An Open Community Approach to Emergency Information Services during a Disaster
Zhiyi Wang, Matti Hämäläinen, Zhangxi Lin · 2008
This paper discusses the application of open community for the emergency information services during a disaster with the lessons learned from the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. An open community approach enables open participation for information collection and sharing. The suggested “dual model” allows a two-way-traffic from citizens to officials and from officials to citizens. The latest web services based mashup technology can play a critical role in implementing an OC with the dual model in a cellphone network. This paper further addresses the issues of information sharing, security, and service quality for an open community.