[Dutch] Fwd: Would you be concerned if the "GeoServices REST API" became an OGC standard?

[Matthijs Laan]

Interessante discussie, had op de originele 'request for comments' 
commentaar gestuurd maar de reactie van de working group is niet publiek 
en heb zelf ook niks gekregen. Lekker handig is dat. Alhoewel ik hoor 
dat ze alles afdoen vanwege backwards compatibility met ArcGIS natuurlijk.

De genoemde 'alleged' motieven van ESRI in die conversatie, makkelijk 
een stempel 'OGC approved' te krijgen zonder proper WxS te ondersteunen 
via dit proces zijn overduidelijk.

mvg

Matthijs

On 2013-05-07 09:41, Jeroen Ticheler wrote:
> Beste mensen,
>
> Op OSGeo Discuss is een intensieve discussie gaande over een mogelijk 
> nieuwe OGC specificatie genaamd GeoServices REST API.
>
> Lees hieronder, lees de hele conversatie op 
> http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-May/thread.html
>
> De discussie is belangrijk omdat de geloofwaardigheid van OGC als 
> standaarden organisatie op het spel staat. Dus schroom niet en laat je 
> horen.
>
> Groet,
> Jeroen
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> Begin forwarded message:
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>> *From: *Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter op gmail.com>
>> *Subject: **[Board] Would you be concerned if the "GeoServices REST 
>> API" became an OGC standard?*
>> *Date: *4 mei 2013 12:46:33 CEST
>> *To: *OSGeo Discussions <discuss op lists.osgeo.org>
>> *Cc: *standards op lists.osgeo.org, OSGeo-Board <board op lists.osgeo.org>
>>
>> OSGeo Community,
>>
>> Currently, voting OGC members are to decide whether to accept the 
>> "GeoServices REST API" as an OGC standard. This is already a 
>> contentious issue, with 13 votes for, and 10 votes against, 72 
>> outstanding votes, with voting halted temporally, being reopened 
>> again in a few days, and closing 2 weeks after that. [1]
>>
>> I'm wanting to hear whether people in the OSGeo community have strong 
>> opinions regarding this proposed standard, and whether we as a 
>> collective OSGeo community should make statements to the OGC, and 
>> voting OGC members, stressing our thoughts.
>>
>> If there is sufficient interest, I'll raise this issue with the OSGeo 
>> Board, with the intent of drafting a statement on behalf of OSGeo.
>>
>> As background:
>> * "The API was initially developed by Esri and implemented on the 
>> ArcGIS for Server platform." [2]
>>
>> * The proposed GeoServices REST API specification overlaps with most 
>> OGC standards already deployed, including: WMS, WMTS, WCS, WFS, 
>> SE/SLD, CS/W. This effectively means that for most use cases covered 
>> by the GeoServices REST API, applications would now have two 
>> standards to support. Also, spatial infrastructure programs will be 
>> impacted, as OGC compliance won't necessarily equate to interoperability.
>>
>> * Most (all?) current OGC web service standards to date have an Open 
>> Source reference implementation, which was often (always?) part 
>> funded by OGC testbeds, and open source implementations were tested 
>> against proprietary implementations during OGC testbeds. As far as 
>> I'm aware, there has been very little up-take from the Open Source 
>> community of the "GeoServices REST API", and I'm unaware of any 
>> testing of non-ESRI applications during OGC testbeds. (Someone may be 
>> able to correct me here).
>>
>> [1] 
>> https://portal.opengeospatial.org/?m=projects&a=view&project_id=82&tab=5&subtab=0
>> (OGC member login required. Votes counted as at 4 May 2013)
>>
>> [2] http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/requests/89
>>
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