Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The OSGeo response to the proposed GeoServices REST API document [was: Would you be concerned ...]

2013-05-10 Thread Adrian Custer
On 5/10/13 12:25 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Adrian Custer wrote: On 5/9/13 2:33 PM, Tim Bowden wrote: On Thu, 2013-05-09 at 13:20 -0300, Adrian Custer wrote: Hey Cameron, all, ... * The letter is only rejection of the proposal without offering an alternative way forwards. I

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The OSGeo response to the proposed GeoServices REST API document [was: Would you be concerned ...]

2013-05-10 Thread Mateusz Loskot
On 10 May 2013 18:40, Adrian Custer acus...@gmail.com wrote: On 5/10/13 12:25 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Adrian Custer wrote: On 5/9/13 2:33 PM, Tim Bowden wrote: On Thu, 2013-05-09 at 13:20 -0300, Adrian Custer wrote: Hey Cameron, all, ... * The letter is only rejection of the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The OSGeo response to the proposed GeoServices REST API document [was: Would you be concerned ...]

2013-05-10 Thread pcreso
While KML ESRI Restful are two cases of OGC potentially ratifying a non-OGC developed standard, and the situations worth comparing, I think there are two important differences. At least as I understand the situation. 1. KML was already open, widely used supported by multiple

[OSGeo-Discuss] The OSGeo response to the proposed GeoServices REST API document [was: Would you be concerned ...]

2013-05-09 Thread Adrian Custer
Hey Cameron, all, Cameron, you recently asked me to join your letter from the OSGeo to the OGC Members regarding the adoption of the proposed ESRI GeoServices REST API as an OGC standard. http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geoservices_REST_API#Open_Letter_to_OGC_and_voting_members Thanks. Your

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The OSGeo response to the proposed GeoServices REST API document [was: Would you be concerned ...]

2013-05-09 Thread Adrian Custer
On 5/9/13 2:33 PM, Tim Bowden wrote: On Thu, 2013-05-09 at 13:20 -0300, Adrian Custer wrote: Hey Cameron, all, ... * The letter is only rejection of the proposal without offering an alternative way forwards. I strongly suspect the proposed standard would have received a much

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The OSGeo response to the proposed GeoServices REST API document [was: Would you be concerned ...]

2013-05-09 Thread Peter Baumann
On 05/09/2013 07:33 PM, Tim Bowden wrote: On Thu, 2013-05-09 at 13:20 -0300, Adrian Custer wrote: Hey Cameron, all, ... * The letter is only rejection of the proposal without offering an alternative way forwards. I strongly suspect the proposed standard would have received a much

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The OSGeo response to the proposed GeoServices REST API document [was: Would you be concerned ...]

2013-05-09 Thread Allan Doyle
Thanks Adrian for your email with your reasoned explanation. It's not often people take the time to provide such a thorough analysis. On May 9, 2013, at 1:56 PM, Adrian Custer acus...@gmail.com wrote: On 5/9/13 2:33 PM, Tim Bowden wrote: On Thu, 2013-05-09 at 13:20 -0300, Adrian Custer

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The OSGeo response to the proposed GeoServices REST API document [was: Would you be concerned ...]

2013-05-09 Thread Alex Mandel
Adrian, Thanks for the in depth review. I admit I haven't read the document over thoroughly but even without doing so there are some obvious concerns. From a user perspective (my user), this appears to be a push to get their way of doing things stamped as a standard so they can let their

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The OSGeo response to the proposed GeoServices REST API document [was: Would you be concerned ...]

2013-05-09 Thread Cameron Shorter
Adrian, This is an exceptionally well written letter, which I believes captures what many of us in the OSGeo Community would like to say. You have provided an eloquent, unbiased, concise summary of the issues, covering the key technical issues. If an OGC voter only had time to read one thing