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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000">My
apologies for not sending this announcement out to this list sooner. I know the
closing date is soon, but I suspect that the SWG will accept comments after the
official closing date.</DIV>
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title=http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/requests/117
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000">For
more information.</DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000">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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copies.<BR><BR>"The important thing is not to stop questioning." -- Albert
Einstein <BR>"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." -- Helen Keller
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