Biology Reference
In-Depth Information
14
Using Common Alerting Protocol to
Support a Real-Time Biosurveillance
Program in
Sri Lanka and India
Gordon A. Gow
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Nuwan Waidyanatha
LIRNEasia
Colombo, Sri Lanka
CoNTENTS
14.1
Introduction ............................................................................................. 268
14.2
The Role of Information Technology Standards in Health
Alerting .........................................................................................269
14.3
RTBP Alerting and Notification Subsystems...................................... 271
14.3.1
Message Creation and Validation ........................................... 271
14.3.2
Message Distribution................................................................ 273
14.3.3
Message Delivery ...................................................................... 273
14.3.4
Message Acknowledgment .......................................................274
14.4
Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) ........................................................274
14.4.1
CAP Basic Message Structure ................................................. 275
14.4.2
CAP Profile Document ............................................................. 276
14.4.3
CAP Implementation for the RTBP Initiative........................ 276
14.5
Message Attributes ................................................................................. 279
14.5.1
Message Attribute {
{agencyIdentifier}
}........................................ 279
14.5.1.1
CAP Profile Considerations for RTBP Project.......280
14.5.2
Message Attribute {
{alertIdentifier}
}............................................ 280
14.5.2.1
CAP Profile Considerations for RTBP Project.......280
14.5.3
Message Attribute {
sendTime
} .................................................. 280
14.5.3.1
CAP Profile Considerations for RTBP Project.......281
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