I'm starting to wonder if anything becoming a OGC is a good thing. What impact would this have on QGIS?
- Nathan On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 9:06 PM, Paolo Cavallini <[email protected]>wrote: > FYI. For what I can understand, this could be a damage to QGIS. > Opinions? > > ------------------------------ > *Da:* Cameron Shorter <[email protected]> > *Inviato il:* Sat May 04 12:46:33 CEST 2013 > *A:* OSGeo Discussions <[email protected]> > *Cc:* [email protected], OSGeo-Board <[email protected]> > *Oggetto:* [Board] Would you be concerned if the "GeoServices REST API" > became an OGC standard? > > 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 ArcG > IS > 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 > > (OGC member login required. Votes counted as at 4 May 2013) > > [2] 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 > > ------------------------------ > > Board mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board > > > -- > http://faunalia.it/pc > Sorry for being short > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > >
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