Build
Work with experts to develop standards and build, test, and refine the technologies that make geospatial systems work together.
Where shared problems become open standards.
Build the Next Standard
Every standard starts with a problem no single organization can solve alone. Bring yours to a Domain Working Group, help develop the response in a Standards Working Group, and create the shared, reusable foundations that developers, organizations, and increasingly machines can build on.
How it works
Bring a Problem
Every standard starts with a real-world challenge. Domain Working Groups (DWGs) are where members raise the problems only a community can solve together.
Build & Develop
Standards Working Groups (SWGs) turn that problem into a standard—developing the specification, testing approaches, and building consensus around a shared solution.
Prove It
Candidate standards get tested in the real world through Apply—our Testbeds and Pilots program—before final adoption.
Explore
OGC Standards
Browse the full library of adopted standards, from legacy foundations like WMS and GML to the latest OGC API family.
Domain Working Groups
Find the group already working on your problem, or start a new one.
Certification
Built a product on an OGC standard? Compliance testing proves it — and gives customers and partners confidence your implementation actually works the way the standard says it should.
Build Better Together
Some ideas are easier to develop with code than conversation. Join a Builder Day to prototype, test, and refine emerging specifications alongside the people building them—then bring what you learn back into the standards process.