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{{Short description|XML-based markup language}}
The '''Common Alerting Protocol''' ('''CAP''') is an [[XML]]-based data format for exchanging [[emergency population warning|public warnings]] and emergencies between alerting technologies. CAP allows a warning message to be consistently disseminated simultaneously over many warning systems to many applications, such as [[Google Public Alerts]] and [[Cell Broadcast]]. CAP increases warning effectiveness and simplifies the task of activating a warning for responsible officials.
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==Background==
The US [[National Science and Technology Council]] (NSTC) November 2000 report on "Effective Disaster Warnings" recommended that "standard method should be developed to collect and relay instantaneously and automatically all types of hazard warnings and reports locally, regionally and nationally for input into a wide variety of dissemination systems."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sdr.gov/NDIS_rev_Oct27.pdf |title=Archived copy |
In 2001, an international independent group of over 120 emergency managers that was convened online by California emergency telecommunications expert Art Botterell began specifying and prototyping the Common Alerting Protocol data structure based on the recommendations of the NSTC report. The project was embraced by the non-profit Partnership for Public Warning and a number of international warning system vendors.<ref>
The CAP 1.0 specification was approved by [[OASIS (organization)|OASIS]] in April 2004. Based on experience with CAP 1.0, the OASIS Emergency Management Technical Committee adopted an updated CAP 1.1 specification in October 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/emergency |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030207195408/http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/emergency/ |archive-date=2003-02-07 |title=OASIS - Committees - OASIS Emergency Management TC}}</ref><ref>[http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/14759/emergency-CAPv1.1.pdf Common Alerting Protocol, v. 1.1] oasis-open.org</ref> At a meeting in Geneva in October 2006 the CAP 1.1 specification was taken under consideration by the [[International
CAP specification version 1.2 has been available since July 2010 at the OASIS website.<ref>[http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/cap/v1.2/CAP-v1.2-os.pdf Common Alerting Protocol Version 1.2] oasis-open.org</ref>
==Implementation==
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===Australia===
The Australian Government Standard for Common Alerting Protocol (CAP-AU-STD, 2012) was developed by a CAP-AU-STD stakeholder group comprising federal agencies [[Emergency Management Australia]], the [[Bureau of Meteorology]], [[Geoscience Australia|GeoScience Australia]], [[Department of Agriculture and Water Resources|Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry]] and the [[Department of Health (Australia)|Department of Health]] as well as a number of State Government authorities and emergency services agencies. The project was co-ordinated by the Australian Government Attorney-General's Department (Australian Emergency Management).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ag.gov.au/EmergencyManagement/Emergency-management-capability/Pages/default.aspx|title=Emergency Management Capabilities - Attorney General's Department|work=ag.gov.au|access-date=2018-01-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115184416/https://www.ag.gov.au/EmergencyManagement/Emergency-management-capability/Pages/default.aspx|archive-date=2018-01-15|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.gov.au/dataset/cap-au-std|title=Common Alerting Protocol – Australia (CAP-AU-STD) - Data.gov.au|work=data.gov.au}}</ref>
===Canada===
In Canada, a working group composed of public alerting practitioners and government agencies has developed a CAP Canadian Profile (CAP-CP) based on CAP but specialized to address the needs of Canadian public alerting stakeholders, such as bilingualism, geocoding for Canada, managed lists of locations and events, etc. The Canadian government has adopted CAP-CP for its [[National Public Alerting System]] (NPAS) project. The CAP‑CP working group, along with stakeholders and projects such as the [[Canadian Public Safety Operations Organization]] (CanOps) and Netalerts' Sarnia Lambton trial, are now working with and refining CAP‑CP for national application in Canada.{{citation needed|date=June 2015}}
CAP has been implemented for a small-scale, grassroots hazard information system in [[Sri Lanka]] following the [[2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami]]. This implementation was part of the "HazInfo Project", funded by Canada's [[International Development Research Centre]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lirneasia.net/projects/current-projects/evaluating-last-mile-hazard-information-dissemination-hazinfo/|title=Evaluating Last-Mile Hazard Information Dissemination (HazInfo)|work=lirneasia.net|access-date=2007-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070709060448/http://www.lirneasia.net/projects/current-projects/evaluating-last-mile-hazard-information-dissemination-hazinfo/|archive-date=2007-07-09|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The province of [[Alberta]] adopted CAP as part of its [[Alberta Emergency Alert]] system. In March 2015, [[Alert Ready]], a national public warning system based upon CAP-CP, was officially launched. Participation in the system by all broadcasters and television providers is mandated by the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Public Alerting Bulletin to Last Mile Distributors|url=https://alerts.pelmorex.com/download/public/Broadcaster%20Bulletin%202015-03-27.pdf|publisher=Pelmorex|
===Germany===
The Federal Office for Citizen Protection and Disaster Support (''Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und
===Italy===
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The first use of CAP protocol in a civil protection activity in Italy was recorded in 2009, in the aftermath of the [[Central Italy Earthquake]], when the Fire Corps exchanged data with the Ministry for Cultural Heritage to coordinate their efforts in designing and implementing provisional measures for monuments and historical buildings.
On April
===United States===
On September 30, 2010, the [[Federal Emergency Management Agency]] (FEMA) officially adopted CAP as the protocol for its new [[Integrated Public Alert and Warning System]] (IPAWS), which is designed to disseminate emergency messages via various platforms, including broadcast media ([[Emergency Alert System]]), wireless devices ([[Wireless Emergency Alerts]]), and other platforms.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=385a5fb7-aa83-431d-80a1-3aa45296e3db|title=FCC revises emergency alert system rules; reminds participants of June 30, 2012 CAP compliance deadline|
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* [[Broadcast Markup Language]]
== References ==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061001162846/http://www.fema.gov/pdf/media/2006/deas_fact_sheet.pdf DEAS and Department of Homeland Security]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080908043938/http://www.fema.gov/pdf/emergency/ipaws/
*[http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/cap/v1.2/CAP-v1.2-os.html OASIS documentation on CAP v1.2]
*[http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-cap-logo/v1.0/edxl-cap-logo-v1.0.html official CAP Logos]
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