Common Alerting Protocol: Difference between revisions

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By normalizing alert data across threats, jurisdictions, and warning systems, CAP also can be used to detect trends and patterns in warning activity, such as trends that might indicate an undetected hazard or hostile act. From a procedural perspective, CAP reinforces a research-based template for effective warning message content and structure.

The CAP data structure is backward-compatible with existing alert formats including the [[Specific Area Message Encoding]] (SAME) used in [[NOAA Weather Radio|Weatheradio]] and the broadcast [[Emergency Alert System]] as well as new technology such as the [[CommercialWireless MobileEmergency Alert System]] (CMASWEA), while adding capabilities including:

*Flexible geographic targeting using latitude/longitude “boxes” and other geospatial representations in three dimensions;

*Multilingual and multi-audience messaging;