[CAP] Basic Questions on CAP

[Bill Marriott]

This is all new to me so please excuse these basic questions.

 

My interest is in getting NOAA weather alerts into my private Emergency
Warning system under development - (sql server)

 

I got to CAP through a link from XMPP pages while googling

 

I am trying to understand the differences between a CAP based implementation
vs XML - is this a fair question or are we talking apples and oranges?

 

Are users expected to poll servers or is there some other mechanism?

 

Specifically for the NOAA site - if it is all about me polling a "feed" why
choose CAP over XML or even RSS?

 

 

For example, if I want to get NOAA Alert messages for Florida to pass on to
my customers, do I just hit their web page every 60 seconds forever?

That would not seem the best approach for an Emergency Specific Protocol.

 

 

Pointers to a newbie FAQ would be appreciated

 

Thanks

 

Bill