[Live-demo] Re-categorising OSGeo-Live projects

[Stefan Steiniger]

well, but I would not count MapServer as a DBMS,
If a DBMS has service functions and supports services, then so be it, 
but it still is a DBMS and not a Web-Server... or? I.e. one is to manage 
data and the other is to serve data over the internet. maybe?

Am 16.12.12 17:44, schrieb Peter Baumann:
> Cameron-
>
> sorry for the silence, just now I can come back on this again.
>
>  From a client perspective, we share WCS support; the differentiating
> criterion I see as follows (EOX, please correct if necessary):
> - EOxServer's main mission is EO-WCS, and it also supports WCS;
> - rasdaman's main mission is WCPS, and it also supports WCS (being
> candidate reference implementation for WCS Core).
>
> Now we have 2 categories, "services" and "data stores", which clearly
> overlap - essentially, any DBMS is a potential service as well. Also,
> both file-based and DBMS-based stores offer OGC services, so again a
> difficult distinction. Finally, the "Web Services" also store their data
> somehow :) so "Storing spatial data"this is not a clear criterion either.
>
> Hence, a suggestion: introduce 2 service categories (I think service is
> a main aspect of this whole category):
> - file-based services
>      MapServer -- as an example
> - database-backed services
>      rasdaman -- multi-dimensional raster database offering OGC WMS,
> WCS, WCS-T, WCPS, and WPS
>
> Just some thought,
> Peter
>
>
>
> On 12/12/2012 11:04 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>> Peter,
>> Coming back to this question of categorisation. It seems that
>> EOxServer is similar to Rasdaman, and probably should be listed next
>> to it? Is that reasonable?
>>
>> If so, should both EOxServer and Rasdaman be categorised under "Data
>> Stores" or under Web Services?
>>
>> To make that decision, I'd consider how people are most likely to
>> access each application. If it is via a Web Service, then I'd err
>> toward a Web Service categorisation.
>>
>> On 10/12/12 07:14, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
>>> I agree with Peter: rasdaman is better categorized under DBMS.  OGC
>>> web services are extra functionality in rasdaman.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Angelos
>>>
>>> On 12/09/2012 09:34 PM, Peter Baumann wrote:
>>>> Cameron-
>>>>
>>>> re rasdaman, it is a DBMS indeed, in the same category as PostGIS.
>>>> For example, rasdaman comes with a multi-dimensional spatio-temporal
>>>> query language; in terms of OGC standards, WCS is just one rather
>>>> limited functionality, there's also WMS, WCPS, and WPS.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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