannella, Dr. Karen Robinson, Werner Joerg, and Alessandro Triglia. 22 December 2009. OASIS Standard. Latest version: http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-rm/v1.0/EDXL-RM-SPEC-V1.0.html.

·         Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) Common Types (CT) v1.0. Edited by Werner Joerg, Rex Brooks, Jeff Waters, and Don McGarry. 13 January 2015. Committee Specification Draft 03. Latest version: http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-ct/v1.0/edxl-ct-v1.0.html.

·         Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) Customer Information Quality (CIQ) Profile v1.0. Edited by Werner Joerg and Jeff Waters. 13 January 2015. Committee Specification Draft 04. Latest version: http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-ciq/v1.0/edxl-ciq-v1.0.html.

·         Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) GML Simple Features Profile Version 1.0. Edited by Werner Joerg. 13 January 2015. Committee Specification Draft 02. Latest version: http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-gsf/v1.0/edxl-gsf-v1.0.html.

 

Declared XML namespaces:

·         urn:oasis:names:tc:emergency:EDXL:SitRep:1.0

Abstract:

This XML-based Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) Situation Reporting specification describes a set of standard reports and elements that can be used for data sharing among emergency information systems, and that provide incident information for situation awareness on which incident command can base decisions.

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[EDXL-SitRep]

Emergency Data Exchange Language Situation Reporting (EDXL-SitRep) Version 1.0. Edited by

Rex Brooks, Timothy Grapes, and Werner Joerg. 11 August 2015. Committee Specification Draft 03 / Public Review Draft 03. http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-sitrep/v1.0/csprd03/edxl-sitrep-v1.0-csprd03.html. Latest version: http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-sitrep/v1.0/edxl-sitrep-v1.0.html.

 

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 6

      1.1 Purpose................................................................................................................................. 6

      1.2 History................................................................................................................................... 6

      1.3 Structure of the EDXL Situation Reporting Specification........................................................... 7

      1.4 Terminology............................................................................................................................ 8

      1.5 Normative References............................................................................................................. 8

      1.6 Non-Normative References.................................................................................................... 10

2 Design Principles and Concepts (Non-normative)............................................................................. 11

      2.1 Requirements for Design....................................................................................................... 11

      2.2 Example Usage Scenarios..................................................................................................... 11

            2.2.1 Train Derailment Example.............................................................................................. 11

            2.2.2 Levee Break and Evacuation with Law Enforcement Focus............................................. 11

            2.2.3 EMS Call...................................................................................................................... 12

            2.2.4 Road Rescue -- Highway Incident Scenario & Use Case.................................................. 12

            2.2.5 Pandemic Influenza....................................................................................................... 12

3 EDXL Situation Reporting Model (Normative unless otherwise stated)............................................... 13

      3.1 Element Reference Model (Non-normative)............................................................................. 13

            3.1.1 Report Types Instantiate Abstract Type IReport (Non-normative)..................................... 13

      3.2 Distribution of EDXL-SitRep.................................................................................................. 14

            3.2.1 EDXL Distribution Element (EDXL-DE).......................................................................... 14

3.2.1.1 Identifying SitRep MessageType.......................................................................... 15

3.2.1.2 Identifying Message Sender................................................................................. 15

3.2.1.3 DateTime Message Sent...................................................................................... 16

3.2.1.4 Identifying Situation Report Type.......................................................................... 16

3.2.1.5 Multiple Report Types (Content Objects) in the Same ‘Message’............................. 16

3.2.1.6 MapSketch BinaryObject...................................................................................... 16

3.2.1.7 IncidentCommandStructureGraphic....................................................................... 16

3.2.1.8 Signature............................................................................................................. 16

3.2.1.9 Sensitivity and Releasability................................................................................. 16

      3.3 Supporting Elements............................................................................................................. 17

            3.3.1 Common Types............................................................................................................ 17

            3.3.2 Community Extensions................................................................................................. 18

      3.4 Situation Report Root and Report Types................................................................................ 18

            3.4.1 EDXLSitRep Root Elements.......................................................................................... 22

            3.4.2 FieldObservation Report Type....................................................................................... 23

3.4.2.1 Overview............................................................................................................. 23

3.4.2.2 Field Observation Element Reference Model (Non-normative)................................. 23

            3.4.3 SituationInformation Report Type.................................................................................. 24

3.4.3.1 Overview............................................................................................................. 24

3.4.3.2 SituationInformation Element Reference Model...................................................... 24

            3.4.4 ResponseResourcesTotals Report Type......................................................................... 25

3.4.4.1 Overview............................................................................................................. 25

3.4.4.2 ResponseResourcesTotals Element Reference Model............................................ 25

            3.4.5 CasualtyAndIllnessSummary Report Type...................................................................... 27

3.4.5.1 Overview............................................................................................................. 27

3.4.5.2 CasualtyAndIllnessSummary Element Reference Model......................................... 27

            3.4.6 ManagementReportingSummary Report Type................................................................. 28

3.4.6.1 Overview............................................................................................................. 28

3.4.6.2 ManagementReportingSummary Element Reference Model.................................... 28

4 Data Dictionary (Normative)............................................................................................................ 30

      4.1 “Routing Header” Elements.................................................................................................... 30

      4.2 EDXL SitRep Top Level Elements.......................................................................................... 31

            4.2.1 IReport Type................................................................................................................. 31

            4.2.2 Common SitRep Elements............................................................................................ 32

      4.3 FieldObservation Report Type................................................................................................ 40

      4.4 SituationInformation Report Type........................................................................................... 43

            4.4.1 SubIncidentInformationType.......................................................................................... 44

            4.4.2 IncidentInformationType................................................................................................ 44

4.4.2.1 DisasterInformation Complex Type....................................................................... 49

      4.5 ResponseResourcesTotals Report Type................................................................................. 51

            4.5.1 ResourceTotal Complex Types...................................................................................... 53

4.5.1.1 ResourceCount Complex Types............................................................................ 54

            4.5.2 OrganizationAndAssignments Complex Type................................................................. 65

      4.6 CasualtyAndIllnessSummary Report Type............................................................................... 70

            4.6.1 SummaryCount Complex Type...................................................................................... 72

            4.6.2 NotifiableDiseaseNumbers Complex Type..................................................................... 77

      4.7 ManagementReportingSummary Report Type.......................................................................... 79

            4.7.1 SituationSummary Complex Type.................................................................................. 81

4.7.1.1 ExternalAffairs Complex Type.............................................................................. 91

4.7.1.2 DebrisManagement Complex Type....................................................................... 93

4.7.1.3 PropertyDamage Complex Type........................................................................... 98

            4.7.2 DecisionSupportInformation Complex Type................................................................... 99

      4.8 Common Complex Types..................................................................................................... 106

            4.8.1 GeographicSize Complex Type.................................................................................... 106

            4.8.2 JurisdictionInformation Complex Type......................................................................... 106

      4.9 Default Value Lists.............................................................................................................. 109

5 Conformance............................................................................................................................... 118

      5.1 Conformance Targets.......................................................................................................... 118

      5.2 Conformance Summaries for EDXL-SitRep Messages and Producers.................................... 118

      5.3 Conformance as an EDXL-SitRep Message.......................................................................... 118

            5.3.1 EDXL-SitRep Message............................................................................................... 118

      5.4 Conformance as an EDXL-SitRep Message Producer............................................................ 119

Appendix A Acknowledgments........................................................................................................ 120

Appendix B EDXL-SituationReporting XML Schema......................................................................... 121

Appendix C EDXL Special Mechanisms........................................................................................... 131

      Appendix C.1 Selecting values from lists................................................................................... 131

            Appendix C.1.1 ValueListType............................................................................................. 131

            Appendix C.1.2 ValueKeyType............................................................................................. 132

      Appendix C.2 EDXL Extensions................................................................................................ 132

            Appendix C.2.1 Community augmentation............................................................................ 134

            Appendix C.2.2 List augmentation........................................................................................ 134

            Appendix C.2.3 List replacement.......................................................................................... 135

      Appendix C.2.4 List redefinition................................................................................................. 135

Appendix D - Examples.................................................................................................................. 137

      Appendix D.1 ICS209 Web Form Example................................................................................. 137

Appendix E Revision History........................................................................................................... 143


1          Introduction

All text is normative unless otherwise labeled.

 

1.1        Purpose

The ongoing goal of the Emergency Data eXchange Language (EDXL) project is to facilitate emergency information sharing and data exchange across the local, state, tribal, national and non-governmental organizations of different professions that provide emergency response and management services. EDXL accomplishes this goal by focusing on the standardization of specific messages (messaging interfaces) to facilitate emergency communication and coordination particularly when more than one profession or governmental jurisdiction is involved.

The current roster of EDXL Standards includes:

·         The Common Alerting Protocol v1.2 specification (EDXL-CAP)

·         The Distribution Element specification v1.0 (EDXL-DE)

·         The Hospital AVailability Exchange specification v1.0 (EDXL-HAVE)

·         The Resource Messaging specification v1.0 (EDXL-RM)

The primary purpose of the Emergency Data Exchange Language Situation Reporting (EDXL-SitRep) Specification is to provide a set of standard formats for XML emergency response messages specifically aimed at transmitting timely situation reports. These situation reports are specifically designed as payloads of the Emergency Data Exchange Language Distribution Element (EDXL-DE). Together EDXL-DE and EDXL-SitRep are intended to expedite well-informed incident command decisions needed to respond effectively and adapt to emergency incidents, facilitating communication across various responding organizations and up the chain of command. The Distribution Element may be thought of as a container that provides the information to route "payload" message sets (such as alerts, hospital availability reports, resource messages or situation reports), by including key routing information such as distribution type, geography, incident, and sender/recipient IDs.

The EDXL-SitRep message is constrained to the set of pre-defined Report types contained in this specification. The EDXL-SitRep message is intended to be the payload or one of the payloads of the Distribution Element which contains it.

1.2        History

Through a practitioner-driven approach, the Command, Control and Interoperability Division (CID) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate creates and deploys information resources to enable seamless and secure interactions among state, local, tribal, international, private entities, homeland security stakeholders and other federal entities.  CID creates and deploys Information resources such as standards, frameworks, tools, and technologies.

CID is organized into five program areas: Basic/Futures Research; Cyber Security; Knowledge Management Tools; Office for Interoperability and Compatibility (OIC); and Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Investigative Technologies.

 

Following voice interoperability programs such as SAFECOM, the OIC’s interoperable messaging standards program was initiated as one of the President’s e-Gov initiatives in 2001. The OIC mission is to serve as the standards program within the Federal Government to facilitate local, tribal, state, and federal public safety and emergency response agencies to improve emergency / disaster response through effective and efficient interoperable data sharing. OIC sponsors the process to facilitate practitioner requirements for the development of EDXL standards.

EDXL will accomplish this mission through the standardization of specific messages (XML messaging interfaces) which facilitate coordination and emergency communication between disparate software applications and systems - particularly when more than one profession or jurisdiction is involved. 

The EDXL program is an open, public practitioner-driven process driven solely by cross-profession emergency practitioners through an OIC-sponsored Practitioner Steering Group (PSG) and Standards Working Group (SWG).  The EDXL program is also a public-private partnership working with the EIC (Emergency Interoperability Consortium), Vendor communities, and OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards), which develops and publishes the open, public EDXL standards free of charge.

 

The OIC-sponsored Practitioner Steering Group (PSG) governance was formalized following publication of the EDXL Distribution Element.  It plays a key role in the direction, prioritization, definition, and execution of the DHS-OIC program. The group is comprised of representatives of major emergency response associations and organizations, setting priorities and providing recommendations regarding messaging standards development as well as the other facets of the OIC-EDXL program.

 

The PSG identified the EDXL Situation Reporting (EDXL-SitRep) Specification effort as the top priority standard by this group following the development of EDXL-DE, EDXL-HAVE and EDXL-RM.  Utilizing standard process and governance, the requirements and specification effort was initiated by this group in partnership with industry members of the Emergency Interoperability Consortium (EIC) and the Standards Working Group (SWG).  The EDXL-SitRep draft specification was developed based on explicitly defined requirements which were submitted to the OASIS Emergency Management Technical Committee (EM-TC) to begin work on this international EDXL-SitRep standard.

 

Tthe EDXL Situation Reporting standard defines five (5) separate and specific report types to support incident command decision-making across the emergency incident life-cycle. This includes preparedness, pre-staging of resources, initial, ongoing response, recovery and demobilization / release of resources and after-action analysis to identify needed improvements in ongoing preparedness.

1.3        Structure of the EDXL Situation Reporting Specification

The EDXL Situation Reporting standard document structure is defined using successively more detailed or constrained artifacts in the form of textual descriptions, diagrams, figures, tables and Appendices. The EDXL-SitRep XML Schema is provided separately. The overall structure of the EDXL Situation Report is first represented in an Element Reference Model (ERM). The ERM is the foundation from which individual constraint schemas (individual situation report types) are defined.

The structure of the EDXL Situation Reporting standard is defined in the following sections:

·         Section 3.1, The Element Reference Model (ERM), shows the abstract structural relationships of the main components of the EDXL-SitRep.

·         Section 3.2, Distribution of EDXL Situation Reporting, describes practitioner requirements which are met through the EDXL-Distribution Element (DE)

·         Sections 3.4.2 through 3.4.6 define the five (5) individual EDXL-SitRep report types

·         Section 4 The Data Dictionary, defines each element contained in the EDXL-SitRep standard message

These sections together define the message structure, message element definitions, optionality and cardinality.

The following descriptions provide a brief overview of each EDXL-SitRep component to assist with an overall understanding of this standard's diagrams, figures and tables.

The Non-normative Element Reference Model diagram in Figure 2 of Section 3.1 shows the abstract structural relationships of the main components shown as packages of specific message elements. The EDXLSitRepRoot ERM diagram in Figure 3 of Section 3.3.1 shows the structural relationships of the main Situation Report elements used throughout the individual situation reports.

 1.   The EDXLSitRepRoot element of the EDXL-SitRep message, containing elements used throughout each individual situation report such as IReport, MessageID, PreparedBy, and IncidentID.

 2.   A SituationInformation report type identifies and describes the incident with message elements such as IncidentName, IncidentLocation and IncidentType.

 3.   A FieldObservation report type provides a fast and flexible basic report of an observation in the field by emergency response & management professionals, as a textual description by human parties acting as mobile sensors. This report type is intended for standardized receipt of Field Observations, which may then undergo verification and/or integration into formal Situation Reporting.

 4.   A CasualtyAndIllnessSummary report type provides counts by responders and non-responders for various categories such as fatalities, missing and hospitalized over specified time periods.  These data items may be collected as needed and combined in the manner required for specific reports or for decision making purposes.

 5.   A ResponseResourcesTotals report type contains responding resources and resource needs to manage and coordinate resource decisions.  This report type keeps this information organized together for ease of reference and reuses the EDXL Resource Messaging Elements as needed.

 6.   A ManagementReportingSummary report type provides for the collection of data related to management concerns such as operational planning, damage and threat assessment, weather conditions, etc. It contains incident organization information where cross-profession or jurisdiction Incident Command structure is in place.

 6.1.              A SituationSummary package provides supporting information for ManagementReportingSummary or user-defined custom reports.

 6.2.              A DecisionSupportInformation package likewise provides detailed information supporting the ManagementReportingSummary report type or user-defined custom reports.

 7.   A Supporting Elements Model package provides the following:

 7.1.              A CommonTypes Package of elements organized separately to be reused as needed, including. a ValueListTypeInformation subset.

 7.2.              A ContactInformation Package of elements organized separately to be reused as needed, including  the EDXL-CIQ Profile;

 7.3.              A LocationInformation Package of elements organized separately to be reused as needed including the EDXL-GSF Profile.           

Table 1 in Section 3.3 provides a Situation Report Type Summary of the five (5) specific types of Situation Report messages. This provides a quick overview of the message types contained in this standard.

1.4        Terminology

The key words “MUST”, “MUST NOT”, “REQUIRED”, “SHALL”, “SHALL NOT”, “SHOULD”, “SHOULD NOT”, “RECOMMENDED”, “MAY”, and “OPTIONAL” in this document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].

The term “Conditional” as used in this specification is to be interpreted that a message element MUST be used, according to specified rules, within a particular report message type (elements MUST be one of “Required,” “Optional” or “Conditional”).

1.5        Normative References

 

[EDXL-SitRep-Rqmts]

                              DHS S&T-OIC, EDXL Requirements Statement and draft Messaging Specification for the Situation Reporting Messaging Standard (EDXL-SitRep), Version 1.2  http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/32036/EDXL-SitRep-Rqmts-MsgSpec020209.pdf  2 February 2009.

[RFC2119]

                              S. Bradner, Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels, BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt.

[RFC2046]

                              N. Freed, Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Two: Media Types, IETF RFC 2046, November 1996. http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2046.txt.

[RFC3066]

                              H. Alvestrand, Tags for the Identification of Languages, IETF RFC 3066, January 2001. http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3066.txt.

[WGS 84]               

                              National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense, World Geodetic System 1984, NGA Technical Report TR8350.2, January 2000. http://earth-info.nga.mil/GandG/publications/tr8350.2/wgs84fin.pdf.

[XML 1.0]               

                              T. Bray, Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Third Edition), W3C REC-XML-20040204, (Fifth Edition), 26 November 2008. http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/.

[namespaces]        

                              T. Bray, Namespaces in XML, W3C REC-xml-names-19990114, (Third Edition) W3C Recommendation 8 December 2009. http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names/.

[dateTime]             

                              N. Freed, XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes (Second Edition), W3C REC-xmlschema-2, October 2004. http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#dateTime.

[EDXL-SitRep-Rqmts]

                              Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) Requirements Statement and draft Messaging Specification for the Situation Reporting Messaging Standard (EDXL-SitRep) Version1.2, Prepared by the DHS S&T-OIC EDXL Messaging Standards Project Team, 2 February 2009. http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/32036/EDXL-SitRep-Rqmts-MsgSpec020209.pdf.

[EDXL-DE]

                              Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) Distribution Element Version 2.0, Edited by Jeff Waters, 19 Sept. 2013, Committee Specification CS02. Latest version: http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-de/v2.0/edxl-de-v2.0.html.

[EDXL-HAVE]

                              Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) Hospital AVailablity Exchange, Edited by Sukumar Dwarkanath. 01 November 2008. OASIS Standard OS01. http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-have/os/emergency_edxl_have-1.0-spec-os.html.  Latest version: http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-have/v1.0/emergency_edxl_have-1.0.html.

[EDXL-RM]

                              Emergency Data Exchange Language Resource Messaging (EDXL-RM) 1.0. Edited by Dr. Patti Aymond, Rex Brooks, Tim Grapes, Gary Ham, Dr. Renato Iannella, Dr. Karen Robinson, Werner Joerg, and Alessandro Triglia. 1 November 2008. OASIS Standard OS 01. http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-rm/v1.0/os/EDXL-RM-v1.0-OS.html. Latest version: http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-rm/v1.0/EDXL-RM-SPEC-V1.0.html.

 [EDXL-CT]

                              Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) Common Types (CT) Version 1.0. Edited by Werner Joerg, Rex Brooks, Jeff Waters, and Don McGarry. 13 Jan. 2015.Committee Specification Draft CSD03. http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-ct/v1.0/edxl-ct-v1.0.html.

[EDXL-CIQ]

                              Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) Customer Information Quality (CIQ) Profile Version1.0. Edited by Werner Joerg and Jeff Waters. OASIS Committee Specification Draft CSD04, 13 Jan. 2015. http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-ciq/v1.0/edxl-ciq-v1.0.html.

[EDXL-GSF]

                              Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) GML Simple Features Profile Version 1.0, Edited by Werner Joerg and Lewis Leinenweber. OASIS Committee Specification Draft CSD02, 13 Jan. 2015. http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-gsf/v1.0/edxl-gsf-v1.0.pdf.

[OGC CRS]

                              Open Geospatial Consortium, Spatial Referencing by Coordinates, CRS Abstract Specification, Topic 2, Version 3, 2004. https://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=6716,.

1.6        Non-Normative References

 

[EDXL GFR]

                              EDXL General Functional Requirements, OASIS Emergency Management TC, 4 November 2004 http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/10031/EDXL%20General%20Functional%20Requirements.doc,

[EDXL-DE IG]

                              EDXL Distribution Element Implementer's Guide, Edited by Patti Aymond, 19 Aug. 2005. OASIS Working Draft WD01. http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/14120/EDXL_Implementer%27sGuide.doc

[ISO 4217]

                              ISO 4217:2001, Codes for the representation of currencies and funds

[ISO 4217 codes]

                              ISO 4217 currency names and code elements. http://www.iso.org/iso/support/faqs/faqs_widely_used_standards/widely_used_standards_other/currency_codes/currency_codes_list-1.htm

[UCUM]

                              Gunther Schadow, Clement J. McDonald, The Unified Code for Units of Measure,Version 1.6, http://aurora.regenstrief.org/UCUM/ucum.html, Regenstrief Institute for Health Care, 2005.

2          Design Principles and Concepts (Non-normative)

Below are some of the guiding principles behind the development of EDXL-SitRep:

·         Provide a standard message format for the Situation Report

·         Separation of EDXL-SitRep message structure from routing header structure

·         Provide separate specific formats for the distinct Situation Report Types in order to simplify implementation and use

·         Enable dissemination of messages based on geographic delivery area

·         Use and reuse of data content and models developed by other initiatives

·         Business process-driven specific messaging needs across emergency professions

·         Supporting everyday events and incident preparedness, as well as disasters

·         Facilitate emergency information sharing and data exchange across the local, state, tribal, national and non-governmental organizations of different professions that provide emergency response and management services

2.1        Requirements for Design

 

The initial requirements submitted to the Technical Committee by the DHS-OIC sponsored EDXL Standards Working Group (SWG) described in Section 1.2 can be reviewed at:

http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/32036/EDXL-SitRep-Rqmts-MsgSpec020209.pdf 

The word processing version of this document can be found at:

http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/32278/EDXL-SitRep-Rqmts-MsgSpec020209.doc

2.2        Example Usage Scenarios

Note: The following examples of usage scenarios were used as a basis for development of the practitioner requirements and messaging specification document which was submitted to OASIS. These scenarios are non-normative and not intended to be exhaustive or to reflect actual practices.

2.2.1     Train Derailment Example

This scenario follows the detection of a train derailment either by a GPS system or by a citizen report via 911/PSAP. An early use case, this specific case illustrated a number of areas where a clarification of the system needs to be made.

Full use case available: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/32043/EDXL_use_case_Train_Derailv1.5final.doc.

This scenario includes subsequent developments in a traffic accident and biohazard incident.

2.2.2     Levee Break and Evacuation with Law Enforcement Focus

Levee Break and Evacuation with Law Enforcement Focus

The National Weather Service is reporting that there is no let-up in sight to the rain storm that has been drenching the area for the last 36 hours.  An unprecedented amount of rain has fallen.  A levee next to a local town is threatening to break.

Estimates of engineers indicate that the levee will only hold for another 2 hours.  This is the time frame in which the initial response must take place.  Emergency Management has notified local law enforcement: that the 2,000 residents at risk must be evacuated immediately.  200 are elderly, of which 50 are non-ambulatory.

Rising water levels also threaten to cause two major rivers, one flowing through a major neighboring town to the west, to overflow their banks and cause massive flooding across the region.  These floods will impact areas of the original town not affected by the impending levee break. 

If these rivers do overflow their banks, then an additional and much larger number of people will need to be warned and evacuated.

Full use case available: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/32042/EDXL_use_case_LeveeBreakEvac_v1.1final.doc.

2.2.3     EMS Call

This scenario takes place in Bayport on a coastal island across a bridge from Fisherville on the mainland.  The nearest large city is Central City which is 40 miles away and has two hospitals.  The first, Faith Hospital, is a regional cardiac catheterization and care center. Central City Hospital is a level 1 trauma center and operates a medevac helicopter service called Med Flight-1. Fisherville has a small community hospital with a physician-staffed ER.  Fisherville Hospital runs a health clinic in Bayport, staffed by a physician assistant. The Bayport EMS (BEMS) staff supports the physician assistant, as well as Central City and Faith Hospital physicians who have patients in Bayport, by working in the clinic

Full use case available: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/32041/EDXL_use_case_EMS_Callv1.4final.doc.

2.2.4     Road Rescue -- Highway Incident Scenario & Use Case

This scenario timeline was pieced together using actual documents supporting the “ROAD RESCUE 06 Exercise Plan”, a joint, full scale mass casualty exercise involving Baltimore County, the private sector and the State of Maryland on March 20, 2006.

Full use case available: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/32040/RoadRescue06ScenarioV1.3final.doc.

2.2.5     Pandemic Influenza

This scenario models an H5N1 Influenza Pandemic outbreak first detected in South China which then spreads out to global involvement. This use case details the communications using EDXL, during the various stages or phases of response.

Full use case available: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/32039/Pandemic_Influenza_ScenarioV1.7final.doc

 

3          EDXL Situation Reporting Model (Normative unless otherwise stated)

Section 3 of this Standard is normative unless otherwise stated. If any differences are found between any XML schema and its associated model, diagram, table or other artifact or text, then the XML schema shall always take precedence and the other artifact(s) must be changed to match the XML schema.
Note: Please report any such errors to OASIS.

3.1        Element Reference Model (Non-normative)

This section shows the EDXL–SitRep Element Reference Model (ERM). The purpose of the ERM is to define the SitRep structure and the relationships between the main entities and their elements. Using the Unified Modeling Language as a means to illustrate the relationships, the ERM is not strictly normative.  It is important that the ERM is not used as an implementation model. The exact semantics and structure are captured in the subsequent sections in the specific predefined EDXL Situation Report Message Types.

The ERM is organized into a top level views first and then in groups of related elements with relationships between those groups and the report type in which they are used.

The Supporting Elements Model package is not specifically associated with any report type or group of elements because these sets of elements are common to all EDXL messages and may be used in any EDXL SitRep message to which they apply.

3.1.1     Report Types Instantiate Abstract Type IReport (Non-normative)

 

The EDXLSituationReporting XML Schema is provided separately and included in Appendix B. The top level element (<SitRep> aka <EDXLSitRepRoot>) contains the elements shown in Figure 1. In particular it contains a report-type dependent element report (<report>) of type <IReport>. <IReport> is an Abstract Type that serves as the basis for the five different SitRep report types as shown in Figure 2.

 

<report xsi:type="FieldObservationType">

 

Where FieldObservationType references <IReport> as follows:

 

<xs:complexType name="FieldObservationType">

      <xs:complexContent>

      <xs:extension base=”IReport”>

         ...

      </xs:extension>

      </xs:complexContent>

</xs:complexType>

                                                                                                          Figure 1: SitRep TopLevel Structure

 

                                                                                            

 

This is explained in more detail in the Data Dictionary Section.

 

Note: the code above declares the Report type based on <IReport> from the XML Schema shown below:

 

<xs:complexType name="IReport" abstract="true"

     <xs:sequence>

              <xs:element name=”extension”

                      type=”ext:ExtensionType”

                      minOccurs=”0” maxOccurs=”unbounded”/>

     </xs:sequence>

/>

 

The EDXL Extensions Section elaborates on the “ext:ExtensionType” extension mechanism of EDXL.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


               Figure 2: EDXL–SitRep Element Reference Model (ERM) – top level

 

The SitRep-ERM shows the element-level details for the main entities in EDXL-SitRep overall. The semantics for each of the elements is defined in Sections 3.3.2 through 3.3.5.

 

3.2        Distribution of EDXL-SitRep

The primary purpose of the Emergency Data Exchange Language Situation Reporting (EDXL-SitRep) Specification is to provide a set of standard formats for XML emergency messages containing information pertaining to the situation with which the message senders and recipients are involved. These EDXL-SitRep Messages are specifically designed as payloads of the EDXL-DE. Together EDXL-DE and EDXL-SitRep are intended to expedite activities associated with reporting on various situation and response activities. As set forth in Design Principles, routing and distribution information is found only in the EDXL-DE and not in the EDXL-SitRep.

While the EDXL-SitRep is designed to be an EDXL-DE payload, other routing mechanisms may be used to distribute EDXL-SitRep content if the message metadata is provided in the same form or if the sender specifies specific recipients of the payload.

3.2.1     EDXL Distribution Element (EDXL-DE)

EDXL Distribution Element (EDXL-DE) V 1.0 was approved as an OASIS standard in April 2006. The EDXL-DE provides a flexible message-distribution framework for data sharing among emergency information systems using XML. The EDXL-DE may be used over any data transmission system, including, but not limited to, the SOAP HTTP binding.

The primary purpose of the Distribution Element is to facilitate the routing of emergency messages to recipients. The Distribution Element may be thought of as a container. It provides the information to route "payload" message sets by including key routing information such as distribution type, geography, incident, and sender/recipient IDs. Messages may be distributed to specific recipients, to recipients in a geographic area, or based on codes such as agency type (police, fire, etc.).

The following subsections describe practitioner requirements which are met through the EDXL-Distribution Element (DE).

3.2.1.1                      Identifying SitRep MessageType

The Requirement for identifying the “Message Type” of the EDXL-SitRep is handled by the <distributionType> element of EDXL-DE v1.0. This is distinct from the “Report Type” of an EDXL-SitRep message. It is expected that most EDXL-SitRep messages will be of <distributionType> “Report” shown below.

The <distributionType> element defines the function of the message and this functional name for the EDXL-SitRep “Message Type” takes the form of an XML enumeration where the value must be one of:

·         Report - New information regarding an incident or activity.

·         Update - Updated information superseding a previous message.

·         Cancel - A cancellation or revocation of a previous message.

·         Request - A request for resources, information or action.

·         Response - A response to a previous request.

·         Ack - Acknowledgment of receipt of an earlier message.

·         Error - Rejection of an earlier message (for technical reasons).

It is important to note, as will be detailed later, that identifying a text message as a “Request” for a Situation Report is handled by the EDXL <distributionType> element.

3.2.1.2                      Identifying Message Sender

The Requirement for identifying the “Message Sender” of the EDXL-SitRep is handled by one or two elements of EDXL-DE v1.0.The EDXL-DE v1.0 <senderID> or an element with the identical definition and properties MUST be present in the EDXL-DE or other routing mechanism used to distribute an EDXL-SitRep message. The <senderRole> or an element with the identical definition and properties MAY be present.

<senderRole> is expressed in an XML ValueList and Value.

·         The list and associated value(s) is in the form:

<senderRole>

        <valueListUrn>valueListUrn</valueListUrn>

        <value>value</value>

</senderRole>

 

·         Where the content of <valueListUrn> is the Uniform Resource Name of a published list of values and definitions, and the content of <value> is a string (which may represent a number) denoting the value itself.

·         Multiple instances of the <value>, MAY occur with a single <valueListUrn> within the <senderRole> container.

3.2.1.3                      DateTime Message Sent

The EDXL-DE v1.0 <dateTimeSent> element is used to established the date and time the EDXL-DE package containing the EDXL-SitRep message is sent.

·         DateTime elements are represented consistent with previous EDXL standards (24-hour clock):

·         The date and time is represented in [DateTime] format (e. g., "2008-06-11T16:49:00-07:00" for 11 June 2008 at 16:49 PDT).

·         Alphabetic time zone designators such as “Z” MUST NOT be used. The time zone for UTC MUST be represented as “-00:00” or “+00:00”

3.2.1.4                      Identifying Situation Report Type

The message payload of an EDXL-DE package is a <contentObject> identified as <xmlContent> with a <contentDescription> of the EDXL-SitRep Report Type, i.e. FieldObservation, SituationInformation, ResponseResourcesTotals, CasualtyAndIllnessSummary or ManagementReportingSummary.

3.2.1.5                      Multiple Report Types (Content Objects) in the Same ‘Message’

The Requirement to carry multiple SitRep reports / report types in the same ‘message’ is handled by the the EDXL-DE v1.0, which can carry multiple content objects. Each <contentObject> MUST be well-formed <xmlContent>, or <nonXMLContent>. The EDXL-SitRep is designed to be well-formed XML for routing using the EDXL-DE.

Note: EDXL-DE 2.0 is expected to change the names ‘xmlContent’ and ‘nonXMLContent’.

3.2.1.6                      MapSketch BinaryObject

The Requirement to carry a SitRep “map” or “sketch” as an object or image is handled by the the EDXL-DE v1.0 <nonXMLContent> object.  The map or sketch may, for example provide information about the total incident area or total area of operations.

3.2.1.7                      IncidentCommandStructureGraphic

A graphic representation for the IncidentCommandStructure detailed in the SitRep may be optionally provided as an aid to understanding the hierarchy of a given organization’s or agency’s position roles. This should be provided in the form of a graphic image carried by the EDXL-DE message header as separate content object.

3.2.1.8                      Signature

A digital version of a signature may optionally be included to provide the authority that authenticates a particular Situation Report.  A digital signature must be provided in the form of a graphic image carried by the EDXL-DE message header as separate content object.

3.2.1.9                      Sensitivity and Releasability

The Requirement for identifying the “Sensitivity” or “Releasability” of an EDXL-SitRep is handled through the EDXL-DE v1.0 elements <Confidentiality> and <combinedConfidentiality>.

 

EDXL-DE has a top-level element <combinedConfidentiality> that indicates the confidentiality of the combined "Content Object" sub-elements. Generally the combined confidentiality is the most restrictive of the confidentiality elements in the "Content Object" element, but it can be more restrictive than any of the individual "Confidentiality" elements.

 

The <combindedConfidentiality> element MUST be present if a "Confidentiality" element is present in any of the “Content Object” elements.

 

"Confidentiality" elements are specified in ValueList structures and are used to meet the EDXL-SitRep requirements for "Sensitivity Text" approximately equivalent to a set of values like "Top Secret," "Sensitive, and Classified" and "Sensitive, but Unclassified."

 

"Confidentiality" elements are also used to meet the EDXL-SitRep requirements for "Releasability Level" which might also be approximately equivalent to a set of values above, but which might also be different, even within a single jurisdiction. So each jurisdiction should establish its own published ValueLists and policies governing these issues.

3.3        Supporting Elements

3.3.1     Common Types

 

Several Element Types, such as incidentStartDateTime, borrow re-usable elements from the EDXL Common Types that apply to and support multiple areas of the SitRep messages. For instance incidentStartDateTime relies on the EDXL-CT for a common date/time format.

The Supporting Elements Model distinguishes three groups of elements: CommonTypes (EDXL-CT),

Contact Information (EDXL-CIQ) and Location Information (EDXL-GSF). In this Specification, only the EDXL-CT elements/types are being used directly; yet some elements in EDXL-CT depend on EDXL-CIQ (e.g. ct:PersonDetailsType) or on EDXL-GSF (e.g. ct:EDXLLocationType).

The following elements are used in this specification and can be found at the locations cited in the normative references in Section 1.6 above.

 

Supporting Element/Type

Defined In

ct:EDXLDateTimeType

EDXL-CT (Simple Types)

ct:EDXLStringType

EDXL-CT (Simple Types)

ct:CurrencyType

EDXL-CT (Simple Types)

ct:PercentageType

EDXL-CT (Simple Types)

ct:RemarksType

EDXL-CT (Simple Types)

ct:ValueType

EDXL-CT (Simple Types)

ct:EstimateType

EDXL-CT (Simple Types)

ct:PersonTimePairType

EDXL-CT (Complex Types)

ct:TimePeriodType

EDXL-CT (Complex Types)

ct:ValueListType

EDXL-CT (Complex Types)

ct:ValueKeyType

EDXL-CT (Complex Types)

ct:PersonDetailsType

EDXL-CT (Complex Types)

ct:EDXLLocationType

EDXL-CT (Complex Types)

ct:WeatherInfoType

EDXL-CT (Complex Types)

ct:ValueKeyIntPairType

EDXL-CT (Complex Types)

ct:ValueKeyStringPairType

EDXL-CT (Complex Types)

ct:ValueListURI

EDXL-CT (Top Level Elements)

ext:ExtensionType

EDXL-EXT

 

For a presentation of difference between ValueListType and ValueKeyType, see Appendix C.1: Selecting values from lists.

3.3.2     Community Extensions

SitRep supports supplemental inclusion of community-defined sets of name/value pairs, referred to here as “Community Extensions” or simply “Extensions” for short. For example, if you send a DE message with an alert or image about an earthquake, you might want to include some specific earthquake data, like the magnitude and depth of the earthquake. There are no earthquake-specific fields in the DE; however, your community can extend the DE to include that information which you represent as a set of parameter elements specifically designed to represent earthquake data. The “Community Extensions” concept solves several major problems for improving information sharing and developing standards for the emergency management community. First, the nature of emergencies is that the unexpected will happen and emergency managers need flexibility to send whatever information is needed. Second, an emergency begins and often stays local, so local authorities and users need control to send the information they decide is important to address the current emergency. Third, communities need the opportunity to explore potential new standards. The parameter name/value extension mechanism, along with the registration and best practice guidance, provides an on-ramp for communities to determine what works well for them. Those Community Extensions which are most successful can be incorporated formally into future standards. (For more detail see Appendix C.2: EDXL Extensions).

3.4        Situation Report Root and Report Types

As further described below, the EDXLSitRepRoot element is the top level element of the EDXL-SitRep message, containing elements used throughout each individual situation report. This section describes the primary components of EDXL-SitRep including the Root element and the five (5) Report Types.

The SitRep framework is based on a report model. In this model messages do not expect a Response, although a situation report can be requested. There is no inherent message exchange protocol represented in this standard.

A SitRep message MUST be carried as the payload of the EDXL-DE or any other distribution mechanism that satisfies the DE required parameters: distribution type values of Report, Update, Cancel, Request, Response, Ack and Error.

For example, the acknowledgement of a SitRep message is handled by the distribution mechanism. When a message recipient receives a SitRep message, it uses the EDXL-DE DistributionType value of “Ack” as an acknowledgement. An acknowledgement is intended to inform the sender that the SitRep message has been received.

EDXL-SitRep communication is characterized by two classes of primary actors An “Incident Command” is an actor that needs or requires a situation report to undertake response decision(s) during an incident. An “Incident Command System” is an owner, or distributor, or manager of situation reports that can meet the needs of Incident Command. These actors need not belong to the same jurisdiction or organization.

EDXL-SitRep provides five (5) situation report messages defined in this standard, which are summarized in Table 1 below.

 

Table 1: Situation Report Message Type Summary-- informative only. It shows how situation reports might flow in incident command

Message Type

Description

Message Sender

FieldObservationType

Basic report that describes an observation that is directly observed by the reporter (an emergency professional).

On-Scene Incident Command / Planning Section / Situation Unit

SituationInformationType

Message used to provide information on responding resources and resource needs to manage and coordinate resource decisions.

On-Scene Incident Command / Planning Section / Situation Unit

ResponseResourcesTotalsType

Message used to provide information on responding resources and resource needs to manage and coordinate resources.

On-Scene Incident Command  / Logistics Section

CasualtyAndIllnessSummaryType

Message used to summarize information pertaining to the number and status of categorized casualties and victims of infectious agents associated with the incident.

Incident Command System/ Logistics Section / Services Unit / Medical Services

ManagementReportingSummaryType

Message used to summarize information and data relevant to ongoing management of incident response, typically used within the Incident Command Chain or across such chains between jurisdictions.

Incident Command System / PIO / Logistics Section / Communications

 

Table 2 (below) summarizes all the Message Types and their element contents, Including the Situation Report Root elements that can be used in any Message Type. The specific details on each of the Message Types are outlined in the following sections.

 

Table 2: Message Element Lists and Constraints

               Table 2.1: Situation Report Root – applies to all message types

Message Element

[ ]

Message Element

[ ]

Message Element

[ ]

messageID

1..1

preparedBy

1..1

authorizedBy

1..1

reportPurpose

1..1

reportNumber

1..1

reportVersion

1..1

forTimePeriod

1..1

reportTitle

0..1

incidentID

1..*

incidentLifecyclePhase

0..*

originatingMessageID

0..1

precedingMessageID

0..*

urgency

0..1

reportConfidence

1..1

severity

1..1

reportingLocation

0..1

actionPlan

0..1

nextContact

0..1

report

0..1

 

 

 

 

 

               Table 2.2:               FieldObservation

Message Element

[ ]

Message Element

[ ]

Message Element

[ ]

observationLocation

1..1

immediateNeeds

1..1

immediateNeedsCategory

0..*

observationText

1..1

 

 

 

 

 

               Table 2.3:               SituationInformation

Message Element

[ ]

Message Element

[ ]

Message Element

[ ]

primaryIncidentInformation

0..1

subIncidentInformation

0..*

 

 

primaryIncidentInformation / subIncidentInformation

incidentName

1..*

incidentKind

0..*

incidentComplexity

0..1

incidentStartDateTime

0..1

geographicSize

1..1

disasterInformation

0..*

incidentLocation

1..1

jurisdictionInformation

0..*

incidentStaging

0..*

IncidentInformationType.disasterInformation

disasterName

1..1

disasterDeclarationAuthority

1..1

disasterDeclarationDateTime

1..1

 

Note: situationInformation structure is actually a choice:

      {{{primaryIncidentInformation [1..1]} {subIncidentInformation [0..*]}} | {subIncidentInformation [1..*]}} [1..1]

 

               Table 2.4 ResponseResourcesTotals

Message Element

[ ]

Message Element

[ ]

Message Element

[ ]

resourceTotal

1..*

organizationAndAssignments

1..*

 

 

resourceTotal

branchDivisionGroup

1..1

resource

1..*

 

 

resourceTotal.resource

agencyOrganization

1..1

resourceName

1..1

resourceTypeCategoryKind

0..1

resourceDetail

0..1

isSufficient

0..1

 

 

resourceTotal.resource.resourceDetail

resourcePersonnelCount

0..1

unassignedResourcePersonnel

0..1

resourceRequiredCount

0..1

resourceCommittedCount

0..1

resourceOnHandCount

0..1

resourceStillNeededCount

0..1

resourceRequestedCount

0..1

dateTimeOrdered

0..1

requestedArrival

0..1

estimatedArrival

0..1

reportToLocation

0..1

overheadPosition

0..*

workAssignment

0..1

specialInstructions

0..1

specialEquipmentAndSupplies

0..*

additionalAssistingOrganizations

0..1

resourceStatus

0..1

 

 

resourceTotal.resource.resourceDetail.resourceStatus

inventoryRefreshDateTime

1..1

deploymentStatus

0..1

availability

1..1

organizationAndAssignments

commandStructure

0..1

positionTitle

0..1

personName

0..1

branch

0..1

reportsToPositionTitle

0..1

reportsToPersonName

0..1

reportsToAgency

0..*

reportsToBranch

0..1

 

 

Note: responseResourcesTotals structure is actually a choice:

        {{resourceTotal [1..1]} | {organizationAndAssignments[1..1]} [1..*]

 

               Table 2.5 CasualtyAndIllnessSummary

Message Element

[ ]

Message Element

[ ]

Message Element

[ ]

summaryCount

1..*

notifiableDiseaseNumbers

1..*

 

 

summaryCount

casualtyAndIllnessCountCategory

1..1

responderSummaryCount

0..1

nonResponderSummaryCount

0..1

responderSummaryCountToDate

0..1

nonResponderSummaryCountToDate

0..1

receivedMassImmunizations

0..1

requireMassImmunizations

0..1

shelterCountEstimate

0..1

 

 

SummaryCount.casualtyAndIllnessCountCategory

countCategory

1..1

remarks

0..1

isEstimate

0..1

notifiableDiseaseNumbers

diseaseSuspected

1..1

probableCause

1..1

countOfSuspectedCases

1..1

countOfConfirmedCases

1..1

 

 

 

 

Note: casualtyAndIllnessSummary structure is actually a choice:

        {{summaryCount [1..1] | {notifiableDiseaseNumbers [1..1]}} [1..*]

 

               Table 2.6 ManagementReportingSummary

Message Element

[ ]

Message Element

[ ]

Message Element

[ ]

situationSummary

1..1

decisionSupportInformation

0..1

jurisdictionInformation

0..*

situationSummary

incidentCause

1..1

significantEvents

0..*

damageAssessmentInformation

0..1

primaryHazards

1..1

hazMatIncidentReport

0..1

extentOfContamination

0..*

generalPopulationStatus

0..1

externalAffairs

0..1

humanLifeAndSafetyThreat

0..1

lifeAndSafetyThreat

1..*

incidentThreatSummaryAndRisk

0..*

followOnIndication

0..1

infrastructureAffected

0..*

debrisManagement

0..1

propertyDamage

0..*

percentContained

0..1

requestsForAdditionalSupport

0..1

terrorismNexus

0..1

weatherEffects

0..1

WMDEffects

0..1

transportationSystems

0..*

situationSummary.externalAffairs

effectivePublicCommunication

0..1

talkingPoints

0..1

rumors

0..1

situationSummary.debrisManagement

totalDebrisGeneratedCY

0..1

debrisClearedToDateCY

0..1

debrisNotYetClearedCY

0..1

daysToClearanceComplete

0..1

percentOfJurisdictionWithDebrisImpacts

0..1

areasWithDebrisImpacts

0..*

areasWhereWorkNotStarted

0..*

debrisDisposedToDateCY

0..1

debrisNotYetDisposedCY

0..1

debrisStorageSitesPercentFilled

0..1

daysToDisposalComplete

0..1

 

 

situationSummary.propertyDamage

numberDamaged

1..1

damageCategory

1..1

 

 

decisionSupportInformation

projectedIncidentActivity

0..1

projectedNumberToBeSheltered

0..1

criticalResourceNeeds

0..*

projectedFinalIncidentSize

0..1

anticipatedCompletionDate

0..1

projectedDemobilizationStartDate

0..1

estimatedCostsToDate

0..1

projectedFinalCosts

0..1

emergencyResponseIssues

0..*

strategicDiscussion

0..1

plannedActions

0..1

 

 

jurisdictionInformation

name

1..1

geographicSize

1..1

location

1..1

description

1..1

 

 

 

 

Note: managementReportingSummary structure is actually a choice:

        {{{situationSummary [1..1]} {decisionSupportInformation [0..1]} {jurisdictionInformation [0..*]}} |

         {{decisionSupportInformation [1..1]} {jurisdictionInformation [0..*]}} | {jurisdictionInformation [1..*}}

3.4.1     EDXLSitRep Root Elements

EDXLSitRepRoot elements are the collection of elements shown in the Element Reference Model below. The SitRepRoot is at the top of SitRep structure.  These elements are common to all EDXL-SitRep Report types, and each of these elements can appear in any report. In contrast to the Supporting Element Types which are common, re-usable elements applicable across the Emergency Data Exchange Language standards, SitRepRoot elements are specific to EDXL-Situation Reporting.


Figure 3: EDXLSitRepRoot Elements

 

It is of particular significance to note the relationship of the <fromDateTime> and <toDateTime> elements to their parent element <ForTimePeriod>.  In this case, while both child elements are REQUIRED whenever the parent element is present, the parent element itself is REQUIRED, making the entire ensemble REQUIRED.

3.4.2      FieldObservation Report Type

3.4.2.1                       Overview

The “FieldObservation” report type is used as a basic report that describes an observation that is directly observed by the reporter (an emergency professional), consisting of only four elements.

3.4.2.2                       Field Observation Element Reference Model (Non-normative)

Figure 4 shows the FieldObservation report type Element Reference Model. The ERM shows the element-level details for the main entities in this fundamental report message type.

The schema for a FieldObservation message is supplied separately at http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-sr/v1.0/os/ and can be found in Appendix B.

 

Figure 4: EDXLSitRep ERM for FieldObservation Report Type

3.4.3     SituationInformation Report Type

3.4.3.1                      Overview

The “SituationInformation” report message type details the incident to which the current response is being mounted with elements such as incidentName, incidentKind, incidentComplexity and affectedJurisdiction. SituationInformation intends to draw a concise and accurate picture of the situation.

3.4.3.2                      SituationInformation Element Reference Model

Figure 5 below shows the SituationInformation report type Element Reference Model. The ERM shows the element-level details for the main entities in the SituationInformation report message type.

In addition, there are rules that apply to several elements that should be reviewed in the Message Rules section.

 


 

 

                   Figure 5: EDXLSitRep ERM for SituationInformation Message

The schema for a SituationInformation message is supplied separately at http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-sitrep/v1.0/os/  and can be found in Appendix B.

3.4.4     ResponseResourcesTotals Report Type

3.4.4.1                      Overview

The “ResponseResourcesTotals” report type is used to organize and report on the Resources needed or on hand for responding to the current incident.

3.4.4.2                      ResponseResourcesTotals Element Reference Model

Figure 6 shows the ResponseResourcesTotals report type Element Reference Model. The ERM shows the element-level details for the main entities in the ResponseResourcesTotals report message type.

The schema for a FieldObservation message is supplied separately at http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-sitrep/v1.0/os/   and can be found in Appendix B.

 

 

 

 


                   Figure 6: EDXLSitRep ERM for ResponseResourcesTotals Message

 

The schema for a ResponseResourcesTotals message is supplied separately at http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-sitrep/v1.0/os/   and can be found in Appendix B.

 

3.4.5     CasualtyAndIllnessSummary Report Type

3.4.5.1                      Overview

The “CasualtyAndIllnessSummary” report type is used to present a collection of vital data about the number and kind of casualties resulting from the incident. It is used by Incident Command to assess resource needs related to treating casualties and planning for associated needs such as Field Morgues, Field Hospitals, Temporary Shelters, etc.

3.4.5.2                      CasualtyAndIllnessSummary Element Reference Model

Figure 7 below shows the CasualtyAndIllnessSummary report type Element Reference Model. The ERM shows the element-level details for the main entities in the CasualtyAndIllnessSummary report message type.


                                       Figure 7 EDXLSitRep ERM for CasualtyAndIllnessSummary Message

The schema for a CasualtyAndIllnessSummary message is supplied separately at http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-sitrep/v1.0/os/ and can be found in Appendix B.

 

3.4.6       ManagementReportingSummary Report Type

3.4.6.1     Overview

The “ManagementReportingSummary” report type is used to compile, organize and report on various aspects of incident management information across responding organizations and up the chain of command.

3.4.6.2                      ManagementReportingSummary Element Reference Model

Figure 8 below shows the ManagementReportingSummary report type Element Reference Model. The ERM shows the element-level details for the main entities in the ManagementReportingSummary report message type.

The schema for a ManagementReportingSummary message is supplied separately at http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-sitrep/v1.0/os/  and can be found in Appendix B.

 

 


Figure 8: EDXLSitRep ERM for ManagementReportingSummary

4          Data Dictionary (Normative)

The data dictionary is intended to provide detailed definition of each element contained in the EDXL-SitRep standard.  Where discrepancies may exist between this dictionary, the Element Reference Model (ERM), and the normative XML, the normative  XML shall take precedence.

·         Element – Name of the element.

·         Type – Type or format of the element.

·         Usage – Optionality and Cardinality. 

·         If no optionality specified, then the element is “Optional”.

·         If no Cardinality specified, the element ”MUST be used once and only once”

·         Definition – Definition of the element.

·         Comments – Additional comments or examples to add clarity.

·         Constraints – Limits imposed on the element.  Also notes the container or “parent” to which the element belongs.

·         Source – Source of the requirement or usage of the element.

·         Requirements Supported – A code representing and referring to each requirement contained in the original submission from the practitioner process to OASIS. EACH general, functional or information requirement is accounted for by one or more elements in the data dictionary, and/or by relationships in the message structure, one or more business rules, or through the overall standard (e.g. for general and functional requirements).

4.1        “Routing Header” Elements

The following list of elements / information requirements are addressed through the OASIS EDXL-Distribution Element (DE) routing header (See Section 3.2 of this document for an explanation of each), which is used for routing and distribution of Situation information as well as other EDXL and non-EDXL payloads. The EDXL-SitRep standard is designed as a payload requiring use of a routing header, and specifically designed for use with the EDXL-Distribution Element (DE). The EDXL-DE is the required routing/distribution header for EDXL-SitReps unless an alternative routing header is available which meets all requirements of the EDXL-SitRep standard as specified in this section, and includes each element required of the EDXL-DE standard.

 

EDXL-SitRep Requirement

EDXL-DE Element(s)

Message Type

DistributionType

MessageSender

SenderID and SenderRole

SensitivityText

Confidentiality and combinedConfidentiality

ReleasabilityLevel

Confidentiality and combinedConfidentiality

Content Containers

“XMLcontent” and “nonXMLcontent” containers

SentDateTime

dateTimeSent

Signature

“nonXMLcontent” containers

4.2        EDXL SitRep Top Level Elements

The EDXL-SitRep message consists of a set of core data that are common to all reports and a report specific element named <report> of abstract type <IReport>. <IReport> can be instantiated by any one of the five (5) separate additional data structures, each of which is needed to build one of the five (5) specialized EDXL-SitReps. The schema is provided separately and replicated in Appendix B.

 

ElementType

SitRepType

Type

xs:complexType

Definition

Top level element type of all situation reports

Comments

Holds elements common to all report types and a report specific element <report>

Constraints

Root element MUST appear once and only once

Valid Values /

Examples

 

Sub-elements

·         messageID [1..1]: ct:EDXLStringType

·         preparedBy [1..1]: ct:PersonTimePairType

·         authorizedBy [1..1]: ct:PersonTimePairType

·         reportPurpose [1..1]: ct:EDXLStringType

·         reportNumber [1..]: xs:unsignedInt

·         reportVersion [1..1]: ReportVersionDefaultValues

·         forTimePeriod [1..1]: ct:TimePeriodType

·         reportTitle [0..1]: ct:EDXLStringType

·         incidentID [1..*]: ct:EDXLStringType

·         incidentLifecyclePhase [0..*]: IncidentLifecycleDefaultValues

·         originatingMessageID [0..1]: ct:EDXLStringType

·         precedingMessageID [0..*]: ct:EDXLStringType

·         urgency [0..1]: UrgencyDefaultValues

·         reportConfidence [1..1]: ConfidenceDefaultValues

·         severity [1..1]: SeverityDefaultValues

·         reportingLocation [0..1]: ct:EDXLLocationType

·         actionPlan [0..1]: ct:EDXLStringType

·         nextContact [0..1]: ct:EDXLDateTimeType

·         report [1..1]: IReport

Used in

sitRep

Requirements Supported

SitRep Use Cases

 

4.2.1     IReport Type

The <report> element in SitRepType is a placeholder for report specific data. It is an abstract type that is instantiated by any one of the five (5) separate additional data structures, each of which is needed to build one of the five (5) specialized EDXL-SitReps.

<xs:complexType name="IReport" abstract="true">

       <xs:sequence>

              <xs:element name="extension" type="ext:ExtensionType"

                              minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>

       </xs:sequence>

</xs:complexType>

This means that <IReport> is not directly used in an instance document. It is instantiated by a report specific type that extends the abstract type <IReport> and complements it with report specific, as shown here:

<xs:element name="Report" type="IReport" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>

Report can then be used to declare the Report Type of any given EDXL-SitRep message as shown here:

<Report xsi:type="FieldObservation">

 

ElementType

IReport

Type

xs:complexType abstract

Definition

Abstract Type used to characterize an EDXL-SitRep message as one of five (5) predefined kinds such as “FieldObservation”.

Comments

See section 3.1.1 for diagrammatic representation of the relationship between IReport and Report.

Constraints

IReport MUST NOT be used directly in any EDXL-SitRep message of any Report Type. It is part of the XML Schema against which implementations need to be validated.

Valid Values /

Examples

 

Sub-elements

Extension [0..*]: ext:ExtensionType

Used in

SitRepType

Requirements Supported

Message types

 

The five (5) distinct “Reports”, defined in Sections 3.4.2 through 3.4.5, provide a method to componentize the overall EDXL-SitRep standard into logical groups of elements that support a common purpose.

For example, the ’Casualty and Illness Summary’ is focused only on rollup or aggregation of numbers and percentages representing human casualties by categories such as fatalities, hospitalized or missing.

4.2.2     Common SitRep Elements

<sitRep> is the top level element of any sitRep message. It contains a set of shared message elements used across the five (5) predefined EDXL-SitRep “Reports”, that convey information such as MessageID, PreparedBy and ForTimePeriod.

 

Element

messageID

Type

ct:EDXLStringType

Usage

REQUIRED  [1..1]

Definition

Each EDXL-SitRep contains an identifier that uniquely identifies the EDXL-SitRep message / Report.

Comments

The EDXL Distribution Element contains the "Distribution ID", which identifies the container for the distribution message information. messageID is the same element as used in EDXL-RM.

Constraints

Used in EDXLSitRepRoot element / container

Part of

SitRepType

Source

SitRep Use Cases, EDXL-RM

Requirements Supported

MessageID

 

Element

preparedBy

Type

ct:PersonTimePairType

Usage

REQUIRED  [1..1]

Definition

The person name and/or PositionTitle (ICSPositionTitle when an Incident Management Organization is in place) of the person preparing the information that makes up the message / report and the associated DateTime that this report was prepared  

Comments

The preparedBy/Reporter/Originator may be different from the sender. Synonyms found in the NIMS SitRep: “Originator”, “Reporter”

Constraints

Used in EDXLSitRepRoot element / container

Part of

SitRepType

Source

ICS-209      

Requirements Supported

Contact-Role-Enumerations, Report-DateTime-Information

 

Element

authorizedBy

Type

ct:PersonTimePairType 

Usage

REQUIRED  [1..1]

Definition

The person name and/or PositionTitle (ICSPositionTitle when an Incident Management Organziation is in place) of the person formally authorizing the information that makes up the message / report and the associated DateTime that this report was prepared  

Comments

When an incident Management Organization is in place, this would be the Planning Section Chief or Incident Commander at the incident.  On other incidents, it could be the jurisdiction's dispatch center manager, organizational administrator, or other manager.

Constraints

Used in EDXLSitRepRoot element / container

Part of

SitRepType

Source

ICS-209

Requirements Supported

Contact-Role-Enumerations, Report-DateTime-Information

 

Element

reportPurpose

Type

ct:EDXLStringType

Usage

REQUIRED  [1..1]

Definition

States the purpose of this Situation Report. May contain description information regarding why the report is being sent and required response or action, if any.

Comments

 

Constraints

Used in SitRep element / container

Part of

SitRepType

Source

Found in some local incident/situation reports.

Requirements Supported

Report Purpose

 

Element

reportNumber

Type

ct:EDXLStringType

Usage

REQUIRED  [1..1]

Definition

A unique number for reporting an incident or event, used to identify each new or updated report instance. Used to support report tracking.

Comments

EXAMPLE: reportNumber is “12345” reportVersion is “Initial” (of Report # 12345)

Constraints

Used in SitRep element / container

Part of

SitRepType

Source

ICS-209

Requirements Supported

Report-Number-Version

 

Element

reportVersion

Type

ct:ValueType

Usage

REQUIRED  [1..1]

Definition

This indicates the current version of the specific SitRep MessageReportType report being submitted from the same source (“authorizedBy”) for the same incident or event.  If only one SitRep will be submitted, indicate BOTH “Initial” and “Final”. 

Default value list: ReportVersionDefaultValues

Comments

 

Constraints

Used in SitRep element / container

Part of

SitRepType

Source

ICS-209

Requirements Supported

Report-Number-Version

 

Element

forTimePeriod

Type

ct:TimePeriodType

Usage

REQUIRED  [1..1]

Definition

forTimePeriod designates the period of time between the <fromDateTime> and the <toDateTime> elements whose definitions immediately follow this element defninition.

forTimePeriod is used by the <reportNumber> and <reportVersion> elements whose definitions immediate precede this element definition..

forTimePeriod SHOULD include all of the time since the last <sitRep> <reportNumber>/<reportVersion> of this type was submitted.

However, if this report is the originating EDXL-SitRep message for an incident, it should cover the time lapsed since the incident or event started. 

The forTimePeriod element MUST include one operational period, but MAY also include more than one Operational Period based on agency/organizational reporting requirements. 

All elements of information contained in a given EDXL-SitRep message report type always apply only to the forTimePeriod specified by the <fromDateTime> and the <toDateTime>.             

Comments

 

Constraints

Used in SitRep element / container

Part of

SitRepType

Source

ICS 203, 207, 209, 215

Requirements Supported

Report-DateTime-Information

 

Element

reportTitle

Type

ct:EDXLStringType

Usage

OPTIONAL [0..1]

Definition

reportTitle is the designation of a more specific title for the SitRep report other than or in addition to the title given as the value of the <sitRep> element.

Comments

Used to give a more particular title to an incident

Constraints

Used in SitRep element / container

Part of

SitRepType

Source

ICS-209

Requirements Supported

Report-Number-Version

 

Element

incidentID

Type

ct:EDXLStringType

Usage

REQUIRED; MAY be used more than once [1..*]

Definition

The name or other identifier of the incident to which the current message refers, that has been assigned to the incident by an authorized agency based on current guidance.The incident number may vary by jurisdiction and profession (e.g. law enforcement vs. Fire).  The incident number may be a computer aided dispatch number, an accounting number, a disaster declaration number, or a combination of the state, unit/agency, and dispatch system number.  “Unknown” is an acceptable value.

Comments

 

Constraints

Used in SitRep element / container

Part of

SitRepType

Source

ICS 209 (“IncidentNumber”)

Requirements Supported

Incident-Identifier

 

Element

incidentLifecyclePhase

Type

ct:ValueType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used more than once [0..*]

Definition

A code specifying the incident response lifecycle stage currently in effect

Comments

 

Constraints

·         Default value list: IncidentLifecycleDefaultValues

·         Used in SitRep “SituationInformation” Report Type

Part of

SitRepType

Source

 

Requirements Supported

IncidentLifecyclePhase

 

Element

originatingMessageID

Type

ct:EDXLStringType

Usage

OPTIONAL [0..1]

Definition

Each EDXL-SitRep message contains a <messageID> that uniquely identifies the message. <originatingMessageID> identifies the <messageID> of the first message in a message sequence to which the message belongs. If the message is itself the originating message in a new sequence, <originatingMessageID> will have the same value as the <messageID> element. In some other cases, the <originatingMessageID> element will have the same value as the <precedingMessageID> element. The <originatingMessageID> value essentially forms a unique identifier for a group of related messages, linking them together so that the relationship between the messages is made explicit and unambiguous (and threads of messages can be tracked by software).

Comments

·         Used to keep track of a string of related SitReps; especially given the fact that different jurisdictions may refer to the same incident or event in different ways and even define those different ways.

·         This MessageID is a SitRep MessageID, not an EDXL-Distribution Element MessageID.

·         Re-uses the same element as used in EDXL-RM

·         Should be included if known                 

Constraints

Used in SitRep element / container

Part of

SitRepType

Source

 

Requirements Supported

MessageID

 

Element

precedingMessageID

Type

ct:EDXLStringType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once and only once. [0..*]

Definition

The PrecedingMessageID identifies the message that immediately preceded the current message in the message sequence. This messageID is a SitRep <messageID> not an EDXL-Distribution Element MessageID.

Comments

·         Typically SitReps are sequential from a given sender or authoritative source, but parallel SitReps will occur from several senders or sources.

·         This is particularly important given the fact that different jurisdictions may refer to the same incident or event in different ways and even define them differently.

Constraints

Used in SitRep element / container

Part of

SitRepType

Source

 

Requirements Supported

MessageID

 

Element

urgency

Type

ct:ValueType

Usage

OPTIONAL [0..1]

Definition

The code denoting the importance and necessity of the SitRep message

Comments

·         The <urgency>, <severity> and <reportConfidence> elements collectively distinguish     less emphatic from more emphatic messages.

·         Default value list: UrgencyDefaultValues

Constraints

Used in SitRep element / container

Part of

SitRepType

Source

SitRep Use Cases, Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)

Requirements Supported

Urgency

 

Element

reportConfidence

Type

ct:ValueType

Usage

REQUIRED [1..1]

Definition

The code denoting the level of confidence or sureness in the content of the EDXL-SitRep message, endorsed by the officer in the“AuthorizedBy” role.

Comments

·         The <urgency>, <severity> and <reportConfidence> elements collectively distinguish less emphatic from more emphatic messages.

·         Default value list: ConfidenceDefaultValues

Constraints

Used in SitRep element / container

Part of

SitRepType

Source

SitRep Use Cases, Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)

Requirements Supported

ReportConfidence

 

Element

severity

Type

ct:ValueType                 

Usage

REQUIRED [1..1]

Definition

The code denoting the severity of the subject incident or event.

Comments

·         The <urgency>, <severity> and <reportConfidence> elements collectively distinguish less emphatic from more emphatic messages.

·         Re-uses the same element as used in EDXL CAP 1.2

·         Default value list: SeverityDefaultValues

Constraints

Used in SitRep element / container

Part of

SitRepType

Source

SitRep Use Cases (not found in research, ICS or DHS forms)

Requirements Supported

Severity

 

Element

reportingLocation

Type

ct:EDXLLocationType

Usage

OPTIONAL [0..1]

Definition

A structure representing the physical location and/or organization associated with the <preparedBy> role, or associated with the location where the Field Observation is taking place, i.e. “where I am”.

Comments

 

Constraints

Used in SitRep element / container

Part of

SitRepType

Source

 

Requirements Supported

Incident-Resource-Operational-Planning,

Incident-Resource-Commitment-Summary

 

Element

actionPlan

Type

ct:EDXLStringType

Usage

OPTIONAL [0..1]

Definition

General description of what the officer in the <preparedBy> role needs or expects, or a description of intended next step(s) of Incident Command.  ActionPlan is assumed to relate to the next operational period unless paired with a “StandardTimeFrame” defined by the user.                 

Comments

Synonyms of ActionPlan include “Way Forward,’” “Next Steps,” “Moving On”

Constraints

Used in SitRep element / container

Part of

SitRepType

Source

National Incident Management System (NIMS)

Requirements Supported

Action-Plan

 

Element

nextContact

Type

ct:EDXLDateTimeType

Usage

OPTIONAL [0..1]

Definition

DateTime of next contact or report planned by the <preparedBy> role to set expectations for provision or receipt of updated or additional information.

Comments

 

Constraints

Used in SitRep element / container

Part of

SitRepType

Source

NIMS

Requirements Supported

Next-Contact

 

Element

report

Type

IReport

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

<report> is the element used to create an instance of the IReport abstract type and through it, to specify the EDXL-SitRep Report Type of the message in which it is used.

Comments

 

Constraints

<report> MUST declare one of the five specific EDXL-SitRep Report Types:

·         fieldObservation [0..1]: FieldObservationType

·         situationInformation [0..1]: SituationInformationType

·         responseResourcesTotals [0..1]: ResponseResourcesTotalsType

·         casualtyAndIllnessSummary [0..1]: CasualtyAndIllnessSummaryType

·         managementReportingSummary [0..1]: ManagementReportingSummaryType

Part of

SitRepType

Source

Used in the SitRep element / container

Requirements Supported

 

 

4.3        FieldObservation Report Type

The FieldObservation Report provides a basic Report Type intended for fast and flexible observation in the field by emergency response & management professionals, providing a collection of facts usually detected by human parties acting as mobile sensors and presented using plain text.  Input sources will generally be mobile phones and other mobile devices.

The purpose of a Field Observation is to offer a standardized method of providing “on the ground” input from responders in the field.  The intent is standardized receipt of Field Observations, which then may undergo verification and/or integration into formal Situation Reporting.

 

ElementType

FieldObservationType

Type

xs: complexType  extends IReport

Definition

FieldObservation refers to directly observed phenomena in the field reported by the actual witness to the events reported in this EDXL-SitRep report message type.

Comments

This is an intentionally general report type meant to be reported as immediately and directly as possible.

Speculation, even if based on experience is discouraged in this report type, so discussion of the past causes and future development are not specifically included.

FieldObservation is intended to be quick and brief to expedite the quickest possible appropriate response.

Constraints

Used in EDXL-SitRep FieldObservation report type.

Valid Values /

Examples

 

Sub-elements

·         observationLocation [1..1]: ct:EDXLLocationType

·         immediateNeeds [1..1]: ct:EDXLStringType

·         immediateNeedsCategory [0..*]: ImmediateNeedsCategoryDefaultValues

·         observationText[1..1]: xs:string

Used in

SitRepType

Requirements Supported

Flexibility