[Aust-NZ] FW: [OGC Press Release] OGC Announces Webinar on 2010 Data Fusion Testbed, Seeks Sponsors for 2011 Testbed [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Bruce Bannerman]

If you're after an idea of potential future directions for OGC Web Services, I'd recommend attending this webinar.

Bruce


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Subject: [OGC Press Release] OGC Announces Webinar on 2010 Data Fusion Testbed, Seeks Sponsors for 2011 Testbed


PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For information about this announcement, contact:

Lance McKee
Senior Staff Writer
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
tel: +1-508-655-5858
outreach at opengeospatial.org

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Wayland, MA, 28 July 2010. The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®)
recently concluded the OGC Web Services, Phase 7 (OWS-7) Testbed
initiative. Interoperability architectures, enhancements to existing
OGC standards, and candidate standards developed in the testbed for
sensors, video change detection, database synchronization, information
cataloguing, web processing services, event architecture and aviation
will be presented in a 2 hour webinar. The webinar will start at 10:00
pm US EDT on August 19, 2010 for the Asia/Australia time zones, and at
10:00 am US EDT on September 8, 2010 for the North America/Europe time
zones. For information and registration, see
http://www.opengeospatial.org/event/ows7webinars.

The OGC has also issued a call for sponsors for the upcoming OGC Web
Services, Phase 8 (OWS-8) Testbed. OWS-8 will build on OWS-7 and
explore new requirements in areas such as data fusion, augmented
reality, cloud computing, security architecture, aeronautical
information systems, and compliance testing. Activities will address
interoperability in emergency management, homeland security, defense,
Earth observation, transport, logistics, e-commerce and other domains.

Potential sponsors are invited to a planning meeting on 12 August 2010
in the Washington, DC area to review OGC standards, discuss OWS-7
results and document OWS-8 requirements. Attendance does not
constitute a commitment to sponsor OWS-8. Sponsor and participant
commitment will be solicited in a subsequent Request for Quotation /
Call for Participation (RFQ/CFP).

The OGC is also seeking partnerships with other Standards Development
Organizations to develop sponsorship of the OWS-8 Testbed.

If your organization is interested in this initiative, contact David
Arctur at darctur at opengeospatial.org or George Percivall at
gpercivall at opengeospatial.org.

OGC testbeds, pilot projects and interoperability experiments are part
of OGC's Interoperability Program, a global, hands-on collaborative
prototyping program designed to rapidly develop, test and deliver
proven candidate specifications into OGC's Specification Program,
where they are formalized for public release.

The OGC® is an international consortium of more than 395
companies, government agencies, research organizations, and
universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly
available geospatial standards. OGC Standards empower technology
developers to make geospatial information and services accessible and
useful with any application that needs to be geospatially enabled.
Visit the OGC website at http://www.opengeospatial.org/contact/.
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