[gdal-dev] OGC Compliance

[Peter Baumann]

hm can only speak for WCS, in my capacity as chair and spec editor;
further disclaimer: all below applies to WCS 2.0. Support for WCS 1.x is 
discontinued.

On 07/19/2011 03:00 PM, Gaurav Garg wrote:
> Thank Even&  Peter. I see some OGC compliance test available on their site
> (http://cite.opengeospatial.org/teamengine/ ). As WMS, WFS and WCS will be
> covering only server side testing; it will be of no use to use.
> Are the tests available for KML and GML as well?

The coverage model (OGC 09-146r1) [1] is now described in terms of GML 3.2.1. 
Hence, testing of GML representations is (better said: will be) possible. No KML 
support, though.


> What's the best and fastest
> way for us to test if we comply with OGC or not and get the product
> certified?

indeed, these are two questions.
- test: download the test script from the OGC repository; however, as the suite 
still is under development it ain't there yet :(
- certification: there need to be at least 3 independent open source 
implementations of a standard before OGC starts branding (it's all about 
trusting the test scripts...). We currently have: rasdaman, MapServer (in the 
make), and GMU's implementation (in the make). So we will be able to do 
branding. This means: you have to approach OGC, demonstrate that you pass the 
suite, and then you are entitled to use the certified branding.


> Does anyone have any experience in this regards (how long it can
> take, how much it costs, etc)?

- time: currently the test scripts run ~2 hrs. Add download of the scripts + 
getting them to run on your machine (effort should be limited, and  you can get 
assistance from us or others)
- costs: test suite download is free. Branding requires some bucks, but I am not 
involved in this, hence don't know.

> Thanks,
> Gaurav

my pleasure.
-Peter

[1] http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wcs

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Baumann [mailto:p.baumann at jacobs-university.de]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 5:14 PM
> To: Even Rouault
> Cc: Gaurav Garg; gdal-dev at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [gdal-dev] OGC Compliance
>
> hi all,
>
> indeed OGC conformance tests currently cover only the server side.
> First thoughts have been made on how to include client side testing, but
> this can be expected to come in a few years.
>
> -Peter
>
> On 07/19/2011 01:34 PM, Even Rouault wrote:
>> Selon Gaurav Garg<gaurav at vizexperts.com>:
>>
>> To the best of my knowledge, GDAL/OGR is not formally certified to be
>> compliant to OGC specification. It implements clients for the WMS, WCS
>> and WFS specifications. It also implements the GML standard (but not
>> to its full extent). But AFAIK, the OGC compliance tests only deal
>> with the server side of those specifications, but I might be wrong on that
> matter.
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We have a GIS product based on GDAL/OGR. We have been asked if the
>>> product is OGC compliant. Is GDAL/OGR compliant to OGC
>>> specifications? If yes, what all specifications are supported?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Gaurav
>>>
>>>
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