by Darrell O'Donnell | Apr 18, 2018 | Blockchain, Digital Identity, Information Exchange, Verifiable Credentials
One of my favourite client projects (Verifiable Organization Network) was demonstrated at last month’s Rebooting the Web of Trust conference in Santa Barbara. John Jordan runs an incredible project out of the Office of the CIO for British Columbia. I play a...
by Darrell O'Donnell | Nov 22, 2013 | Incident Management, Information Exchange, Situational Awareness, Uncategorized
This is the 4th article in a series about creating Incident Management System (IMS) software. You’ve seen the contact binders and you have used them. You’ve seen the problems – people change and even if the same person is there, their contact details have...
by Darrell O'Donnell | Oct 29, 2013 | GIS and Mapping, Incident Management, Information Exchange, Situational Awareness
I have been writing a bunch of articles for my own use lately. A large number of them relate to Incident Management, a domain that I have been in since about 1997. Creating software for incident management has become second nature to me. I’ve done them for...
by Darrell O'Donnell | Sep 28, 2013 | Information Exchange, Standards
I’m involved with a number of standards efforts. From the broad range of emergency management standards on the OASIS EDXL track (OASIS Emergency Management Technical Committee) to sitting on the Canadian ISO mirror (Standards Council of Canada) I spend probably...
by Darrell O'Donnell | May 7, 2013 | General Thoughts and Rambles, Information Exchange, Situational Awareness
I keep hearing discussions about the potential liability of sharing information. There is a concern that sharing something with someone else can expose a liability. In the public safety and Emergency management space this perceived liability comes up a lot. This...
by Darrell O'Donnell | May 3, 2012 | General Thoughts and Rambles, Information Exchange, Standards
I’m big into the use of structured information, particularly for information exchange and in getting multiple groups to share. There are loads of excellent reasons for the use of structured information but quite often new formats and schemas are created on the...
