IES at the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Jump-Start and CAP Implementation Workshop

IES Solutions CEO, Uberto Delprato and IES Solutions CTO, Massimo Cristaldi, are attending the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Jump-Start and the CAP Implementation Workshop. The events are held in Rome, from September the 22nd to September the 24th, 2015. During the workshop, Dr. Massimo Cristaldi will present a case study about the use of CAP standard by the Civil Protection of Regione…

IETF draft on CAP (Common Alerting Protocol) message transmission using SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)

An Internet draft, describing a solution for "Data-only emergency calls", has been issued by the members of the ECRIT (Emergency Context Resolution with Internet Technologies) working group of IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force), on February the 14th, 2014. This solution uses the CAP message as a container for emergency data such as alerts sent by sensors or alerts sent by vehicles after a…

PubSubHubbub protocol in the Jixel CAP Router

The Jixel CAP Router has been provided with an additional mechanism for the delivery of CAP messages: the open protocol “Pubsubhubbub”, designed by google, which can overcome some present limitations of the classical approach provided by the Atom / RSS protocols. Content distribution via the standard Atom / RSS approach: With this approach each user (subscriber) interested in the contents…

MQTT: a standard communication protocol for the Internet of Things

The growing spread of devices capable of acquiring data and connecting to the network for sharing and receiving information with/from other connected devices, led in recent years to a dramatic increase in the number of IoT (Internet of Things) applications. The connectivity applied to disparate types of objects, combined with their ability to collect large amounts of data to be analyzed and used…

The report of the 2017 CAP Workshop has been published

The report of the 2017 CAP Implementation Workshop has been published on the Global Disaster Preparedness Center website. The Common Alerting Protocol CAP (Common Alerting Protocol) is a communication protocol for exchanging public warnings between alerting authorities (and public). CAP is used globally by organisations that deals with emergency management, meteorology and public alerting.…

CAP Implementation Workshop 2017

The 2017 edition of the CAP Implementation Workshop was held in Rome last 20 and 21 September. The event gathered representatives of public and private organisations that deal with CAP-based emergency communication from all over the world. CAP (Common Alerting Protocol) is the international communication standard used worldwide for emergency communication. The protocol has been adopted in…

CAP Implementation Workshop in GENEVE – IES

The Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) is promoted by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and others as the foundation standard for public alerting in societies worldwide. A new CAP Implementation Workshops will be held at the WMO in Geneva, 23-24 April 2013. Also, on the day following the Workshop, 25 April, WMO is offering "CAP Jump…

Why is worth adopting the CAP standard: a visual guide for Emergency Services

The OASIS EDXL-CAP standard, the Common Alerting Protocol we use in JIXEL, is a milestone for achieving interoperability between emergency services and for notifying citizens about emergencies. In Italy CAP has been adopted by the National Fire Corps with a decree and issuing the Italian CAP profile. But which are the main steps for an Emergency Service to adopt the CAP standard? Together with…

“Profilo CAP Vigili del Fuoco” approved

The decree "Approvazione del profilo del protocollo per la trasmissione dei dati ai fini della cooperazione applicativa con i servizi di emergenza di cui al decreto 17 giugno 2008", published in the Official Gazette on June 21, 2011, defines the profile of the CAP protocol adopted by 'Vigili del Fuoco'. Specifically, the CAP profile adopted, called "Profilo CAP Vigili del Fuoco", is compliant…