Summary - F.760.3 (03/2025) - Metadata for disaster information presentation with human factors

Recommendation ITU-T F.760.3 specifies metadata for presenting disaster information (MDI), encompassing both natural and social disaster information. It defines the metadata elements and data types required to deliver disaster information-based services, incorporating human factors to enhance the effectiveness of information presentation.
The disaster classification system is divided into natural and social disaster systems depending on the cause of the disaster. Natural disasters are again largely classified into 5 categories, including weather, sluice, climate, geology, and astronomical phenomena, and each category is further classified into subcategories, and metadata for a total of 21 types of disasters is defined. Non-natural disasters are again largely classified into 10 categories, including fire, explosion, collapse, traffic, chemical/biological/radiological, environmental pollution, nation-based system, paralysis, epidemic, disease, safety, etc., and each category is further classified into subcategories, and metadata for a total of 40 types of disasters is defined.
Such metadata for disaster information will enable the systematic collection and storage of disaster information, which will not only activate the provision of various disaster information-based services, but also be used to prevent disasters or minimize human and material damage by analysing the collected disaster information.