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List of Standards Working Groups

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OGC API – Maps SWG (OGC API – Maps)

The OGC-API Maps SWG will develop and document a Maps API candidate standard that will provide a web based, common, and consistent interface to services that aligns with the current architecture of the Web and the Spatial Data on the Web Best Practices ( https://www.w3.org/TR/sdw-bp/ ).

OGC API – Processes SWG (OAPIProc SWG)

The OGC API – Processes Standard will enable the execution of computing processes and the retrieval of metadata describing their purpose and functionality. Typically, these processes combine raster, vector, and/or coverage data with well-defined algorithms to produce new raster, vector, and/or coverage information.

OGC API – Records SWG (API Records SWG)

OGC API – Records provides discovery and access to metadata about geospatial data and services. OGC API standards define modular API building blocks to spatially enable Web APIs in a consistent way. OpenAPI is used to define the reusable API building blocks.

OGC API – Styles SWG (Styles API SWG)

The OGC API – Styles Standard will describe the interface and exchange of styling parameters and instructions. The construction of symbology components of styles is addressed in OGC Symbol Encoding Conceptual Model: Core Part and multiple OGC and other style encoding standards.

OGC API – Tiles SWG (OAPITileSWG)

The OGC API – Tiles draft Standard references the OGC Two Dimensional Tile Matrix Set (TMS) standard. The TMS standard defines the rules and requirements for a tile matrix set as a way to index space based on a set of regular grids defining a domain (tile matrix) for a

OWS Common – Security SWG (ComSecuritySWG)

This SWG maintains a Standard that defines a common publication to declare that one or more operations of a Service instance or individual operations thereof is protected by the implementation of one or more security frameworks from ISO 10181 except 10181-4 and 10181-7.

OWS Context SWG (OWScontextSWG)

The purpose of the SWG is to maintain the OWS Context Standard standard. The principle use case for an OWS Context document is for defining the application state of an Integrated Client. When this application state is reproduced by two or more Integrated Clients, such clients are said to share

PipelineML SWG (PipeML SWG)

The purpose of the SWF is to manage and enhance the PipelineMLStandard to enable the interchange of pipeline data between parties, disparate systems, and software applications without loss of accuracy, density, or data resolution and without need for conversion between intermediate or proprietary formats.

Points of Interest SWG (PoI SWG)

The Points of Interest (POI) SWG is developing Standards to model and encode POI data. The SWG is not developing a POI database or service, rather enabling interoperability between such services.

Features and Geometries JSON SWG (FeatGeoJSON SWG)

The OGC Features and Geometries JSON SWG is chartered to develop a JSON encoding for geospatial feature data. This encoding is intended to build upon the foundational OGC standards (such as Simple Features), be inclusive of other geospatial JSON encodings (such as GeoJSON), and support content delivery per the OGC

Features API SWG (FeatAPI SWG)

The purpose of the OGC Features API SWG is to develop new and maintain existing parts of the OGC API Features multipart Standard, develop corrigenda for the WFS 2.0 and FES 2.0 Standards, and review draft Engineering Reports from the OGC Innovation Program related to OGC API Features.

OGC API – Common SWG (OGC API-Common)

The purpose of this SWG is to develop a new Common core Standard for the OGC API suite of Standards as well as to manage any changes required for the OWS Common Standard.

OGC API – Joins SWG (TJS)

The purpose of the TJS SWG is to update and maintain the OpenGIS Georeferenced Table Joining Service Implementation Standard [OGC 10-070r2]. Updates will consider Change Requests (CRs) to the current standard as well as requirements identified by the SWG.

OGC API – Maps SWG (OGC API – Maps)

The OGC-API Maps SWG will develop and document a Maps API candidate standard that will provide a web based, common, and consistent interface to services that aligns with the current architecture of the Web and the Spatial Data on the Web Best Practices ( https://www.w3.org/TR/sdw-bp/ ).

OGC API – Processes SWG (OAPIProc SWG)

The OGC API – Processes Standard will enable the execution of computing processes and the retrieval of metadata describing their purpose and functionality. Typically, these processes combine raster, vector, and/or coverage data with well-defined algorithms to produce new raster, vector, and/or coverage information.

OGC API – Records SWG (API Records SWG)

OGC API – Records provides discovery and access to metadata about geospatial data and services. OGC API standards define modular API building blocks to spatially enable Web APIs in a consistent way. OpenAPI is used to define the reusable API building blocks.

OGC API – Styles SWG (Styles API SWG)

The OGC API – Styles Standard will describe the interface and exchange of styling parameters and instructions. The construction of symbology components of styles is addressed in OGC Symbol Encoding Conceptual Model: Core Part and multiple OGC and other style encoding standards.

OGC API – Tiles SWG (OAPITileSWG)

The OGC API – Tiles draft Standard references the OGC Two Dimensional Tile Matrix Set (TMS) standard. The TMS standard defines the rules and requirements for a tile matrix set as a way to index space based on a set of regular grids defining a domain (tile matrix) for a

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