Hi cameron I think ogc is stand as standard body which will home as geoservices
Yes, there are several overlap I prefer esri to certified his product withnogc rather make new standarsd in ogc That is dangerous to community On May 4, 2013 5:46 PM, "Cameron Shorter" <cameron.shor...@gmail.com> wrote: > OSGeo Community, > > Currently, voting OGC members are to decide whether to accept the > "GeoServices REST API" as an OGC standard. This is already a contentious > issue, with 13 votes for, and 10 votes against, 72 outstanding votes, with > voting halted temporally, being reopened again in a few days, and closing 2 > weeks after that. [1] > > I'm wanting to hear whether people in the OSGeo community have strong > opinions regarding this proposed standard, and whether we as a collective > OSGeo community should make statements to the OGC, and voting OGC members, > stressing our thoughts. > > If there is sufficient interest, I'll raise this issue with the OSGeo > Board, with the intent of drafting a statement on behalf of OSGeo. > > As background: > * "The API was initially developed by Esri and implemented on the ArcGIS > for Server platform." [2] > > * The proposed GeoServices REST API specification overlaps with most OGC > standards already deployed, including: WMS, WMTS, WCS, WFS, SE/SLD, CS/W. > This effectively means that for most use cases covered by the GeoServices > REST API, applications would now have two standards to support. Also, > spatial infrastructure programs will be impacted, as OGC compliance won't > necessarily equate to interoperability. > > * Most (all?) current OGC web service standards to date have an Open > Source reference implementation, which was often (always?) part funded by > OGC testbeds, and open source implementations were tested against > proprietary implementations during OGC testbeds. As far as I'm aware, there > has been very little up-take from the Open Source community of the > "GeoServices REST API", and I'm unaware of any testing of non-ESRI > applications during OGC testbeds. (Someone may be able to correct me here). > > [1] https://portal.opengeospatial.**org/?m=projects&a=view&** > project_id=82&tab=5&subtab=0<https://portal.opengeospatial.org/?m=projects&a=view&project_id=82&tab=5&subtab=0> > (OGC member login required. Votes counted as at 4 May 2013) > > [2] > http://www.opengeospatial.org/**standards/requests/89<http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/requests/89> > > -- > Cameron Shorter > Geospatial Solutions Manager > Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 > Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 > > Think Globally, Fix Locally > Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source > http://www.lisasoft.com > > ______________________________**_________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/**mailman/listinfo/discuss<http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss> >
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