Discussion Papers

Documents that present technology issues being considered in the Working Groups of the Open Geospatial Consortium Technical Committee. Their purpose is to create discussion in the geospatial information industry on a specific topic. These papers do not represent the official position of the Open Geospatial Consortium nor of the OGC Technical Committee. Schemas for some of these documents can be at the Discussion Paper Schema Repository.

Document Title (click to view/download)	Version	Doc.#	Editor	Date
Anchor Node Extension in IndoorGML - Seamless Navigation between Indoor and Outdoor Space		19-004	Kyoung-Sook Kim, Jiyeong Lee	2019-12-11
This OGC discussion paper provides an extension module of OGC Indoor Geography Markup Language (IndoorGML) for the seamless navigation between indoor and outdoor spaces. The OGC IndoorGML standard has an issue on the data model that affects the connection of indoor and outdoor spaces via an “Anchor Node,” which is a conceptual part for connecting indoor and outdoor spaces. This discussion paper aims to show use cases of how IndoorGML can connect with other geospatial standards that represent outdoor spaces (and road networks), such as OGC City Geography Markup Language (CityGML) and version 5.0 of the Geographic Data Files (GDF) format.
Proposed OGC GeoPackage Enhancements		19-047	Jeff Yutzler	2019-11-25
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) GeoPackage Encoding Standard was developed for the purpose of providing an open, standards-based, platform-independent, portable, self-describing, compact format for transferring geospatial information. GeoPackage has proven to be an effective "container" mechanism for bundling and sharing geospatial data for a variety of operational use cases. However, GeoPackage stakeholders have observed persistent interoperability issues, particularly with regards to metadata, extensions, and portrayal. This paper presents the operational need, proposed approach, and way ahead for addressing these interoperability issues. Section 6 presents three new enhancements (extensions) that are designed to improve the interoperability of GeoPackages in general and metadata in particular. Section 7 presents a vision for implementing an Open Portrayal Framework in GeoPackage. Annex A presents specifications for all of the GeoPackage extensions proposed in this paper. Annex B presents a JSON schema for the proposed encoding for application profiles presented in Section 6. In general, the GeoPackage Standards Working Group (SWG) looks to standardize extensions that address a clear use case, have a sound technical approach, and have a commitment to implementation by multiple organizations. As with the GeoPackage Tiled Gridded Coverage Extension and the GeoPackage Related Tables Extension, these new extensions would be tracked as separate documents from the core GeoPackage Encoding Standard. The GeoPackage community will benefit from the increased interoperability of operational “mission-ready” GeoPackages that will result from this approach. Additionally, software will be able to quickly determine the validity and utility of a GeoPackage in target operational environments. This will help ensure that GeoPackage production-consumption lifecycles and supporting application tools and services are better aligned with stakeholder missions.
Discussion Paper - JSON Encodings for EO Coverages		19-042r1	Lewis John McGibbney	2019-11-11
This discussion paper documents and concludes one year (2018-2019) of work undertaken by a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth Science Data System Working Group focused on exploring JSON Encodings in Earth Observation Coverages. The primary function of this paper is to ensure that the collective Working Group knowledge obtained from the year effort is not lost and consequently that it can be considered, debated and hopefully utilized in other forums outside of NASA with the aim of driving progress in this field. The covering statement (below) provides 10 questions which are meant to facilitate such discussion. This discussion paper will be of particular interest to the following parties: Web application developers tasked with designing and developing applications which consume Earth Observation spatial data encoded as JSON. Parties (including standards bodies) interested in serving and consuming Spatial data on the Web e.g. World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) or developers of other data standards, etc.
OGC CDB, Leveraging GeoPackage Discussion Paper		18-0077r2	Jay Freeman, Kevin Bentley, Ronald Moore, Samuel Chambers, Glen Quesenberry	2019-01-20
This paper offers the results of research, design, and prototype efforts to present the OGC standards working group an approach to creating “GeoCDB”—a technology mashing of GeoPackage and OGC CDB—as a deterministic repository of easily read data geospatial datasets suitable for storage, runtime access, and dissemination for live, virtual, constructive, gaming, and mission command (MC) systems.
GeoDCAT-AP		18-001r1	Lieven Raes, Danny Vandenbroucke, Tomas Reznik	2019-01-09
Improving discoverability of open geo-data and information is vital to increasing the use of these data in- and outside the geospatial expert community. In this document we start to compare existing metadata standards, e.g., Dublin Core, ISO 19115/57/19, and INSPIRE, in the geospatial- and open data context. We also describe related linked open data initiatives such as RDF, SPARQL, and metadata publication initiatives, e.g., schema.org and Atom feeds. GeoDCAT is an initiative with the potential to integrate DCAT metadata as they are used in the open data and e-government community with EN ISO 19115/57/19 standards and INSPIRE metadata as they are used in the Geospatial community. GeoDCAT has - because it is based on RDF- the ability to publish metadata directly on the web without open and geospatial data portals. To respond to the interest of different communities to preserve geospatial metadata resources and to support the uptake of GeoDCAT-AP implementations, best practices from different countries were identified and studied. The best practice cases focus on four domains (focus areas): metadata input (manually or automatically harvested), metadata publication into an integrated geo/open data portal, publication of metadata as Linked Open Data (LOD), and information mapping (ISO 19115, INSPIRE, DCAT, etc.). GeoDCAT-AP is a mature solution for mapping metadata from the open data and geospatial domain. GeoDCAT helps to integrate and to publish metadata in data portals and directly on the world wide web. To conclude a GeoDCAT alignment exercise has been done with ISO 19115/19 and INSPIRE to improve the open data and geospatial metadata alignment in the future.
OGC SensorThings API Tasking Core Discussion Paper		18-056	Steve Liang, Tania Khalafbeigi, Kan Luo	2018-12-18
This discussion paper offers descriptions and provides JSON examples of TaskingCapabilities and Tasks for the SensorThings Application Programming Interface (API).
GeoPackage / OWS Context Harmonization Discussion Paper		18-037r1	Jeff Yutzler	2018-10-29
This OGC discussion paper presents an approach to harmonize the OGC GeoPackage and OWS Context standards through a set of extensions. GeoPackage is an open, standards-based, platform-independent, portable, self-describing, compact format for storing and transferring geospatial data and information as part of an SQLite database. OWS Context is an open format linking geospatial web services and information. A draft standard has been produced and this Discussion Paper is designed to be a companion to that draft standard to assist in discussion. The draft standard contains extensions to both GeoPackage and OWS Context. This document is the work of collaboration between the GeoPackage and OWS Context Standards Working Groups (SWGs).
Geospatial Standardization of Distributed Ledger Technologies		18-041r1	Gobe Hobona, Bart De Lathouwer	2018-10-09
This discussion paper is organized as follows. Background: This section introduces DLT and blockchain, as well as the structure of blocks. Case Studies: This section presents an overview of example projects that use or are studying blockchain within a geospatial context. Current Standardization Initiatives: This section presents an overview of a selection of standardization initiatives involving blockchain and geospatial data.
OGC Moving Features Encoding Extension: netCDF		16-114r2	Martin Desruisseaux	2018-04-15
The netCDF Moving Features encoding extension is a summary of conventions that supports efficient exchange of simple moving features as binary files. This Discussion Paper is a complement to the Moving Features Encoding Part I: XML Core and an alternative to the Simple Comma Separated Values (CSV) extension. Compared to the CSV encoding, this netCDF encoding offers more compact storage and better performance at the cost of additional restrictions on the kinds of features that can be stored.
Ensuring Quality of User Experience with OGC Web Mapping Services - Discussion Paper		17-049	C. Mitchell, M. Gordon, T. Kralidis	2018-03-02
This paper is intended to identify usability issues associated with use of OGC web mapping services that affect the quality of experience a user may have when accessing and using OGC web services and discuss potential solutions and guidance to address these issues. Additionally, guidance on evaluating and self-assessing the Quality of Experience of Spatial Data Services will also be discussed and addressed with a proposal for common assessment criteria and common practices for improving the user experience when viewing, layering or querying OGC web mapping services.
Technical report from the DGIWG Portrayal Technical Panel testing of SLD (1.1.0) for OGC		17-059	Lars Schylberg, Lubos Belka	2017-10-30
The DGIWG Portrayal Technical Panel (DPTP) has been investigating how to standardize the portrayal of military context symbology within Web Services. The team sought to use version 1.1.0 of OGC Style Layer Descriptor standard and version 1.1.0 of Symbology Encoding (SLD and SE) standard to achieve this. The team sought to apply military-specific symbology to military-specific topographic feature vector datasets within a number of software products. The testing and experimentation highlighted a number of deficiencies in the SLD and SE standards which result in a barrier to interoperability. The ideal situation would be to have SLD and SE descriptors interoperable between all software products that implement the standard. This was found not to be the current situation. This position paper describes the findings and outlines recommendations for a revised future version of the SLD and SE standards that resolves these issues.
Semantic Sensor Network Ontology		16-079	Armin Haller, Krzysztof Janowicz, Simon Cox, Danh Le Phuoc, Kerry Taylor, Maxime Lefrançois	2017-09-23
The Semantic Sensor Network (SSN) ontology is an ontology for describing sensors and their observations, the involved procedures, the studied features of interest, the samples used to do so, and the observed properties, as well as actuators. SSN follows a horizontal and vertical modularization architecture by including a lightweight but self-contained core ontology called SOSA (Sensor, Observation, Sample, and Actuator) for its elementary classes and properties. With their different scope and different degrees of axiomatization, SSN and SOSA are able to support a wide range of applications and use cases, including satellite imagery, large-scale scientific monitoring, industrial and household infrastructures, social sensing, citizen science, observation-driven ontology engineering, and the Web of Things. Both ontologies are described below, and examples of their usage are given. The namespace for SSN terms is http://www.w3.org/ns/ssn/. The namespace for SOSA terms is http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/. The suggested prefix for the SSN namespace is ssn. The suggested prefix for the SOSA namespace is sosa. The SSN ontology is available at http://www.w3.org/ns/ssn/. The SOSA ontology is available at http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/.
Standardized Information Models to Optimize Exchange, Reusability and Comparability of Citizen Science Data (SWE4CS)		16-129	Ingo Simonis, Rob Atkinson	2017-03-31
This discussion paper describes a data model for the standardized exchange of citizen science sampling data. To do that it applies the Sensor Web Enablement (SWE) to Citizen Science (SWE4CS). In particular, exposes how Observations and Measurements (O&M) can be used to model the data of the Citizen Science project, in a way that can be retrieved using Sensor Observing System (SOS).This discussion paper is a result of the research project Citizen Observatory Web (COBWEB). COBWEB is supported by the European Commission through grant agreement 308513
Comparing CityGML and IndoorGML based on a use case at Lotte World Mall		16-012r1	Ki-Joune Li, Hyung-Gyu Ryu, Hak-Cheol Kim, Jun Hee Lee, Joo-Ho Lee	2016-12-22
This OGC Discussion Paper provides a comparison between the OGC CityGML and IndoorGML standards. The goals and approaches of these two standards are different and they can be used in a complementary way. This discussion paper aims to compare the strengths and weakness of the standards, and explain how to integrate the standards to make useful applications. These comparative experiments are based on a real site: a shopping mall at Lotte World Mall in Seoul, South Korea.
OGC® Web Query Service		16-121r2	Peter Baumann	2016-12-22
This OGC Web Query Service (WQS) defines a service interface for retrieving any kind of subset of information provided by the server addressed. WQS is com¬pletely agnostic of any semantics and, therefore, not bound to any predefined structures, such as coordinates, fea-tures, coverages, or metadata. This makes WQS particularly suitable for retrieval from heter-ogeneous data offerings combining features, coverages, and catalog information in some ap-plication-defined way. A second use case is selective retrieval from a Capabilities document to avoid downloading large such documents and performing extraction on client side. To this end, the Query request type is defined which, based on an XPath expression as input, extracts the matching information from the service’s offering and returns it (currently: as an XML document).
Spatial Data on the Web Use Cases & Requirements		15-074r2	Frans Knibbe, Alejandro Llaves	2016-10-25
This document describes use cases that demand a combination of geospatial and non-geospatial data sources and techniques. It underpins the collaborative work of the Spatial Data on the Web Working Groups operated by both W3C and OGC.
OGC Benefits of Indoor Location - Use Case Survey of Lessons Learned and Expectations		16-084	Giuseppe Conti, Fabio Malabocchia, Ki-Joune Li, George Percivall, Kirk Burroughs, Stuart Strickland	2016-08-01
Indoor location technologies are enjoying and increasing market success. Technologies in the market have achieved maturity and have become a key driver for innovation and business activities in several value added scenarios, e.g. e-government services, eHealth, personal mobility, logistics, mobility, facility management, retail, to name but a few. This paper collects the results of a survey on the benefits of indoor location, which was jointly prepared and launched by OGC – the Open Geospatial Consortium, InLocation Alliance and i-locate project at the beginning of 2016. Overall, 153 survey responses were received from 33 countries. Responses were categorized in two areas: Client Organizations and Technology suppliers. The goal of the initiative was to acquire a broad view of the requirements and use cases emerging from the wider industrial and user community, beyond the memberships of the various organizations, in order to capture trends, challenges and opportunities, as well as trends and barriers to widespread use of indoor location technologies. This paper does not represent a view of the membership involved in the different organizations; instead, it provides the opportunity to capture recommendations of relevance for the industrial and standardization community these organizations represent.
Implications for an OGC GeoPackage Symbology Encoding Standard		15-122r1	Randolph Gladish	2016-04-26
The GeoPackage Standards Working Group (SWG) presents a discussion of symbology encapsulation for conveying presentation information for vector features contained within in a GeoPackage.
AHA-ML (Active and Healthy Ageing Mark-up Language) an O&M profile - Discussion Paper		15-116	Giuseppe Conti, Fabio Roncato	2016-04-26
This document provides a proposal for a new O&M (Observations and Measurements) profile focused on Active and Healthy Ageing, called AHA-ML (Active and Healthy Ageing Mark-up Language) an O&M profile - Discussion Paper). This document introduces the overall need for such a profile and it discusses the measures which have been identified.
Use of Geography Markup Language (GML) for Aviation Data		12-028r1	OGC Aviation Domain Working Group	2016-03-24
The document provides guidelines for the use of GML and a GML profile description in the scope of aeronautical data encoding, in particular when using the Aeronautical Information Exchange Model (AIXM). In the future, the applicability of the guidelines contained in this document might be enlarged to cover other related domains, such as aeronautical weather data and flight data.
Use Cases and Applications of the OGC Moving Features Standard: The Requirements for a Moving Feature API		15-096	Akinori Asahara, Hideki Hayashi, Carl Reed	2016-01-18
This OGC Discussion Paper provides examples of some actual and potential geospatial applications using the OGC Moving Features encoding. These applications can be used to define the next steps in the development of the OGC Moving Features Standard: The definition of a “Moving Features API”. As a conclusion, the Moving Features SWG recommends that a new Moving Features API standard should target the following three kinds of operations: retrieval of feature information, operations between a trajectory and a geometric object, and operations between two trajectories. Additionally, the Moving Features SWG recommends establishing an abstract specification for these three kinds of operations because only a part of operations for trajectories is defined by ISO 19141:2008 - Schema for moving features.
OGC Observations and Measurements – JSON implementation		15-100r1	Simon J D Cox, Peter Taylor	2015-12-09
This Discussion Paper specifies a potential OGC Candidate Standard for a JSON implementation of the OGC and ISO Observations and Measurements (O&M) conceptual model (OGC Observations and Measurements v2.0 also published as ISO/DIS 19156). This encoding is expected to be useful in RESTful implementations of observation services. More specifically, this Discussion Paper defines JSON schemas for observations, and for features involved in sampling when making observations. These provide document models for the exchange of information describing observation acts and their results, both within and between different scientific and technical communities.
A Use-Case for Mobile Location Services with IndoorGML - Indoor Navigation for Visually Impaired People		15-075r1	Ki-Joune Li, Hyung-Gyu Ryu, Taehoon Kim, and Hack-Cheol Kim	2015-11-19
This OGC Discussion Paper provides a navigation use-case for the use of IndoorGML for mobile location services (MLS). In particular, the Discussion Paper explains how the OGC IndoorGML standard can be applied to a MLS application for visually impaired people in indoor space. Finally, a prototype development of the application on Android smart phone is described in this report.
Envisioning a Tiled Elevation Extension for the OGC GeoPackage Encoding Standard		15-039	Jeff Yutzler	2015-08-19
The GeoPackage Standards Working Group (SWG) presents a vision for storing tiled gridded elevation data in a GeoPackage.
OGC GeoPackage Plugfest Discussion Paper		15-012r2	Jeff Yutzler	2015-08-19
This OGC discussion paper presents the results of the GeoPackage Plugfest. In this initiative, participants had the opportunity to evaluate the compliance and interoperability of software that produces and consumes GeoPackages containing tiled raster data.
Spatial Data on the Web Use Cases & Requirements		15-074	Frans Knibbe, Alejandro Llaves	2015-07-22
This document describes use cases that demand a combination of geospatial and non-geospatial data sources and techniques. It underpins the collaborative work of the Spatial Data on the Web Working Groups operated by both W3C and OGC.
OGC Web Feature Service (WFS) Temporality Extension		12-027r3	Timo Thomas	2014-07-16
This OGC discussion paper provides a proposal for a temporality extension for the WFS 2.0 and FES 2.0 standard. It is based on the work of and experiences made in several OWS test beds, in particular OWS-7, OWS-8 and OWS-9, Aviation threads and discussions at the 2011 OGC TC meeting in Brussels, Belgium. It partially replaces and advances the document “OWS-8 Aviation: Guidance for Retrieving AIXM 5.1 data via an OGC WFS 2.0” [4].
OGC HY_Features: a Common Hydrologic Feature Model		11-039r3	Irina Dornblut, Rob Atkinson	2014-02-24
Common semantics support the reference of features to the concept they represent and the integration of data proceed using the semantic framework such mappings provide. However there is no standard conceptual model for hydrologic feature identification. Different models of hydrologic processes, and different scales of detail, lead to a variety of information models to describe these features, and to different and mostly incompatible sets of feature identifiers. This document describes requirements and a proposed design for a domain model of hydrologic features as a set of interrelated Application Schemas using the ISO 19109 General Feature Model,
OGC OpenSearch Extension for Correlated Search		13-068	Pedro Gonçalves	2014-02-24
This OGC discussion paper presents an OpenSearch query protocol extension for the execution of correlation queries between different Search Feeds. Services that support the OpenSearch Specification and Correlation extension defined in this document are called OpenSearch Correlation Services. With the proposed extensions it will be possible to execute distributed queries with correlation and search criteria defining the results aggregation.
OGC Geospatial eXensible Access Control Markup Language (GeoXACML) 3.0 Core		13-100	Andreas Matheus	2013-11-06
This standard defines the version 3.0 of a geospatial extension to the OASIS eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) Version 3.0 standard. It thereby enables the interoperable definition of access rights / constraints using the XACML 3.0 language, processing model and policy schema but extends the ability to phrase conditions on geographic characteristics of subjects, resources and objects. In that sense, a GeoXACML policy could restrict access to geospatial information, e.g. provided by OGC Web Services. However, a GeoXACML policy could also restrict access to non geospatial assets by stating restrictions for access based on the location of the user (or the mobile device used) trying to access the protected assets. Therefore, this standard applies to main stream IT. For enabling processing of access control decisions based on geometry, Geospatial eXensible Access Control Markup Language (GeoXACML) 3.0 Core inherits by normative reference ISO 19125 which defines a geometry model and functions on geometry instances which enrich the XACML 3.0 specification.
OGC Geospatial eXensible Access Control Markup Language (GeoXACML) 3.0 GML 3.2.1 Encoding Extension		13-101	Andreas Matheus	2013-11-06
This standard defines the version 3.0 of a valid GML 3.2.1 geometry encoding as defined in Geography Markup Language (GML) simple features profile (with Corrigendum) to be used with the GeoXACML 3.0 Core standard. The use of this encoding extension to GeoXACML 3.0 Core enables the direct use of GML 3.2.1 encoded geometries into a GeoXACML 3.0 Policy, an Authorization Decision Request or in an Authorization Decision’s Obligation element. It thereby improves the performance of deriving access control decisions, where geometries are involved as existing GML 3.2.1 geometry encodings must not be transformed to Well Known Text (WKT) as supported by GeoXACML 3.0 Core. Furthermore, the use of this encoding extension simplifies the implementation of a Policy Enforcement Point as it must not provide the transformation functions from GML to WKT and vice versa. This encoding extension has its normative base in Geography Markup Language (GML) simple features profile (with Corrigendum).
OGC GeoXACML and XACML Policy Administration Web Service (PAWS)		13-099	Jan Herrmann, Andreas Matheus	2013-11-06
This specification defines the interfaces of the OGC (Geo)XACML Policy Administration Web Service (OGC (Geo)XACML PAWS or simply PAWS in the following) that supports the creation, modification, exchange, analysis, testing, transformation, encrypting and signing of XACML and GeoXACML encoded access control policies. This draft specification was prepared as a deliverable for the OGC Web Services, Phase 9 (OWS-9) initiative of the OGC Interoperability Program. This document presents the results of the work within add-on project of the OWS-9 Security and Services Interoperability (SSI) thread. Please note that currently the document only contains the definition of the mandatory operations i.e. the basic conformance class. The writing of the sections describing the optional operations is still a to do. These sections need to define the following operations: • AnalyzePolicyElement operation • OptimizePolicyElement operation • TransformPolicyElement operation • TestPolicyElement operation • EncryptPolicy operation • SignPolicy operation Suggested additions, changes, and comments on this report are welcome and encouraged. Such suggestions may be submitted by email message or by making suggested changes in an edited copy of this document.
WaterML2.0 - part 2: Ratings, Gaugings and Sections Discussion Paper		13-021r3	Peter Taylor	2013-06-18
This document describes an information model for exchanging rating tables, or rating curves, that are used for the conversion of related hydrological phenomenon. It also describes a model describing the observations that are used to develop such relationships, often referred to as gauging observations. The information model is proposed as a second part of the WaterML2.0 suite of standards, building on part 1 that addresses the exchange of time series1.
NetCDF Uncertainty Conventions NetCDF-U		11-163	Lorenzo Bigagli, StefanoNativi	2013-01-17
This Discussion Paperproposes a set of conventions for managing uncertainty information within the netCDF3 data model and format: the NetCDF Uncertainty Conventions (NetCDF-U).
OGC Standard for Moving Features; Requirements		12-117r1	Ryosuke Shibasaki	2012-12-06
Applications using moving feature data, typically on vehicles and pedestrians, have recently been rapidly increasing. Innovative applications are expected to require the overlay and integration of moving feature data from different sources to create more social and business values. Efforts in this direction should be encouraged by ensuring smoother data exchange because handling and integrating moving feature data will broaden the market for geo-spatial information. This discussion paper provides an overview of some actual and potential geo-spatial applications using moving feature data and the existing international standards or specifications on moving feature data handling. It also summarizes the requirements set on the standards for moving feature data, and finally proposes the development of a new OGC standard for moving features.
WaterML 2.0 - Timeseries - NetCDF Discussion Paper		12-031r2	Doug Palmer	2012-07-12
This discussion paper investigates the possible uses of NetCDF as a representation of WaterML timeseries data. The work is largely based on the WaterML 2.0 standard for timeseries, the NetCDF core and extensions standards and the CF-NetCDF and ADCC conventions.
Web Processing Service Best Practices Discussion Paper wps1.0-best-practice		12-029	Bastian Schäffer	2012-04-04
The following document contains best practices for identifying input data formats for the OGC WPS 1.0.0. It was created due to a lack of interoperability between different WPS implementation based on non-standardized input identifiers.
WS-Agreement Application Profile for OGC Web Services		11-094	Bastian Baranski	2011-11-24
This document specifies a) XML schemas for providing functional and non-functional service descriptions of OGC Web Services (OWS), b) an URN namespace for identifying exposed and measurable service properties of OWS and c) a DSL for defining and evaluating service level guarantees.
OGC® Event Service - Review and Current State		11-088r1	Johannes Echterhoff, Thomas Everding	2011-11-23
This Discussion Paper provides information on what has so far been called “Event Service” at OGC. The presented work is supported by the European Commission through the ESS project (integrated project, contract number 217951) and the GENESIS project (integrated project, contract number 223996) .
*FL Starfish Fungus Language for Sensor Description		11-058r1	Ingo Simonis, Chrsitian Malewski	2011-07-08
The Starfish Fungus Language was developed in response to the high number of complaints addressing issues with the OGC standard Sensor Model Language, SensorML. Most complaints circled around the high flexibility of the language in combination with unnecessary abstractions of technical terms, e.g. every sensor is not a sensor but a process. Most beginners struggled with the composite pattern of those processes, as there is no well-defined rule what needs to be described where. As a beginner, it is almost impossible to write a simple sensor description without getting major guidance through the SensorML development team or other experts.
License-Based Access Control		11-018	Rüdiger Gartmann, Bastian Schäffer	2011-03-30
This Discussion Paper proposes model for license-based access control to SOAP services, based on OASIS SAML 2.0. This approach is a potential solution for license-based access control, which requires the possession of a valid license for getting access to a service. Use of digital licenses allow users to act on or with web services to which they are associated This document re-uses content produced by the OGC GeoRM Common 1.0 Standards Working Group and combined that with the document OGC 10-125, which was posted to an internal OGC document archive (Pending Documents) but is not publicly available. This document does not claim compliance to the GeoDRM reference model (ISO 19153), although the authors are not yet aware of any conflicts to it.
Guidance on the Aviation Metadata Profile		10-196r1	OGC Aviation Domain Working Group	2011-03-28
This paper explains how to map the Requirements for Aviation Metadata into a metadata profile.
Requirements for Aviation Metadata		10-195	OGC Aviation Domain Working Group	2011-03-28
This OGC Discussion Paper details the user requirements for metadata in the aviation domain. The requirements are at a high-level.
Requirements and Space-Event Modeling for Indoor Navigation		10-191r1	Claus Nagel, Thomas Becker, Robert Kaden, Ki-Joune Li, Jiyeong Lee, Thomas H. Kolbe	2010-12-11
This OpenGIS® Discussion Paper presents a Multilayered Space-Event Model for indoor navigation which simultaneously addresses route planning, multiple localization methods, navigation contexts, and different locomotion types. The paper contains the corresponding data models as well as their encoding in GML 3.1.1.
Sensor Instance Registry Discussion Paper		10-171	Simon Jirka, Daniel Nüst	2010-10-12
This Discussion paper introduces the Sensor Instance Registry (SIR), a web service interface for managing the metadata and status information of sensors. Furthermore this service is capable of automatically harvesting sensor metadata, transforming the collected metadata sets into a data model compatible to OGC Catalogs and to push harvested metadata into OGC Catalog instances.
Sensor Observable Registry (SOR) Discussion Paper		09-112r1	Simon Jirka, Arne Bröring, Daniel Nüst	2010-10-12
This Discussion paper introduces the Sensor Observable Registry (SOR), a web service interface for managing the definitions of phenomena measured by sensors as well as exploring semantic relationships between these phenomena.
Harmonising Standards for Water Observation Data - Discussion Paper		09-124r2	Peter Taylor	2010-06-30
This document investigates the potential for harmonisation of water data standards, with the goal of developing an OGC compliant standard for the exchange of water observation data. The work will be based on OGC‘s Observations and Measurements abstract model [10-004r2] . The goal is to create an O&M profile for the water domain. Development of the OGC compliant O&M profile will begin by examining the content and structure of existing standards and suggesting future methodology for developing a harmonised model for observation data. This approach will make use of existing standards where possible. The focus of this document is in-situ style observations (which are generally related to water quantity). Ex-situ measurements, such as those common to measuring water quality, will be addressed in future work. 2 Normative
Sensor Interface Descriptors		10-134	Arne Broering, Stefan Below	2010-06-30
This document presents the Sensor Interface Descriptor (SID) schema that enables the declarative description of sensor interfaces, including the definition of the communication protocol, sensor commands, processing steps and metadata association. This schema is designed as a profile and extension of SensorML. Based on this schema, SID interpreters can be implemented, independently of particular sensor technology, which are able to translate between sensor protocol and SWE protocols. They establish the connection to a sensor and are able to communicate with it by using the sensor protocol definition of the SID. SID instances for particular sensor types can be reused in different scenarios and can be shared among user communities. The ability of an SID interpreter to connect sensors and Sensor Web services in an ad hoc manner based on the sensor’s SID instance is a next step towards realizing sensor plug & play within the Sensor Web.
sensorML Extension Package for ebRIM Application Profile	0.3.0	09-163r2	Frédéric Houbie, Fabian Skivée, Simon Jirka	2010-04-02
This document describes the mapping of description of sensors using SensorML specification 1.0 [OGC 07-000] to an ebRIM structure within an OGCTM Catalogue 2.0.2 (Corrigendum 2 Release) [OGC 07-006r1] implementing the CSW-ebRIM Registry Service – part 1: ebRIM profile of CSW [OGC 07-110r4]. In addition this document contains the definition of a SensorML profile for Discovery which defines a minimum set of metadata to be provided within SensorML documents as well as the structure this data shall possess. This profile is based on the OGC OWS- 6 SensorML Profile for Discovery Engineering Report [OGC 09-033]. It defines the way sensors metadata are organized and implemented in the Catalogue for discovery, retrieval and management.
SANY Fusion and Modelling Architecture	1.2	10-001	Stuart E. Middleton	2010-03-22
This document reports the considered SANY best practice for using OGC standards to provide generic fusion processing services. Concrete case studies are documented and a detailed appendix is provided with example of XML request and responses.
Web View Service Discussion Paper	0.3.0	09-166r2	Benjamin Hagedorn	2010-02-01
The Web View Service (WVS) is an extendable, interactive, image-based portrayal service for complex three-dimensional geodata such as 3D landscape and city models. 3D geodata is delivered as finally rendered images. Besides color images, relevant thematic and geometrical information such as object identity information or depth data is provided. Additionally, the WVS supports interaction with the portrayed 3D environment, e.g., information retrieval, spatial analysis, and 3D navigation.
Draft for Candidate OpenGIS® Web 3D Service Interface Standard	0.4.0	09-104r1	Arne Schilling, Thomas H. Kolbe	2010-01-20
A Web 3D Service (W3DS) is a portrayal service for three-dimensional geodata, such as landscape models, city models, textured building models, vegetation objects, and street furniture. Geodata is delivered as scenes that are comprised of display elements, optimized for efficient real time rendering at high frame rates.
OpenSearch Geospatial Extensions Draft Implementation Standard	0.0.1	09-084r1	Jo Walsh, Pedro Gonçalves, Andrew Turner	2009-10-13
The OpenSearch specification originates in a community effort built around Amazon's A9.com. It was intended to allow syndication of search results that could then be aggregated by one large index. The OpenSearch specification is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 2.5 license. In addition, the OASIS Search Web Services group is publishing an Abstract Protocol Definition of the interface or “binding”, which coincides with the community specification published at http://opensearch.org. In 2007, Andrew Turner proposed a set of geospatial extensions through OpenSearch.org.
Sensor Observable Registry Discussion Paper	0.3.0	09-112	Simon Jirka, Arne Bröring	2009-10-13
This Discussion paper introduces the Sensor Observable Registry (SOR), a web service interface for managing the definitions of phenomena measured by sensors as well as exploring semantic relationships between these phenomena.
3D-Symbology Encoding Discussion Draft	0.0.1	09-042	Steffen Neubauer, Alexander Zipf	2009-10-13
This document present an extension of the Symbology Encoding (SE) /Styled Layer Descriptor (SLD) specifications into 3D as a separate profile.
Grid coverage Coordinate Reference Systems (CRSs)	0.3.2	09-085r2	Arliss Whiteside	2009-10-13
This document summarizes the types of Coordinate Reference Systems (CRSs) that are recommended for use with grid (including image) coverages. This document specializes Best Practice Paper OGC 09-076r3 “Uses and Summary of Topic 2: Spatial referencing by coordinates” for grid coverages. Topic 2 is almost the same as ISO 19111:2007, but includes some corrections. This document includes some best practices for defining and using ImageCRSs and other CRSs for grid coverages.
GeoRM Role Model	0.3.0	09-123	Roland M. Wagner	2009-10-13
The scope of this document is the update and the definition of GeoRM roles as a sub model of the GDI.NRW reference model (process model and architecture model). Key relationships are defined between these roles.
CF-netCDF Encoding Specification	0.1.0	09-122	Ben Domenico	2009-10-13
NetCDF (network Common Data Form) is a data model for array-oriented scientific data, a freely distributed collection of access libraries implementing support for that data model, and a machine-independent format. Together, the interfaces, libraries, and format support the creation, access, and sharing of scientific data.
Specification of the Sensor Service Architecture (SensorSA)	3 (Rev 3.1)	09-132r1	Thomas Usländer (Ed.)	2009-10-02
Specification of a generic service-oriented architecture integrating the access to, the management and the processing of sensor-related information based upon the emerging standards of the Open geospatial Consortium (OGC), and resulting from the requirements analysis of diverse application domains such as maritime risk management, observation of geo-hazards and monitoring of air quality.
Uses and summary of Topic 2: Spatial referencing by coordinates	0.3.0	09-076r3	Arliss Whiteside	2009-09-14
This document first discusses the uses for data sharing, and then provides a brief summary, of OGC Abstract Specification Topic 2: Spatial referencing by coordinates. Topic 2 is almost the same as ISO 19111:2007, but includes some corrections. This document includes some best practices for using Coordinate Reference Systems (CRSs).
OGC® Catalogue Services - OWL Application Profile of CSW CAT OWL App4CSW	0.3.0	09-010	Kristin Stock	2009-07-27
This document describes an Application Profile for the Web Ontology Language (OWL) [W3C OWL] for CSW. It is intended to define a specification for how ontologies built using RDF and OWL may be included within an OGC CSW catalogue to semantically-enable the catalogue.
Sensor Web Enablement Application for Debris Flow Monitoring System in Taiwan	0.3.0	09-082	Hsu-Chun James Yu, Zhong-Hung Lee, Cai-Fang Ye, Lan-Kun Chung, Yao-Min Fang	2009-07-27
This application document describes: 1) What is a Debris Flow Monitoring System. 2) How SWE implements in Debris Flow Monitoring System. 3) Tutorial for SWE developers.
Uncertainty Markup Language (UnCertML)	0.6	08-122r2	Matthew Williams, Dan Cornford, Lucy Bastin & Edzer Pebesma	2009-04-08
The Uncertainty Markup Language (UncertML) is an XML encoding for the transport and storage of information about uncertain quantities, with emphasis on quantitative representations based on probability theory.
Web Coverage Service (WCS) 1.1 extension for CF-netCDF 3.0 encoding WCS CFnetCDF	0.2.2	09-018	Ben Domenico, Stefano Nativi	2009-04-08
This extension of the WCS standard specifies an Information Community data model with the related encoding that may optionally be implemented by WCS servers. This extension specification allows clients to evaluate, request and use data encoded in CF-netCDF3 format from a WCS server. This document is an extension of the Web Coverage Service (WCS) 1.1 Corrigendum 2 (version 1.1.2) Implementation Standard [OGC 07-067r5]. With small changes, this extension is expected to also apply to WCS 1.2.
Event Pattern Markup Language (EML)	0.3.0	08-132	Thomas Everding, Johannes Echterhoff	2008-11-05
The Event Pattern Markup Language (EML) allows one to describe event patterns for event (stream) processing and analysis. It can be used to build multi stage filters for incoming events but also to derive higher information through combining and correlating multiple events. It can be applied on single events but is focused on handling of continuous event streams.
OpenGIS® Sensor Event Service Interface Specification	0.3.0	08-133	Johannes Echterhoff, Thomas Everding	2008-10-10
The Sensor Event Service (SES) provides operations to register sensors at the service application and let clients subscribe for observations available at the service. The service performs filtering of sensor data (streams) based upon the filter criteria defined in these subscriptions. Filters can be applied on single observations but also on observation streams, potentially aggregating observations into higher-level information (which itself can be regarded as observation data). Whenever matches are discovered, a notification is sent to the subscriber, using asynchronous, push-based communication mechanisms.
Summary of the OGC Web Services, Phase 5 (OWS-5) Interoperability Testbed	1.0	08-073r2	Jessica Cook, Raj Singh	2008-09-12
The OGC Web Services, Phase 5 (OWS-5) Testbed was an initiative of the OGC Interoperability Program (IP). The primary focus of an IP activity is to collaboratively extend and demonstrate OGC‘s baseline for geospatial interoperability.
OWS5: OGC Web feature service, core and extensions	0.9.0	08-079	John Herring	2008-09-12
This standard specifies the behavior of a service that provides transactions on and access to geographic features in a manner independent of the underlying data store. It specifies discovery operations, query operations and transaction operations. Discovery operations allow the service to be interrogated to determine its capabilities and to retrieve the application schema that defines the feature types that the service offers. Retrieval operations allow features to be retrieved from the opaque underlying data store based upon constraints on spatial and non-spatial feature properties defined by the client. Transaction operations allow features to be created, changed and deleted from the opaque underlying data store.
OWS-5 KML Engineering Report	0.1.0	07-124r2	Chris Holmes	2008-09-12
This Discussion Paper is about the use of KML, an encoding used to express geographic annotation and visualization on existing or future web-based online maps (2d) and earth browsers (3d). KML uses a tag-based structure with nested elements and attributes and is based on the XML standard.
OWS-5 WCS JPIP Coverage Subsetting Engineering Report	0.9.0	07-169	Steven Keens	2008-09-12
This OGC document represents an OWS-5 SWE thread Engineering Report on sub-setting georeferencable imagery. It discusses how to handle georeferencable imagery in the JPEG2000 format as well as using JPIP within the WCS-T and the SWE set of services.
OWS-5 GeoRM License Broker Discussion Paper	0.9	08-076	Rüdiger Gartmann	2008-09-12
This document describes a License Broker Service (LB-Service) as specified and implemented in the OWS-5 test bed. The LB-Service provides configurable license models, which may contain configuration parameters to be defined by the licensee. The setting of these parameters affects the actual license to be created by the LB-Service.
OWS-5 GeoProcessing Workflow Architecture Engineering Report	0.1.0	07-138r1	Michael Werling	2008-09-12
This OGC® document describes the Workflow Architecture developed in support of Geoprocessing Workflow and Sensor Web Enablement threads of OWS-5. This information includes the overall architecture description, concepts, and issues. It also provides detail on the Conflation Workflow created as an example implementation for geoprocessing in a workflow. This document establishes a sample architecture and associated lessons learned as general guidance.
OWS-5 Earth Observation Web Processing Services (WPS) Engineering Report	0.1.0	08-058r1	Stefan Falke	2008-09-12
This document serves to describe the use of web processing services and the OGC Web Processing Service (WPS) in earth observation (EO) applications. It provides an overview of web processing services and a description of developments related to earth observation implementations of OGC WPS in the OGC OWS-5 testbed.
OWS-5 Conflation Engineering Report	0.1.0	07-160r1	Pete Brennen	2008-09-12
This OGC Engineering Report describes the process of conflation, outlines a framework for conflation and conflation rules services within a service oriented architecture, and describes the implementation of conflation services during the OGC OWS-5 testbed.
OWS 5 Engineering Report: Supporting Georeferenceable Imagery	0.1.0	08-071	Mike Botts	2008-09-12
The scope of this document is to capture considerations and recommendations on approaches for supporting georeferenceable imagery within the OGC encodings and web services. Georeferenceable imagery is typically imagery coming from a remote sensor that has not been previously geo-rectified, resampled, or regridded. Georeferenceable imagery must be accompanied with information sufficient to allow georectification of the imagery.
GML 3.2 implementation of XML schemas in 07-000 SensorML CR	1.0.1	08-127	Simon Cox	2008-08-25
OWS-5 CITE Summary Engineering Report	0.1.0	08-084r1	Jen Marcus	2008-08-20
This document summarizes work completed in the OWS5 Compliance & Interoperability Test & Evaluation thread. This document is applicable to the OGC Compliance Test Program.
OWS-5 Considerations for the WCTS Extension of WPS	0.1.0	08-054r1	Max Martinez	2008-08-20
This document details considerations for using the WPS specification to define a standard coordinate transformation service.
OGC OWS-5 Engineering Report on WCPS	0.9.0	07-166r2	Peter Baumann	2008-08-04
This document represents the Engineering Report for the WCPS activity within the OWS-5 SWE thread. It summarizes tasks and outcomes.
OGC® OWS-5 ER: GSIP Schema Processing	0.0.3	08-078r1	Clemens Portele	2008-07-08
This OGC® document describes and discusses the OWS-5 enhancements in the process of creating application schemas in support of the NSG from NGA data based on the GEOINT Structure Implementation Profile (GSIP) which has been based on the NSG Application Schema and accompanying NSG Entity Catalog.
OGC® OWS-5 Engineering Report: Local MSD Implementation Profile (GML 3.2.1) GML Local MSD	0.0.2	08-077	Clemens Portele	2008-07-02
This document contains a data content specification for Local Mission Specific Data (MSD) and is based on the GEOINT Structure Implementation Profile (GSIP) developed by the NGA. This document defines the GML 3.2.1 (ISO 19136) encoding requirements for Local MSD. The structure of the document is based on ISO 19131 (Geographic Information – Data Product Specification).
Feature Type Catalogue Extension Package for ebRIM (ISO/TS 15000-3) Profile of CSW 2.0 CAT2 AP ebRIM FTC	0.1	07-172r1	Kristin Stock	2008-05-13
This document describes a Feature Type Catalogue extension package for the OGC® ebRIM (ISO/TS 15000-3) Profile of CSW 2.0 [OGC 05-025r3]. It defines the way an ISO 19110 [ISO 19110:2005] Feature Type Catalogue is included within a Registry, and provides an information model and stored queries for such an inclusion.
OWS-5 Data View Architecture Engineering Report	0.0.0	07-163	David Rosinger, Stan Tillman	2008-05-02
This OGC document presents a summary of the Data View Architecture experiment conducted as part of the Geo-Processing Workflow (GPW) thread in the OWS-5 test bed. The main activities in this experiment were the storage of Data Views in an ebRIM Catalog and the discovery and use of those Data Views by an Integrated Client.
OGC® Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure Summary Report	0.0.9	08-000	Raj SIngh	2008-04-29
This report summarizes the work performed under the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure Pilot. The purpose of this pilot was to test the utility of certain OGC standards, in particular the Geography Markup Language (GML) and Web Feature Service (WFS), in the implementation of a spatial data infrastructure. OGC documents 08-001 and 08-002 are more technical companions to this document.
OGC® Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure WFS and GML Best Practices	0.0.9	08-002	Peter Rushforth	2008-04-29
This document gives guidelines and recommendations for administrators, users and implementers of Web Feature Services serving Geography Markup Language encoded response documents.
OGC® Loosely Coupled Synchronization of Geographic Databases in the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure Pilot	0.0.9	08-001	Raj Singh	2008-04-29
This Discussion Paper documents results from the Interoperability Program CGDI Pilot and describes a suite of services that enable the sharing of geographic information across organizations for the purposes of: geographic database synchronization in support of a spatial data infrastructure; geographic database modification suggestions from trusted and un-trusted sources; and the transmission of geographic information in emergency notification events. These services are called the Update Feed Service; Feedback Feed Service; and Emergency Alert Service respectively. Their information encodings are all based on the Atom Syndication Format, extended with GML and WFS Filter encodings to support geospatial requirements, and were implemented in the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure Pilot.
OWS 5 SOAP/WSDL Common Engineering Report	0.1.0	08-009r1	Bastian Schaeffer	2008-02-21
This OGC document reports the results achieved in the OWS5 GPW-SOAP/WSDL thread which is focused on creating general recommendations and guidelines for WSDL/SOAP support to existing OGC Web Services.
FedEO Pilot Engineering Report	0.4	07-152	Corentin Guillo	2008-01-21
This document was developed during the FedEO - GEO AIP initiative of the OGC. It was contributed by the organizations involved in the Earth Observation and Natural Resources and Environment Domain Working Group (EO/NRE DWG) in the OGC Specification Program. The document describes recommendation for architecture and specification that enables interoperability
Wrapping OGC HTTP-GET/POST Services with SOAP	0.1	07-158	R	2008-01-02
Discussion of how to wrap OGC HTTP-GET/POST Services with SOAP
OGC Web Services Summaries	0.3.0	07-095r2	Arliss Whiteside	2007-11-14
This document provides brief and consistent summaries of several OGC Web Service interface specifications that serve data.
Web Coordinate Transformation Service	0.4.0	07-055r1	Arliss Whiteside, Markus U. M	2007-10-09
This Discussion Paper describes an interface specification for a web coordinate transformation service that now builds on version 1.1 of the OWS Common Specification [OGC 06-121r3]. All versions of this document specify an
Compliance Test Engine Interoperability Program Report	1.0	07-012	Jennifer Marcus, Chuck Morris	2007-09-04
As a work item in the OWS4/Conformance and Interoperability Test and Evaluation (CITE) project, Northrop Grumman Information Technology (NGIT) provided an open source web services compliance engine. NGIT refers to this engine as the Test Evaluation And Measurement (TEAM) Engine. It executes scripts written in Compliance Test Language (CTL), a grammar also developed by NGIT. This IPR describes TEAM Engine in detail and provides information on how it was used in OWS-4/CITE.
GeoDRM Engineering Viewpoint and supporting Architecture	0.9.2	06-184r2	Christian Elfers, Roland M. Wagner	2007-08-14
This GeoDRM engineering viewpoint document describes use cases and concepts for GeoDRM, as well as references to distributed computing concepts which are not GeoDRM sensu stricto but are required for any GeoDRM implementation.
OWS 4 WFS Temporal Investigation	0.1.0	06-154	David S. Burggraf, Ron Lake, Darko Androsevic	2007-08-14
The objective of the proposed temporal extensions to the WFS is to enable temporal/geospatial queries using the GML temporal types against GML dynamic features employing either the snapshot or time history model (time slices).
OGC Web Services Architectural Profile for the NSG	1.3	07-009r3	Shayne Urbanowski	2007-08-13
The purpose of this document is to generally describe how the various OGC specifications may be used to address the needs of a large enterprise system. It highlights the key elements of the OWS-4 effort as they relate to web service architecture implementation at NGA and in the NSG. The goal is that this document will enable organization that interface with the NSG to understand how to produce and consume data and services in an interoperable environment.
The Specification Model -- Structuring an OGC specification to encourage implementation	0.0.9	07-056r1	John Herring, OAB, Architecture WG	2007-07-23
This standard specifies some desirable characteristics of a standards specification that will encourage implementations by minimizing difficulty and optimizing usability and interoperability.
Feature Styling IPR	0.4.1	06-140	Dr. Markus M	2007-06-08
Feature Styling is based on a distributed computational platform that employs a number of standard interfaces and encodings to allow for flexible, scalable and interoperable management of symbology (styles and symbols) in the process of producing maps from different kinds of data, most important being source GML data.
OWS4 - Topology Quality Assessment Interoperability Program Report	0.3.0	07-007r1	Paul Watson	2007-06-06
This document describes the purpose and function of the Topology Quality Assessment Service developed and deployed within the Geo-processing workflow thread of the OWS4 interoperability testbed.
Frame image geopositioning metadata GML 3.2 application schema	0.0.0	07-032	Arliss Whiteside	2007-06-06
This document specifies a GML 3.2 Application Schema for frame image geopositioning metadata, for XML encoding of the georeferencing coordinate transformation parameters of an unrectified frame image. A frame image is one whose entire two-dimensional extent was collected at one time. A georeferencing coordinate transformation can transform position coordinates between a specific ground-based (or object) Coordinate Reference System (CRS) and the image CRS.
OWS-4 CSW ebRIM Modelling Guidelines IPR	0.0.6	06-155	Tim Wilson, Renato Primavera, Panagiotis (Peter) A. Vretanos	2007-06-06
The OWS-4 CSW ebRIM Modelling Guidelines Interoperability Program Report (IPR) provides guidance for creating a standard methodology for mapping geospatial domain information models to ebRIM [www.oasis-open.org/committees/regrep/documents/2.0/specs/ebrim.pdf]. It also presents the results of mapping specific Sensor Web Enablement (SWE) [http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/markets-technologies/swe] and Feature Catalog domain models to ebRIM for use with OpenGIS Catalog Service Standard [http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/cat] implementations in the OWS-4 Initiative [http://www.opengeospatial.org/projects/initiatives/ows-4].
Discussions, findings, and use of WPS in OWS-4	0.9.1	06-182r1	Steven Keens	2007-06-06
This document reviews the material discussed during the OWS-4 project, describes the WPS processes deployed in the workflows, and offers suggestions to the OGC to move forward with the WPS.
CUAHSI WaterML	0.3.0	07-041r1	Ilya Zaslavsky, David Valentine, Tim Whiteaker	2007-05-30
This document describes the initial version of the WaterML messaging schema as implemented in version 1 of WaterOneFlow web services. It also lays out strategies for harmonizing WaterML with OGC specifications, the Observations and Measurement specification in particular.
Local MSD Implementation Profile (GML 3.2.1)	0.7.0	07-027r1	Clemens Portele	2007-05-25
This document contains a data content specification for Local Mission Specific Data (MSD) and is based on the GEOINT Structure Implementation Profile (GSIP) developed by the NGA. This document defines the GML 3.2.1 (ISO 19136) encoding requirements for Local MSD. The structure of the document is based on ISO/DIS 19131 (Geographic Information
OGC Web Services Architecture for CAD GIS and BIM	0.9	07-023r2	Paul Cote	2007-05-16
This document lists the design principles and requirements for future versions of a potential architecture for integrating workflows and information models from Computer Aided Design and Building Information Modelling with the principles of the OGC Web Services Architecture.
GeoDDS Mass Market (formerly GeoRSS) Interoperability Program Report	0.0.1	07-004	Panagiotis (Peter) A. Vretanos	2007-05-07
This OpenGIS(r) document describes the API for two web services capable of generating several simplified data formats including GeoRSS and the Basic XML Feature Schema (BXFS).
OWS-4 Workflow IPR	0.0.9	06-187r1	Steven Keens	2007-05-07
This document examines five workflows discussed during the course of the OWS-4 project.
Trusted Geo Services IPR	0.9.0	06-107r1	Cristian Opincaru	2007-05-07
The OGC Trusted Geo Services Interoperability Program Report (IPR) provides guidance for the exchange of trusted messages between OGC Web Services and clients for these services. It describes a trust model based on the exchange and brokering of security tokens, as proposed by the OASIS WS-Trust specification [http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512].
Requirements for some specific simple solid, plane and line geometry types	0.5.0	07-001r3	Simon Cox	2007-05-02
This specification describes requirements for specific geometry types, including some simple solids, and planes and lines defined using an implicit parameterization.
OWS Integrated Client (GeoDSS Client)	0.0.3	05-116	Stan Tillman, Jody Garnett	2007-03-08
This Interoperability Program Report (IPR) provides an overview of the general requirements, architecture, and design considerations of
Geographic information - Rights expression language for geographic information - Part xx: GeoREL	0.9.0	06-173r2	John Herring	2007-01-25
This document extends the rights expression language (REL) to encompass the concerns of holders of geographic data and service resources to equally ensure their protection. This allows the geographic information market to operate with minimal constraints derived from need for the protection of intellectual property.
Geospatial Semantic Web Interoperabiltiy Experiment Report	0.5.0	06-002r1	Joshua Lieberman	2006-08-21
The Semantic Web seeks to make the meaning as accessible as the material, by enabling connections - which are both logical and (machine) actionable - between concepts which a user presently understands and those which may be new and foreign. The Geospatial Semantic Web extends this capability to both content and concepts that are specifically spatial, temporal, and geographic in nature, giving both people and machines true access to a wider range of knowledge.
WMS - Proposed Animation Service Extension	0.9	06-045r1	Eric LaMar	2006-07-27
This document explains how the Web Map Server (WMS 1.0 [1] & 1.1 [2,3]) specification can be extended to allow map animations that move in space over time. It should be read in conjunction with the latest version WMS specification.
EO Application Profile for CSW 2.0 CAT2 AP EO	1.4	06-079r1	Marc Gilles	2006-06-06
Explains how Catalogue Services based on the HMA (Heterogeneous Earth Observation Missions Accessibility) Application Profile for the OGC Catalogue Services Specification v2.0.1 [OGC 04-021r3] are organized and implemented for the discovery, retrieval and management of Earth Observation products metadata.
Access Control & Terms of Use (ToU) "Click-through" IPR Management	1.0.0	05-111r2	Roland M. Wagner	2006-05-09
This document demonstrats a number of functional capabilities related to rights management (Terms-of-Use, Authentication, content services) that need to be described and chained.
Catalog 2.0 Accessibility for OWS3	0.0.1	05-084	Vincent Delfosse	2006-05-09
The OGC Catalog-Web Profile is a complex specification that implies usage of many concepts, such as ressources, metadata, registry, registry information model, harvesting, etc. This document is a user-friendly introduction to these concepts. It will help the understanding of the Catalog specification in general and of the Catalog Web profile with ebRIM in particular.
OWS3 GML Topology Investigation	0.0.5	05-102r1	David Burggraf, Stan Tillman	2006-05-09
Part 1 of this investigation is conducted by Galdos Systems. In this part, the OWS3 MSD3 geometric description is extended to include a topology encoding as defined by the MSD3 schema. Part 2 (Clause 6.2) of this investigation is conducted by Intergraph Corp. and describes and discusses the impacts of encoding topology within the GML data.
Schema Maintenance and Tailoring	0.0.7	05-117	Clemens Portele	2006-05-02
Description of the schema tailoring process for the application schema development in the decision support services thread (GeoDSS) during the OWS-3 initiative
GML Performance Investigations by CubeWerx	1.0.0	05-050	Craig Bruce	2006-05-02
This report proposes and executes methods to evaluate the performance of the use of the Geography Markup Language (GML) as encoded in various ways.
OGC Web Services (OWS) 3 UGAS Tool	0.0.3	05-118	Clemens Portele, Rafael Renkert	2006-04-28
This document contains a description of the UGAS (UML Application Schema to GML ApplicationSchema conversion) tool development in the decision support services thread (GeoDSS) during the OWS-3 initiative.
Temporal Standard Recommendations	0.0.9	06-022r1	James Resler	2006-04-21
This document summarizes recommendations for extending geospatial standards with regard to time-varying information. These proposals are the result of the National Technology Alliance program called Temporal Evaluation and Assessment (TEA).
OWS 3 GML Investigations - Performance Experiment by Galdos Systems	0.0.4	05-101	David Burggraf	2006-04-19
In this experiment, the retrieval time of GML features from a Web Feature Service (WFS) to a WFS client will be studied by varying certain control parameters including methods of encoding and compression. Four different control parameters including encoding format, data set size, bandwidth, and feature type will be varied to test the relative performance in each case.
OWS-3 Imagery Workflow Experiments: Enhanced Service Infrastructure Technology Architecture and Standards in the OWS-3 Testbe	0.9	05-140	Yves Coene	2006-03-30
This document describes the results of an experiment addressing issues relating to the application workflow processing incorporating a variety of OGC specifications. It details the inputs provided to the Open Geospatial Consortium's (OGC) OWS-3 Testbed and the architecture of the testbed related to the ESA Service Support Environment (SSE). It is a formal deliverable of work package 6610 of the Enhanced Service Infrastructure Technology (ESIT) project and is a joint Spacebel and Spot Image document.
Geo Video Web Service	0.0.9	05-115	Joe Lewis	2006-03-28
A GeoVideo Web Service (GVS) is a web service that facilitates the viewing of live and/or archived feeds from video cameras. The feeds may be composed of: - A video stream - Textual data in a caption stream (e.g. GPS data, camera states and characteristics, custom XML data, such as SensorMLTML) - A combination of a video stream and associated textual data The video streams of the feed may be viewed in the Windows Media Player. The textual data is extracted through scripting events that are generated as the caption stream is processed and displayed by the Windows Media Player.
GML Point Profile	0.4	05-029r4	Ron Lake, Carl Reed, George Percivall	2005-08-29
This document defines a profile of the Geography Markup Language (GML) for a point geometry. Attention is drawn to the fact that this is a profile of GML version 3.1.1.
WMS Change Request: Support for WSDL & SOAP	0.1.0	04-050r1	Philippe Duschene, Jerome Sonnet	2005-04-22
This change proposal is an outcome of the Common Architecture thread of the OpenGIS Web Service 2 initiative. The aim is to add support for a standard WSDL description of the WMS interface in version 1.3.1.
OWS-2 Application Schema Development	0.0.4	04-100	Clemens Portele	2005-04-13
The OWS-2 Application Schema Development Discussion Paper describes the process for creating ISO 19109:2005 Application Schemas [http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?c... in UML. It also describes the process used during the OWS-2 Initiative [http://www.opengeospatial.org/projects/initiatives/ows-2] for creating GML [http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/gml] Application Schemas from ISO 19109:2005 Application Schemas. See also the GML pages on OGC Network: http://www.ogcnetwork.net/gml .
OWS 2 Common Architecture: WSDL SOAP UDDI	1.0	04-060r1	Jerome Sonnett	2005-02-17
This OGC document reports the work that occurred in the OWS2 Test Bed Common Architecture thread. This thread focused on the use of UDDI/WSDL/SOAP in the OGC Web Services architecture. It also provides guidelines for the use of these technologies.
Web Image Classification Service (WICS)	0.3.3	05-017	Wenli Yang, Arliss Whiteside	2005-02-10
The Web Image Classification Service (WICS) supports classification of digital images. A digital image is composed of pixel values organized into one or more two-dimensional arrays. The two dimensions of an image represent two axes in space based on a spatial coordinate reference system. The dimensions of the different 2-D arrays comprising an image must be the same and represent exactly the same spatial locations.
Image CRSs for IH4DS	0.1.0	05-014	Arliss Whiteside	2005-01-31
This Discussion Paper specifies image coordinate reference system (CRS) definitions designed for possible use by WCTS and WCS servers and clients, initially in the IH4DS thread of the OWS 2 interoperability initiative. This report specifies image CRS definitions suitable for both ungeorectified and georectified images, where an ungeorectified image can be georeferenced or not.
Imagery Metadata	1.0	05-015	Barry Schlesinger	2005-01-27
Special XML schemas have been created for individual data sets, based on ISO 19115 and a general schema for the RSE. However, a generalized metadata XML schema should be available where possible; it should not be necessary to create special schemas for each data set. ISO 19139 can serve as such a general XML implementation specification for 19115. This implementation needs to be tested in practice. In addition, the new ISO standards are incorporating much, if not all, of the metadata not in 19115 that the RSE contain. XML schemas for these metadata need to be developed that are based upon the abstract model in the ISO standards. All of these implementations need to be tested in practice. This Report describes such tests and the results. It also describes to what extent metadata on which the test metadata are based are supported by 19139, to what extent they are supported by metadata specified in the new ISO standards or the RSE, and to what extent new metadata elements are needed.
Some image geometry models	1	04-071	Arliss Whiteside	2004-10-04
This discussion paper contains the material that is still relevant from Section 6 (or Appendix A) of the previous version 4 (document OGC 99-107) of OGC Abstract Specification Topic 7, titled "The Earth Imagery Case". That version of Topic 7 has now been superseded by a new version with the same title. In addition, some terminology has been revised to be consistent with the terminology now used in Topic 16: Image Coordinate Transformation Services. Specifically, the previous term "real-time image geometry model" has been changed to "approximate image geometry model". Also, the previous name "Universal Real-Time Image Geometry Model" has been changed to "Universal Image Geometry Model".
OWS1.2 Image Handling Design	0.5	04-051	George Percivall	2004-09-26
Image Handling is a thread in the OGC Web Services 1.2 (OWS1.2). This document defines the system design for Image Handling in OWS1.2. The system design responds to the requirements in OWS 1.2 Image Handling Requirements. The system design specifies two main services: Image Archive Service and Image Catalogue Service. Interfaces for these two services are defined using previously defined OWS service interfaces.
OWS1.2 Image Handling Requirements	0.1.4	04-052	Arliss Whiteside	2004-09-26
This document was developed as part of the Image Handling Thread of the OGC Web Services Initiative Phase 1 Thread Set 2 (OWS 1.2). This document specified the requirements for the image handling functions to be supported by draft specifications prepared under that thread.
Geospatial Portal Reference Architecture	0.2	04-039	Louis Rose	2004-09-22
This Guide has been developed by the members of the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. to assist the global geospatial technology community in implementing standards-based geospatial portal solutions that are compatible with Spatial Data Infrastructures in every nation. We offer this document as a resource for rapid development and informed acquisition of portals and portal-exploiting applications that can plug and play with geospatial data and services in your organization and other organizations in your community and around the world.
Geolinking Service	0.9.1	04-011r1	Peter Schut	2004-05-04
A Geolinking Service takes attribute data which refers to spatial features, and joins it to a geospatial dataset, so that it can be mapped by a WMS or used in a GIS. When a Geolinking Service uses data from a GDAS, and serves as a front end to a WMS, it enables real-time mapping of data stored in non-spatial databases.
Geolinked Data Access Service	0.9.1	04-010r1	Peter Schut	2004-05-04
A Geolinked Data Access Service (GDAS) provides a way to publish and access data that refers to spatial features (e.g. population data for countries). A GDAS can expose data from non-GIS databases so that it can be manipulated and mapped with the aid of a Geolinking Service.
OWS Messaging Framework	0.0.3	03-029	Stephane Fellah, Steven Keens	2003-01-20
This document defines a messaging framework to conduct communications between the OGC web services. It is independent of any transport protocol and any messaging encoding. By using the framework, the service designer could focus only on the message definitions and messaging flows for every action supported by the service, without worry on the messaging transport and delivery. The framework should considerably simplify the implementations of the OGC web services and should enable service chaining.
Web Services Architecture	0.3	03-025	Josh Lieberman	2003-01-18
Specifies and discusses a common architectural framework for OGC Web Services
OGC Web Services UDDI Experiment	0.5	03-028	Josh Lieberman, Lou Reich, Peter Vretanos	2003-01-17
This document lists the design principles, requirements, and experimental results for future versions of a potential OGC - UDDI (Universal Discovery, Description, and Integration) profile of the OGC Catalog Implementation Specification. Specifically, it describes the usage scenarios, workplan, and experimental results for discovery of OGC services (including registries) through the UDDI interface using SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) messaging protocols. The baseline for this experiment is the specification for UDDI version 2 and use of private UDDI implementations.
Service Information Model	0.3.0	03-026	Joshua Lieberman	2003-01-17
SIM specifies and discusses a common information model for OGC Web Services, also known variously or in part as service capabilities or service metadata.
OGC Web Services SOAP Experiment Report	0.8	03-014	J	2003-01-15
This document will discuss how OWS services can be ported to Web Services and highlight various issues/problems that have been discovered and need further discussion.
WMS Part 2: XML for Requests using HTTP Post	0.0.3	02-017r1	Jeff de La Beaujardiere	2002-08-24
This part of the Web Map Service (WMS) specification applies to those clients and servers which allow operation request encodings that are more complex than those permitted by the basic keyword/value encoding defined in WMS Part 1 [17]. Part 2 only describes the encoding of the request messages using Extensible Markup Language (XML); all other aspects of the Web Map Service are fully defined in Part 1.
Web Terrain Server	0.3.2	01-061	Raj Singh	2001-08-24
The purpose of theWeb Terrain Server (WTS) is to produce perspective views of georeferenced data - typically 3-dimensional coverages.
XML for Image and map Annotation	0.4	01-019	John Evans	2001-02-06
Defines an XML vocabulary to encode annotations on imagery, maps, and other geospatial data. This vocabulary draws on the Geography Markup Language (OpenGIS