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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ">Dear OSGeo community</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ">From now on, I will post calls for OGC
Requests for Comments to this list. The reason is based on recommendations from
the recent dialogue on improving communication between the OGC and the OSGeo
community.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ">The OGC Architecture Board approved the
“Nillable GML” Candidate Standard for RFC (Request for Comment). Details for the
RFC can be found at:</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><A
title=http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/requests
href="http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/requests">http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/requests</A></DIV>
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lang=EN-GB>This OGC™ Candidate Standard defines a profile of GML in which the
default value for the nillable behavior of feature- and object-properties may be
set to “true”. The default nillable value is set at the level of an application,
and applies to all properties appearing in the application.</SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Carl
Reed, PhD<BR>CTO and Executive Director Standards Program<BR>Open Geospatial
Consortium<BR>www.opengeospatial.org<BR><BR>The OGC: Making Location
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