#162: OGC WKT-CRS reference
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Reporter: markh | Owner: cf-conventions@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: high | Milestone:
Component: cf-conventions | Version:
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In reviewing the draft for CF 1.7, up to
https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-
conventions/commit/cf93c126736fe943adc4843cd31984e1eaa87ee0
(Jul 18th 2017)
I note that the references to Well Known Text Coordinate Reference Systems
(WKT_CRS)
link to an OGC resource, OGC_CTS
http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/ct
which does not define WKT_CRS or the encodings for that standard.
With regard to the OGC, the definition of Coordinate Reference Systems
should refer to
http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wkt-crs
as an OGC information page, or
http://docs.opengeospatial.org/is/12-063r5/12-063r5.html
(currently the latest version)
Indeed, this standard is a joint OGC - ISO standard, defining WKT_CRS and
has been in the public domain for some time. It is also defined by ISO as
ISO19162.
There is a push from the OGC to ensure that reference to this standard is
taking place, not to previous, unmaintained cross references. I have
recently been asked to follow up on this by our local OGC representative,
following their last technical committee meeting, as an explicit action.
I propose that the references to OGC_CTS in the document be replaced with
references to OGC_WKT_CRS and refer to the joint ISO, OGC standard, via
the OGC who put the standard into the public domain, able to be read by
all.
http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wkt-crs
I think that it would be helpful to link to the maintained WKT_CRS
standard before the CF1.7 document is published.
I am marking this as a defect, I will prepare a github change to reflect
this, once we have established that this is a useful course of action.
Given the imminent nature of CF 1.7, please may I request a fairly swift
response on whether this approach is deemed suitable by document
maintainers?
many thanks
mark
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