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Adding to Bruce's comments, Australia and New Zealand have made
significant contributions toward the last OGC testbed through a
consortium between LISAsoft, Landgate, Landcare Research NZ, and CSIRO.<br>
<br>
And I expect bigger things to come out of next year's testbed, with the
CRCSI now having a major focus on Spatial Data Infrastructures, which
includes involvement with the OGC.<br>
<br>
Achieved:<br>
* CSIRO and LISAsoft have been doing lots of work with the Aeronautical
application profile (and extension to GML), providing test suites to
test WFSs which serve up the profile, providing recommendations on how
to restructure the data structure, providing automated tools for
UML->schema and schematron for testing<br>
<br>
* Landgate, LISAsoft and CSIRO, with additional sponsorship from
Landcare Research have been extending an open source client to Web
Processing Services<br>
<br>
* LISAsoft has been defining the upcoming standard for OWS Context,
writing the schema for it.<br>
<br>
I'll be sending a more detailed press release out next week.<br>
<br>
<br>
On 29/07/10 09:45, Bruce Bannerman wrote:
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<title>FW: [OGC Press Release] OGC Announces Webinar on 2010 Data
Fusion Testbed, Seeks Sponsors for 2011 Testbed [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]</title>
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If you’re after an idea of potential future directions for OGC Web
Services, I’d recommend attending this webinar.<br>
<br>
Bruce<br>
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<b>Subject: </b>[OGC Press Release] OGC Announces Webinar on 2010
Data Fusion Testbed, Seeks Sponsors for 2011 Testbed<br>
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style="font-size: 11pt;">PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br>
For information about this announcement, contact:<br>
<br>
Lance McKee<br>
Senior Staff Writer<br>
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)<br>
tel: +1-508-655-5858<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="outreach@opengeospatial.org">outreach@opengeospatial.org</a><br>
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Wayland, MA, 28 July 2010. The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®)<br>
recently concluded the OGC Web Services, Phase 7 (OWS-7) Testbed<br>
initiative. Interoperability architectures, enhancements to existing<br>
OGC standards, and candidate standards developed in the testbed for<br>
sensors, video change detection, database synchronization, information<br>
cataloguing, web processing services, event architecture and aviation<br>
will be presented in a 2 hour webinar. The webinar will start at 10:00<br>
pm US EDT on August 19, 2010 for the Asia/Australia time zones, and at<br>
10:00 am US EDT on September 8, 2010 for the North America/Europe time<br>
zones. For information and registration, see<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.opengeospatial.org/event/ows7webinars">http://www.opengeospatial.org/event/ows7webinars</a>.<br>
<br>
The OGC has also issued a call for sponsors for the upcoming OGC Web<br>
Services, Phase 8 (OWS-8) Testbed. OWS-8 will build on OWS-7 and<br>
explore new requirements in areas such as data fusion, augmented<br>
reality, cloud computing, security architecture, aeronautical<br>
information systems, and compliance testing. Activities will address<br>
interoperability in emergency management, homeland security, defense,<br>
Earth observation, transport, logistics, e-commerce and other domains.<br>
<br>
Potential sponsors are invited to a planning meeting on 12 August 2010<br>
in the Washington, DC area to review OGC standards, discuss OWS-7<br>
results and document OWS-8 requirements. Attendance does not<br>
constitute a commitment to sponsor OWS-8. Sponsor and participant<br>
commitment will be solicited in a subsequent Request for Quotation /<br>
Call for Participation (RFQ/CFP).<br>
<br>
The OGC is also seeking partnerships with other Standards Development<br>
Organizations to develop sponsorship of the OWS-8 Testbed.<br>
<br>
If your organization is interested in this initiative, contact David<br>
Arctur at <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="darctur@opengeospatial.org">darctur@opengeospatial.org</a>
or George Percivall at<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="gpercivall@opengeospatial.org">gpercivall@opengeospatial.org</a>.<br>
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OGC testbeds, pilot projects and interoperability experiments are part<br>
of OGC's Interoperability Program, a global, hands-on collaborative<br>
prototyping program designed to rapidly develop, test and deliver<br>
proven candidate specifications into OGC's Specification Program,<br>
where they are formalized for public release.<br>
<br>
The OGC® is an international consortium of more than 395<br>
companies, government agencies, research organizations, and<br>
universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly<br>
available geospatial standards. OGC Standards empower technology<br>
developers to make geospatial information and services accessible and<br>
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