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OpenGIS® Catalogue Services - ebRIM profile of CSW (ebRIM): Request for Public Comments
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is contemplating adoption of a technology called OpenGIS® Catalogue Services - ebRIM profile of CSW (ebRIM). OGC invites public comment on a candidate specification that will soon be presented for approval by OGC members as an OpenGIS(R) Application Profile. The purpose of this Request for Public Comment (RFPC) is to obtain comments on the proposal for technologies and needed interfaces required for OpenGIS® Catalogue Services - ebRIM profile of CSW (ebRIM). Documentation of this draft specification can be downloaded here:
Candidate Submission: Mon, 2005-10-17 09:00
Close request period: Fri, 2005-11-11 09:00
TC and PC vote to issue request: Fri, 2006-01-20 09:00
Begin request period: Sun, 2006-02-19 09:00



This document defines an application profile of an OGC Catalogue service; it is primarily based on the HTTP binding (the CSW part) described in Clause 11 of the OGC Catalogue Services Specification, version 2.0 (OGC 04-021r3). The profile constrains the usage of several base specifications and introduces some additional search, retrieval, and transaction capabilities.
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GML 3.1.1 simple dictionary profile: Request for Public Comments
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is contemplating adoption of a technology called GML 3.1.1 simple dictionary profile. OGC invites public comment on a candidate profile specification that will soon be presented for approval by OGC members as an OpenGIS(R) Implementation Specification Profile. The purpose of this Request for Public Comment (RFPC) is to obtain comments on the proposal for technologies and needed interfaces required for GML 3.1.1 simple dictionary profile. Documentation of this draft specification can be downloaded here:
Candidate Submission: Tue, 2005-10-11 17:00
Close request period: Fri, 2005-11-11 17:00
TC and PC vote to issue request: Thu, 2005-12-08 17:00
Begin request period: Sat, 2006-01-07 17:00



This document defines a profile of the Geography Markup Language (GML) version 3.1.1 for encoding simple dictionaries. This profile can be used without a GML Application Schema, and such use is assumed in this document.
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GML 3.1.1 grid CRSs profile: Request for Public Comments
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is contemplating adoption of a technology called GML 3.1.1 grid CRSs profile. OGC invites public comment on a candidate profile specification that will soon be presented for approval by OGC members as an OpenGIS(R) Implementation Specification Profile. The purpose of this Request for Public Comment (RFPC) is to obtain comments on the proposal for technologies and needed interfaces required for GML 3.1.1 grid CRSs profile. Documentation of this draft specification can be downloaded here:
Candidate Submission: Tue, 2005-10-11 17:00
Close request period: Fri, 2005-11-11 17:00
TC and PC vote to issue request: Thu, 2005-12-08 17:00
Begin request period: Sat, 2006-01-07 17:00
This profile can be used without a GML Application Schema, and such use is assumed in this document. However, a GML Application Schema that uses this profile could be specified. For example, an Application Schema could specify "GridCRS" as a better name for a DerivedCRS that uses a CartesianCS. Or an Application Schema could allow or require more information to be encoded for an OperationParameter (such as specified in Subclause 14.3.2 and wctsOperationParameter.xsd of OGC Discussion Paper [OGC 05-013]).
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GML 3.1.1 common CRSs profile: Request for Public Comments
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is contemplating adoption of a technology called GML 3.1.1 common CRSs profile. OGC invites public comment on a candidate profile specification that will soon be presented for approval by OGC members as an OpenGIS(R) Implementation Specification Profile. The purpose of this Request for Public Comment (RFPC) is to obtain comments on the proposal for technologies and needed interfaces required for GML CRS support profile. Documentation of this draft specification can be downloaded here:
Candidate Submission: Tue, 2005-10-11 17:00
Close request period: Fri, 2005-11-11 17:00
TC and PC vote to issue request: Thu, 2005-12-08 17:00
Begin request period: Sat, 2006-01-07 17:00



This document defines a profile of the Geography Markup Language (GML) version 3.1.1 for encoding definitions of commonly-used Coordinate Reference Systems (CRSs) plus related coordinate Conversions.
This profile can be used without a GML Application Schema, and such use is assumed in this document. However, a GML Application Schema that uses this profile could be specified. For example, an Application Schema could specify a specialized "TransverseMercatorConversion", as discussed in Annex F. Or an Application Schema could allow or require more information to be encoded for an OperationParameter (such as specified in Subclause 14.3.2 and wctsOperationParameter.xsd of OGC Discussion Paper [OGC 05-013]).
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GML 3.1.1 CRS support profile: Request for Public Comments
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is contemplating adoption of a technology called GML 3.1.1 CRS support profile. OGC invites public comment on a candidate profile specification that will soon be presented for approval by OGC members as an OpenGIS(R) Implementation Specification Profile. The purpose of this Request for Public Comment (RFPC) is to obtain comments on the proposal for technologies and needed interfaces required for GML CRS support profile. Documentation of this draft specification can be downloaded here:
Candidate Submission: Tue, 2005-10-11 09:00
Close request period: Fri, 2005-11-11 09:00
TC and PC vote to issue request: Thu, 2005-12-08 09:00
Begin request period: Sat, 2006-01-07 09:00



This document defines a profile of the Geography Markup Language (GML) version 3.1.1 for supporting other profiles for encoding definitions of Coordinate Reference Systems (CRSs) and Coordinate Operations. This profile can be used without a GML Application Schema, and such use is assumed in this document.
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OGC Newsletter - October 2005
Web Processing Service (WPS): Request for Public Comments
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is contemplating adoption of a technology called Web Processing Service (WPS). OGC invites public comment on a candidate specification that will soon be presented for approval by OGC members as an OpenGIS(R) Implementation Specification. The purpose of this Request for Public Comment (RFPC) is to obtain comments on the proposal for technologies and needed interfaces required for Web Processing Service (WPS). Documentation of this draft specification can be downloaded here:
Candidate Submission: Fri, 2005-09-16 09:00
Close request period: Fri, 2005-11-11 09:00
TC and PC vote to issue request: Fri, 2005-12-23 09:00
Begin request period: Thu, 2006-02-02 09:00



This document specifies the interface to a Web Processing Service (WPS). A WPS can be configured to offer any sort of GIS functionality to clients across a network, including access to pre-programmed calculations and/or computation models that operate on spatially referenced data. A WPS may offer calculations as simple as subtracting one set of spatially referenced numbers from another (e.g., determining the difference in influenza cases between two different seasons), or as complicated as a global climate change model. The data required by the WPS can be delivered across a network, or available at the server.
This interface specification provides mechanisms to identify the spatially-referenced data required by the calculation, initiate the calculation, and manage the output from the calculation so that it can be accessed by the client. This Web Processing Service is targeted at processing both vector and raster data.
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GITA Interoperability Demonstration Call for Participation
On April 24, 2006, the Opening Session of GITA`s Annual Conference 29 in Tampa, Florida, will include a feature completely new to the event. Foregoing the traditional keynote speaker, GITA`s Board of Directors has approved a motion by the Annual Conference Committee to conduct an educational and entertaining Interoperability Demonstration. In doing so, GITA is challenging the industry to meet the theme for this year`s conference, "No Barriers: Connected. Responsive. Prepared". This demonstration will feature integrated data, products, solutions, and services from multiple organizations, showing how standards-based, commercial off-the-shelf geospatial software, data and services can be used to remove the barriers within a geospatial community. GITA`s Geospatially Enabling Community Collaboration initiative, or GECCo, is a project that is helping local communities protect their critical infrastructure. Based around a to-be-determined GECCo scenario that will hopefully include the Tampa Bay area, participants will be able to demonstrate to an estimated 1,200 session attendees how critical and complex tasks that used to take days now take a fraction of that time to complete; all through the use of open architecture and standards-based implementation. Although this session will be based on technology and special attention being given to Web services, the goal of the demonstration is to show decision-makers how the use of interoperable technology provides will help facilitate quicker, more accurate, and less costly decisions. This Call for Participation is open to everyone; however, all participating organizations must be members of GITA. A committee has been established to review submissions for participation. Based upon those responses, selections will be made for participation. GITA will not provide funding or reimburse costs associated with this demonstration. Commercial presentations and product demonstrations will not be accepted. It will be the responsibility of the submitting organization to attend regularly scheduled teleconferences and collaborative demonstration dry runs during the planning and preparation stages (if applicable, a data or service provider may only need to be available if situations or questions arise). All costs, other than standard audio/visual support at the live demonstration and the collaborative preparation environment, will be at the expense of the participants. If your organization is interested in participating in this unique demonstration, please send a short description of your offering, along with complete contact information, to interop.proposal [at] opengeospatial.org prior to October 14, 2005. Pending membership in GITA, nonmembers may be provisionally accepted to participate in the demonstration.
Candidate Submission: Wed, 2005-09-14 17:00
Close request period: Fri, 2005-10-14 17:00
TC and PC vote to issue request: Fri, 2005-10-14 17:00
Begin request period: Wed, 2005-09-14 17:00