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

2013-05-10 Thread pcreso
urrent proposal it will become an OGC controlled rather than ESRI controlled standard, please correct me!! Brent Wood --- On Sat, 5/11/13, Adrian Custer wrote: From: Adrian Custer Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The OSGeo response to the proposed "GeoServices REST API" document [was:

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 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 on

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 stron

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

2013-05-09 Thread Miles Fidelman
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 strongly suspect the proposed standard would have

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

2013-05-09 Thread Miles Fidelman
Adrian, A really excellent analysis of the situation, and an even better critique of the proposed standard. This was particularly cogent: The scope claims that the document identifies resources and a way to use "structured URLs" to exchange those resources between clients and services. If t

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

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 use

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 wrote: > On 5/9/13 2:33 PM, Tim Bowden wrote: >> On Thu, 2013-05-09 at 13:20 -0300, Adrian Custer wrote: >>> Hey Camer

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 b

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 bette

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

2013-05-09 Thread Tim Bowden
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 better reception from the broader OSGeo co

[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