Eliot Christian
eliot.j.christian@gmail.com
Key role in the all-hazards, all-media Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) standard; CEO of non-profit Alert-Hub.Org CIC (Community Interest Company); conducted annual international CAP Implementation Workshops since 2006; developed CAP freeware and provided on-site, hands-on training; established the international Register of Alerting Authorities as a collaboration between World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and International Telecommunication Union (ITU); known for promoting global, long-term, and open accessibility of data based on international standards; addressing policy as well as technology
Event recording, Other type of resource, Presentation, Report
This page compiles the Report of the 2019 CAP Implementation Workshop together with the complete set of presentations delivered during the workshop, held on 17–18 October 2019 in Mexico City, Mexico. The workshop was hosted by the Mexico City Secre...
Guidance material
This is an example of a public alert formatted according to the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) standard. It is not real but is based upon an alerting situation in Trinidad and Tobago, plus advisory input from various CAP implementors worldwide. Pleas...
Event recording, Presentation, Report
This page compiles the Report of the 2020 CAP Implementation Workshop together with the full set of presentations delivered during the event. The workshop took place 29–30 September 2020 (preceded by a CAP Training session on 28 September) and was ...
Report
This presentation was given by Jessica Robbins on 18 October, 2019, at the CAP Implementation Workshop in Mexico City, Mexico. This presentation introduces how the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Global...
Report
This document concerns administrative operations for running the “CAP Editor” freeware. CAP Editor is a tool for creating and publishing emergency alerts in the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) format. CAP Editor runs on the Amazon Web Serv...
Report
This two-page flyer explains how public warning messages can be delivered quickly and at low cost to people online and on mobile devices—without requiring major new investments in specialized broadcast technology. It highlights examples of digital ...
Report
This document annotates a screen-by-screen preview of the CAP Editor freeware, as it would be seen by a person authenticated in the role of “composer” or “approver”.
Report
This document provides an example template for the particular phrases (about 1,000 words total) that must be translated to enable the CAP Editor to customize its user interface. Translations to the new language are indicated by replacing the entries ...
Report
CAP Editor presents a link to CAP alert message templates in HTML that provide text suggestions for the “headline”, “description” and “instruction” elements of a CAP alert. These CAP alert message templates address...