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Domain Standards
Emergency Management Disaster Standards
PFIF
Person Finder Interoperable Framework (PFIF)
EDXL
Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) is an OASIS advocated and managed collection of data standards
Sahana modules that are EDXL compliant
- Krakatoa CAP Broker
ICS/NIMS
An Incident Command System (ICS) is an organizational structure and vocabulary for event management and response that can be applied across jurisdictional boundaries.
For More
- For an overview of terminology in this field, including ICS/NIMS, see: Emergency Management Glossary of Terms (pdf). Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management. The George Washington University, United States. 2010.
- From a 2002 US National Institute of Justice report: desired features and capabilities of an emergency management system (e.g., compatibilities with ICS).
OCHA
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has been supporting the definition of “Common Operational Data Sets” (e.g., in the Pacific and Asia). The effectiveness of this ambitious effort is as yet unclear.