http://hdl.handle.net/10016/8205 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:44:17 GMT 2013-05-23T15:44:17Z http://hdl.handle.net/10016/7804 Title: Emergency Alerts for all: an ontology based approach to improve accessibility in emergency alerting systems Author(s): Malizia, Alessio; Astorga-Paliza, Francisco; Onorati, Teresa; Díaz Pérez, Paloma; Aedo, Ignacio Abstract: When a disaster occurs it is critical that emergency response information systems share a common ontology to support their disaster management alerting functions and notifications. Notifications are critical when an emergency scenario is going to happen (e.g. a typhoon approaching) so it is crucial, for emergency systems, to be able to transmit them to all kinds of recipients. An ontology was developed by investigating different sources: accessibility guidelines, emergency response systems, communication devices and technologies, taking into account the different abilities of people to react to different alarms (e.g. mobile phone vibration as an alarm for deaf people). We think that the proposed ontology addresses the information needs for sharing and integrating emergency notification messages and contents over different emergency response information systems and to be accessible under different conditions and for different kind of users. Description: 11 pages, 7 figures.-- Contributed to: 5th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Respose and Management (ISCRAM2008, Washington, DC, USA, May 4-7 2008). Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10016/7804 2008-04-30T22:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10016/7811 Title: Mining Patterns for Web-based Emergency Management Systems Author(s): Montells, Laura; Montero, Susana; Díaz Pérez, Paloma; Aedo, Ignacio Abstract: Design patterns describe problems that occur recurrently, and specify the core of the solution in such a way that we can (re)use it in different contexts and applications. Although, web-based Emergency Management Systems domain is still in its nascent stages, there are design principles, real systems and design patterns from other related areas that can be a valuable source of knowledge to mine design patterns. From these sources we have created a patterns catalogue to assist novice designers on discovering what issues should be addressed to develop useful and successful systems. In this paper, we present the mining process and some patterns as example. Description: 6 pages, 1 figure.-- Contributed to: 4th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM2007, Delft, the Netherlands, May 13-16, 2007). Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10016/7811 2007-04-30T22:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10016/7796 Title: CAP-ONES: An Emergency Notification System for all Author(s): Malizia, Alessio; Acuña, Pablo; Aedo, Ignacio; Díaz Pérez, Paloma; Onorati, Teresa Abstract: In this paper we present an ontology-based system for managing emergency alert notifications. Our purpose is to generate emergency alerts that are accessible to different kinds of people, paying special attention to more vulnerable collectives like impaired people. By adapting alerts to different devices and users we can allow Emergency Management Systems (EMS) to communicate with collectives like blind or deaf people whom otherwise will be unreachable by usual channels. Moreover, if we consider the constrains imposed by the nature of the emergency situations we can also improve the information transmission to cope with situational disabilities (e.g. smoke during a fire can cause low vision problems). We centered our system architecture on two characteristics: the first one is an ontology that codifies knowledge about accessibility, devices, disabilities, emergencies and media so the alert notification can be tailored according to different parameters; the second one is the use of an open standard like the CAP (Common Alerting Protocol) that enables our system to interoperate with other existing systems. Description: 10 pages, 7 figures.-- Contributed to: 6th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Respose and Management (ISCRAM2009, Göteborg, Sweden, May 10-13, 2009).; Later published as article in: International Journal of Emergency Management, vol. 6, n. 3-4, p. 302-316 (11 February 2010), http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJEM.2009.031568 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10016/7796 2009-04-30T22:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10016/7810 Title: Interactive Accessible Notifications for Emergency Notification Systems Author(s): Malizia, Alessio; Onorati, Teresa; Bellucci, Andrea; Díaz Pérez, Paloma; Aedo, Ignacio Abstract: Notifications are critical when an emergency scenario is going to happen (e.g. a hurricane approaching); so the ability to transmit notifications to different kind of users is a crucial feature for Emergency Management Systems. In this work an ontology was developed by investigating different sources: accessibility guidelines, emergency response systems, communication devices and technologies, taking into account the different abilities of people to react to different alarms (e.g. mobile phone vibration as an alarm for deaf blind people). The knowledge codified in the proposed ontology could be used to enhance and promote the use of non-conventional interfaces for notifying emergency messages thus providing accessibility under different conditions and for different kind of users. Description: 5th International Conference, UAHCI 2009, Held as Part of HCI International 2009, San Diego, CA, USA, July 19-24, 2009 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10016/7810 2009-06-30T22:00:00Z