How Our Compliance Program Works
The OGC Compliance Program offers a conformance process through which implementers demonstrate alignment with OGC standards and interoperability practices.
Standards-Based. Interoperable by Design.
OGC Compliance Program
The OGC Compliance Program provides a conformance process through which implementers demonstrate alignment with OGC Standards. Organizations document and test their implementations using community-developed test suites and may register conformant implementations in OGC records.
This process supports transparent implementation of open standards and helps organizations communicate their use of interoperable practices across government, industry, and academia. Participation also connects implementers with the global community and shared best practices around standards adoption.
Program Overview
Your Guide to OGC Compliance
Learn how organizations align with OGC standards, register implementations, and engage with the OGC Compliance Program.
What’s the difference between Certification and Registration?
- Certification indicates that an implementation has demonstrated alignment with OGC Standards through the OGC Compliance Program and may use the OGC compliance mark in accordance with program policies.
- Registration identifies implementations that declare use of OGC Standards and are listed in the OGC community registry.
- Register your implementation here.
How to test for Compliance?
OGC maintains community resources that help implementers evaluate alignment with OGC Standards.
Implementers can reference the OGC Validator and related guidance materials to evaluate their implementations against OGC Standards and interoperability practices. Participation in the Compliance Program enables organizations to demonstrate alignment with OGC Standards within the broader interoperability ecosystem.
To learn more, please refer to this guide.
Learn more about the validator and guidance resources.
Is there a charge for Compliance?
Participation in compliance evaluation and implementation registration does not require a fee. Organizations that choose to use the OGC compliance mark do so in accordance with the program’s trademark policy and associated annual trademark use schedule.
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