Excellent news! Can we have an open standard for GIS projects now? :) Chris
----- "Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)" <[email protected]> wrote: > From: http://www.opengeospatial.org/pressroom/pressreleases/944 > Wayland, Mass., January 7, 2009 - In Valencia, Spain, at the December > > Technical Committee meetings of the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. > > (OGC), the OGC and the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) > signed a Memorandum of Understanding to coordinate in advancing open > > geospatial standards (OGC's mission) and open source geospatial > software and data (OSGeo's mission). > > Mark Reichardt, CEO and President of the OGC, explained that, > "Openness benefits markets. Vendors of proprietary software have > found that today's more open and complex "business ecosystem," which > > includes both open source software and open standards, is good for > their businesses. It's also good for technology users. It makes sense > > for the OGC to work with the OSGeo." > > Open source software is software that has been designed and developed > > in an open, community process. The OGC's open standards are similarly > > developed in an open, community process, but they are specifications > > (for interfaces, encodings and best practices), not software. > > Arnulf Christl, President of OSGeo, said, "We look forward to > collaborating with the OGC to identify open source technologies that > > can be used as reference implementations for OGC standards and to > identify standards requirements that result from our open source > geospatial software development programs." > > The MOU provides for the assignment of up to six one-year Individual > > Memberships in the OGC. Memberships will be selected by OSGeo and are > > subject to OGC qualifications for Individual Membership. > > The OSGeo is a not-for-profit organization founded in 2006 whose > mission is to support and promote the collaborative development of > open source geospatial technologies and data. > > The OGC® is an international consortium of more than 365 companies, > government agencies, research organizations, and universities > participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available > geospatial standards. OpenGIS® Standards support interoperable > solutions that "geo-enable" the Web, wireless and location-based > services, and mainstream IT. OGC Standards empower technology > developers to make geospatial information and services accessible and > > useful with any application that needs to be geospatially enabled. > Visit the OGC website at http://www.opengeospatial.org/. > > Contact: > Sam Bacharach > Executive Director, Outreach and Community Adoption > Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc > tel: +1-703-352-3938 > [email protected]_______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ------ Files attached to this email may be in ISO 26300 format (OASIS Open Document Format). If you have difficulty opening them, please visit http://iso26300.info for more information. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
