IMHO: SHP nunca fue estándar OGC, y ahí está...... Lo que sí es cierto es que los estándares basados en XML (WMS, WFS, etc) van por un lado, y el mercado va por otro....
Salu2 On 6 May 2013 15:28, Pedro-Juan Ferrer Matoses <[email protected]> wrote: > Hola Lista, > > os adjunto un correo de Cameron Shorter sobre un tema que se está > debatiendo en estos momentos en la lista Discuss[1] y que es de > importancia para el mundo FOSS4G. > > El resumen (ojo os recomiendo encarecidamente que os leáis el hilo) es > que OGC está votando en estos momentos (el proceso durará unas > semanas) una propuesta de ESRI para que se reconozca su API de > geoservicios REST como un estandar OGC. Esta API en realidad solapa > muchos de los estándares que ya están incluidos en OGC (WMS, WFS, > etc). > > Esto tendría un impacto directo sobre el FOSS4G porque para seguir > cumpliendo con OGC deberían implementar también la API de ESRI que de > momento no es abierta (tampoco es exactamente cerrada) y que como ya > se ha comentado sería duplicar unas funcionalidades que están > recogidas. > > Cameron ha pedido que la comunidad participe en el hilo de debate de > la lista Discuss[2] para tener un corpus de opinión con el que poder > argumentar a OGC. > > Un saludo, > > [1] http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-May/011599.html > [2] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Cameron Shorter <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, May 4, 2013 at 12:46 PM > Subject: [Board] Would you be concerned if the "GeoServices REST API" > became an OGC standard? > To: OSGeo Discussions <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected], OSGeo-Board <[email protected]> > > > 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 > (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 > > > -- > Pedro-Juan Ferrer Matoses > Valencia (España) > _______________________________________________ > Spanish mailing list > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/spanish > http://es.osgeo.org > http://twitter.com/osgeoes > -- Alvaro Zabala Ordóñez azabala[en]lookingformaps.com @alvaro_zabala @lookingformaps ==================== ¿Necesitas algún mapa? Buscalo en http://www.lookingformaps.com/ Si lo encuentras en otra fuente, acuérdate de añadirlo al catálogo de Looking4Maps (opción "Añadir mapa" de la barra superior)
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