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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Cameron-<br>
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from the perspective of an OGC spec writer (WCS, in this case)
working hard on good engineering I very much appreciate your
differentiated viewpoint, refining the catch-all headline
appropriately.<br>
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regards,<br>
Peter<br>
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On 05/23/2013 10:53 AM, Duarte Carreira wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"
lang="EN-US">Cameron, just to say that for the first time
I’m seing good strong arguments that make a clear case,
that’s easy to understand and with very low emotional
content…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"
lang="EN-US">Thanks for your tireless work on this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"
lang="EN-US">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"
lang="EN-US">Duarte
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lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: windowtext;">De:</span></b><span
style="color: windowtext;"> Cameron Shorter
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>]
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<b>Enviada:</b> quarta-feira, 22 de Maio de 2013 03:26<br>
<b>Para:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:standards@lists.osgeo.org">standards@lists.osgeo.org</a>; OSGeo
Discussions<br>
<b>Assunto:</b> [OSGeo-Discuss] Will OGC’s standards
meet government purchasing guidelines?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In what has become the OGC’s most
contentious vote to date, OGC members are being asked whether
the proposed "Geoservices REST API" should be accepted as an
OGC standard. A summary of concerns are listed in an Open
Letter from the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) to
the OGC. However, the crux of contentions hinge around the
definition of an Open Standard and whether the "Geoservices
REST API" qualifies as one.<br>
<br>
<b>When measured against government’s policy drivers of
interoperability, fair competition, and economical use of
government funds, the evidence is overwhelming. "Geoservices
REST API" fails on all accounts.
</b>In fact, we should be questioning why our OGC processes
haven’t identified and then addressed these issues much
earlier. ....<br>
<br>
The justification is in blog format (as hyperlinks to
references don't copy well to some email clients):<br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://lisasoft.com/blog/will-ogc%E2%80%99s-standards-meet-government-purchasing-guidelines">http://lisasoft.com/blog/will-ogc%E2%80%99s-standards-meet-government-purchasing-guidelines</a><br>
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<pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Cameron Shorter<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Geospatial Solutions Manager<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><o:p> </o:p></pre>
<pre>Think Globally, Fix Locally<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source<o:p></o:p></pre>
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