Hi, with regard to this discussion, I added a BoF for OSGeo SDI/INSPIRE to FOSS4G [1]. Place and time are not fixed yet. Feel free to add yourself to the list of participants.
Marco [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2013_BirdsOfAFeather#OSGeo_INSPIRE.2FSDI_activities Am 15.05.2013 17:48, schrieb Jeff McKenna: > Hi Jachym, > > This is a great idea, and I agree is missing as a direct goal by the > existing OSGeo committees. As Serena mentioned, it should be focused > on SDIs in general. Would you be willing to start a wiki draft of > this SDI committee? (containing goals, responsibilities, communication > methods, structure [chair, members],...) > > You can then take that to the Board for their thoughts. > > Thanks for championing this for OSGeo. (I agree, INSPIRE may be EU > focused but it affects all of our projects, and there could be other > global directives that this committee could help guide OSGeo through). > > -jeff > > > > On 2013-05-15 8:17 AM, Jachym Cepicky wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm working on some presentation about OSGeo relationship to >> INSPIRE directive (some preliminary czech version of presentation, >> which should be presented at this years INSPIRE conference [1]) >> >> And it came to my mind, that OSGeo does not have any body, related >> to INSPIRE [2] >> >> While I agree, INSPIRE is mainly EU-only topic, I think, >> implementing INSPIRE has big market potential and software, which >> does not indicate support for INSPIRE is banned from to be used in >> public organizations in EU. I believe, also "rest of the world" can >> profit from changes, necessary to be implemented in EU. >> >> Therefore I would consider INSPIRE committee in OSGeo as important >> body, which would coordinate efforts of OSGeo projects towards >> INSPIRE, so that we could declare: OSGeo projects are INSPIRE ready >> or we are working on it. >> >> Any opinions to this? I'm personally usually against forming "yet >> another committee", but in this case, I do not see the topic to be >> covered and it really is important issue here. >> >> Jachym >> >> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/INSPIRE_conference_2013-paper [2] >> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/INSPIRE >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss