[Aust-NZ] ESRI/Google indexing spatial data. Where is OGC?

[Cameron Shorter]

OSGeo Standards,
 From the Australian/New Zealand discussions about developing Geonetwork 
comes this announcement:

shoaib wrote:
> On the topic of Web2.0 at Where2.0 conference last week, ESRI and
> Google made a joint announcement stating a partnership to start
> indexing spatial data and spatial web services on Google search
> technology. The implications of this are huge from the perspective of
> the industry as a whole. This opened a lot of questions about the
> place of OGC Catalogue Services.
>   
Does anyone know if ESRI/Google will be using Standards to achieve their 
indexing?
Ie, can Open Source packages like Geonetwork plug into this new work?
Should we  be worrying about vendor lock out?

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