[EAS] CMAS 101 (important clarification)

[Ed Czarnecki]

Gary - re-reading the CMAS doc again, an interesting point pops up.  The
article says "Acquire an IPAWS-compatible alert authoring software (see here
for a list of providers on the FEMA website)."  However, that brings you to
a link of vendors that have signed an MOA to be a developer to access the
IPAWS-OPEN Test Environment.

That list does NOT indicate that a developer actually has IPAWS-compatible
alert software, and more importantly, it does not indicate which vendors
have passed the IPAWS conformity assessments for alert originators.

The www.rkb.us website lists the IPAWS-compatible and IPAWS-conformant
origination vendors.  The IPAWS OPEN Developers list the article links to
does not provide that information.

The Aware Forum may want to look into clarifying that info in their article.
It is a very important distinction for technical and procurement reasons.

Edward Czarnecki, Ph.D.
Senior Director - Strategy, Development & Regulatory Affairs
Monroe Electronics, Inc. / Digital Alert Systems
ed.czarnecki at monroe-electronics.com
www.monroe-electronics.com
www.digitalalertsystems. com

-----Original Message-----
From: eas-bounces at radiolists.net [mailto:eas-bounces at radiolists.net] On
Behalf Of Gary Timm

There has been discussion recently on this listserve regarding CMAS, the
Commercial Mobile Alert Service.  I wanted to direct your attention to a
good just-posted CMAS 101 primer written by my colleague Adrienne Gizicki on
AWARE Forum: http://www.awareforum.org/category/cmas/
Gary Timm

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