Grandpa Ham – Grandpa Can do IT!

• FEMA TDL is still not available for testing IPAWS-OPEN interop. Running tests 3 times daily. Will update any change. #

• RT @ipawsopenstate IPAWS-OPEN is not operating due to Oracle 11 G upgrade. #
• RT @ipawsopenstate Oops!!! IPAWS-OPEN in TDL is not in operation due to upgrade. Production is UP! #
• IPAWS-OPEN 2.0 Test environment (TDL) remains down for completion and test of system upgrades. #

• Funny: One of my neighbor's wireless networks is labeled "TS SCI NOFORN." #

• sha256 certs in IPAWS-OPEN 2.0 working perfectly. Both for COG 999 and COG 100014 #

I have been chosen to present a new twist on the reuse of data definitions at the National Information Exchange Model – National Training Event (NIEM NTE) in August. Data definition reuse questions that have been asked before include:
1. Is it OK to Use an External Standard without using NIEM?
2. How do I (or is it allowable to) encapsulate the use of an External Standard inside a NIEM conforming schema?
3. What is the best way to (or should I) bring concepts from external schemas into NIEM (to “NIEMify” them)?
These question have answers, although not everyone agrees on all of them.

My question is different. What if there was a way to reuse NIEM conforming structures inside an external standard? I plan to show an example of how it could work, using NIEM enumerated values (facets, codelists, and schema subsets if necessary) to populate EDXL-DE metadata around an IPAWS Profile CAP message and/or a NIEM IEPD for Amber alerting.

It ought to be an interesting discussion.

• FEMA announces PLAN (http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=54882) == CMAS #
• The PLAN press release (http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=54888) #
• For me too, nephew. RT @trevbhatt "You're doing a good job" is probably the best thing anyone could say to me. ever. #
• RT @ipawsopenstate IPAWS-OPEN was to have converted to sha256 certs by today. It has not happened yet. Hopefully sometime today. #

Most of you who read my blog know that the only thing I usually plug is IPAWS-OPEN (and the link to Donate Life, of course). I am making an exception because my good friend and mentor, Doug Rosenberg, is offering his public courses in DC the week of 16-20 May 2011. If you want to discover software engineering life cycle techniques that are light enough to actually be followed and, at the same time, detailed enough to keep a project from failing, check him out. Link as follows: http://www.iconixsw.com/EA/PublicClasses_WDC.html

• I never trust anyone who is more excited about success than about doing the thing they want to be successful at. http://xkcd.com/874/ #

IPAWS has published the list of current MOA holders. This list is for development and does not indicate that any of them actually have a completed product. It does indicate interest, however, and a willingness to explore connectivity. See: http://www.fema.gov/emergency/ipaws/projects.shtm#3

• Preparing for formal #IPAWS to CMSP testing today. Formal testing begins tomorrow. #CMAS #