[Mapserver-users] OGC implementing and conforming products for mapserv
Frank Warmerdam
warmerdam at pobox.com
Tue Sep 30 20:10:31 PDT 2003
John.Hockaday at ga.gov.au wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was having a look at the OGC list of "Products
> Conforming to or Implementing OGC Specs or
> Interfaces" at URL:
>
> http://www.opengis.org/testing/product/
>
> I noticed that Mapserv 3.5 is the only mapserv
> product mentioned on this site. If one checks
> the "Conforming Only" checkbox, mapserv doesn't
> show up in the list. This doesn't build up one's
> confidence in the mapserv product as being OGC
> compliant.
>
> Wouldn't it be a good idea if each time a mapserv
> product/version was released, it was somehow
> submitted to this OGC list to advertise if it was
> compliant or not?
John,
I agree that more recent versions should be included as well as mention of
WFS and "web map context" support. However, to be conforming I *believe* we
have to put the server through a not-too-cheap conformance testing process.
I am not sure anyone is prepared to pay for that though one of the government
clients who feel strongly about OGC conformance might step up to pay for
conformance testing.
I thought Steve or UMN was now responsible for registering MapServer with the
OGC products list?
Best regards,
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