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January 17, 2007

OGC® Joins W3C to Help Add Geospatial to the Web

rsingh [at] opengeospatial.orgWayland, MA, January 17, 2007 – The Open Geospatial Consortium® (OGC) recently became a member of the World Wide Web Consortium, (W3C, http://www.w3.org/ ) a standards organization that develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential.The OGC is participating in a W3C incubator activity focusing on semantic geospatial issues.W3C Incubator Activities facilitate rapid development, on a time scale of a year or less, of new Web-related concepts.The semantic geospatial activity or Geospatial XG ( http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/geo/ ) is sponsored by W3C members OGC, SRI International, University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute (USC ISI), Stanford University and Oracle and is chaired by Traverse Technologys Joshua Lieberman.As an initial goal the Geospatial XG is working to develop a W3C Note based on GeoRSS version 1.OGCs members are also invited to provide input on W3C issues via the OGC W3C Liaison, Raj Singh ().The OGC is an international industry consortium of more than 335 companies, government agencies and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available interface specifications.OpenGIS(R) Specifications support interoperable solutions that geo-enable the Web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT.

January 8, 2007

Best practice makes perfect with Open Geospatial Standards

All too often what is perceived to be the most cost effective application of geographic information and processing systems doesnt take into account open spatial standards and the reduction of technology life cycle costs.It will describe how to achieve interoperability across technologies, how to future-proof your investments and how to employ best-practice for optimal results.The specifications empower technology developers to maoe complex spatial information and services accessible and useful with all kinds of applications.Visit the OGC website at http://www.opengeospatial.org The Association for Geographic Information (AGI) is a multidisciplinary organisation dedicated to the advancement of the use of geographically related information.It covers all interest groups including UK local and central government, utilities, academia, system and service vendors, consultancy and industry.

January 5, 2007

OGC Adopts ebRIM Metamodel for Catalogues

Wayland, MA January 5, 2007 – The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.® (OGC) selected the OASIS standard ebRIM (electronic business Registry Information Model) as the preferred cataloguing metamodel foundation for future application profiles of the OpenGIS® Catalogue Service Web (CS-W) specification.The OGC recognizes that the verdict is still out on the use of UDDI and ebRIM technology, but we need to move forward to support our market now, said Mark E. Reichardt President of OGC.Our members decided to adopt ebRIM to define the metamodel so that we can proceed to support registration of geospatial information and services.This decision is non-exclusive and allows continued development of other OGC Catalogue Specification application profiles.The specifications empower technology developers to make complex spatial information and services accessible and useful with all kinds of applications.

December 21, 2006

OGC Demos Results of OGC Web Services Test bed

The demonstration showed the results of the OGCs fourth successful OGC Web Services test bed activity (OWS-4).Emergency managers and first responders use a variety of Web-based geospatial information systems to help manage evacuations, find a building suitable to contain an emergency decontamination and hospital unit, and track victims.OWS-4 also extended the OGC compliance testing program.OWS-4 was an Interoperability Initiative in the OGC Interoperability Program, a global, innovative, collaborative, hands-on engineering and testing program designed to deliver proven, tested specifications into the OGC Specification Development Program.OGC Interoperability Initiatives include test beds, pilot projects and interoperability experiments.The OGC plans to launch and manage a fifth OWS test bed activity in 2007.The specifications empower technology developers to make complex spatial information and services accessible and useful with all kinds of applications.

December 20, 2006

OGC Announces Invitation to Qualify for Interoperability Program IP Team

gpercivall [at] opengeospatial.orgWayland, MA, December 20, 2006 – The Open Geospatial Consortium Inc. (OGC®) has posted an OGC Invitation to Qualify (ITQ) for the OGC Interoperability Program (OGC IP) Pool [ https://portal.ogc.org/files/?artifact_id=14559] .The purpose of this invitation is to solicit companies, universities, and independent consultants who wish to pre-qualify to be part of future Open Geospatial Consortium Interoperability Program Team (IP Team) activities.IP Team members for future initiatives, including the OGC’s 2007 OGC Web Services test bed, OWS-5, will be selected from the IP Pool.The IP Team is an engineering and management team that oversees and coordinates the OGC Interoperability Program’s Interoperability Initiatives, which include test beds, pilot projects and interoperability experiments.Consultants are selected as IP Team Members in accordance with the process defined in the OGC IP Team Invitation to Qualify (ITQ).

December 19, 2006

OGC and Web3D Consortium Agree to Advance Joint Standards

The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) and the Web3D Consortium signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to cooperatively advance standards to support web-based 3D visualization, modeling and simulation.Mark Reichardt, President of the OGC explained, The OGC membership, working with ISO TC/211 and other standards groups, has helped to make standards-based interoperable geospatial services a reality on the Web.Visit the OGC website at http://www.opengeospatial.org The Web3D Consortium is a non-profit, international standards organization that originally spearheaded the development of the VRML 1.0 and 2.0 specifications.Today, the Web3D Consortium is utilizing its broad-based industry support to continue developing the X3D specification, for communicating 3D on the Web, between applications and across distributed networks and web services.Through well-coordinated efforts with the ISO and W3C, and now the OGC, the Web3D Consortium is maintaining and extending its standardization activities.Visit the Web3D Consortium at http://www.web3d.org

December 14, 2006

OGC announces Geospatial Linking Service Interoperability Experiment

gpercivall [at] opengeospatial.orgWayland, MA, December 14, 2006 – The Open Geospatial Consortium Inc. (OGC) will launch an Interoperability Experiment on geospatial linking on January 15, 2007.The Geospatial Linking Service Interoperability Experiment will test methods for linking attribute data (typically records in a database) to those data records geospatial representations (typically stored as digital maps) when both data and geospatial representations are stored at separate locations on the Internet.The experiment is expected to validate the functions of Web services specified in the Geospatially Linked Data Access Service (GDAS) and Geospatial Linking Service (GLS) OGC Discussion Papers.OpenGIS® Specifications support interoperable solutions that geo-enable the Web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT.The specifications empower technology developers to make complex spatial information and services accessible and useful with all kinds of applications.Visit the OGC website at http://www.opengeospatial.org

December 14, 2006

OGC and TDWG Biodiversity Information Standards will Collaborate on Joint Standards

It is through organizations such as the TDWG that scientific information communities gain maximum benefit from the industry standards developed in the OGC.The TDWG and the OGC will collaborate in the development of profiles and schemas of OGC standards such as the Geography Markup Language (GML) and TDWG standards for representation of location of biological specimens, organisms and their distributions, communities, movements, etc.Joint activities may involve testbeds and interoperability experiments on the spatial representation of biodiversity.Visit the OGC website at http://www.opengeospatial.org Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG: http://www.tdwg.org ) is a not for profit scientific and educational association, affiliated with the International Union of Biological Sciences.TDWG now develops standards that promote the wider and more effective dissemination of information about the worlds heritage of biological organisms for the benefit of the world at large.

December 11, 2006

OGC Interoperability Day Highlights Successful Standards Applications

Software services based on open architectures have opened the door to standardized tasking of Earth imaging satellites, explained Mandl.NASA also supported the live demonstration showcasing the NASA Earth Science Gateway as a successful implementation of open standards in support of better decision making.The Geospatial Information and Technology Association (GITA) co-hosted the Interoperability Day Seminar, which highlighted successful applications of standards-based interoperable geospatial technologies.FM Global, a major insurer of large buildings, industrial complexes, and facilities around the world, depends heavily on geospatial data and processing to maintain its leadership position in the industry, so it is actively engaged in the integration of geospatial standards with building information model standards.OpenGIS® Specifications support interoperable solutions that geo-enable the Web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT.The specifications empower technology developers to make complex spatial information and services accessible and useful with all kinds of applications.