[QGIS-Developer] Fwd: [TC-Announce] OGC Geopackage Standards Working Group updates its Charter; public comment requested

[Even Rouault]

Of potential interest. "Develop a logical model for GeoPackage so that future 
implementations can be separated from the current requirement to use SQLite." 
is intriguing

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Subject: [TC-Announce] OGC Geopackage Standards Working Group updates its 
Charter; public comment requested
Date: mercredi 28 octobre 2020, 10:07:46 CET
From: announce--- via TC-Announce <tc-announce at lists.opengeospatial.org>
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OGC Geopackage Standards Working Group updates its Charter; public comment
requested

New purpose of SWG is to revise the GeoPackage Encoding Standard and revise
existing, or produce new, extensions to improve and increase functionality

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Contact: info at ogc.org 

28 October 2020: The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) seeks public comment
on a revision of the Geopackage Standards Working Group (SWG) charter.
Comments are due by November 17, 2020.

The Geopackage Standards Working Group (SWG)
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provides a consensus forum for revisions to the GeoPackage Encoding
Standard including approved extensions as well as the development of new
GeoPackage extensions. The SWG adopted a new charter outlining plans for
future development of the Standard.

GeoPackage was originally developed with three main goals in mind: 

 To be a convenient, efficient, and interoperable container for geospatial
information; 
 To enable operations in all computing environments, including those with
Disconnected, Degraded, Intermittent, or Limited (DDIL) network
connectivity; 
 For GeoPackage to be extensible, allowing it to evolve to meet future
operational needs.

For a good primer on Geopackage please read the post entitled
#GeoPackageDay 2020 - what is GeoPackage?
<http://mail.opengeospatial.org/lists/lt.php?
tid=YTtTIqCr65qWHxSGvJS1577ffG4Y4OO/l8L4nqR9Hu6zd5oDuLqK8YGYOTtSnVIr>
on the OGC Blog
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.

The revised charter outlines the new objectives for the SWG:

 Develop a logical model for GeoPackage so that future implementations can
be separated from the current requirement to use SQLite.
 Revise existing GeoPackage standards and extensions, namely the GeoPackage
Encoding Standard 1.3.0, the GeoPackage Tiled Gridded Coverage Extension,
and the GeoPackage Related Tables Extension. In particular, the SWG will
review all outstanding Change Request Proposals submitted before the
adoption of this charter.
 Develop new GeoPackage extensions that have been requested by OGC Domain
Working Groups
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.
 Perform outreach to promote GeoPackage understanding and use.

Revisions to the version 1.3.0 of the GeoPackage Encoding Standard will
improve the interoperability, capability, and clarity of the Standard. The
Tiled Gridded Coverage and Related Tables Extensions have not been revised
since their initial release and will likely benefit from additional review.
New extensions would enable new capabilities that have been requested by
the OGC community.

The Geopackage SWG plans to perform these activities by the end of calendar
year 2022.

For a good primer on Geopackage please read the post entitled
#GeoPackageDay 2020 - what is GeoPackage?
<http://mail.opengeospatial.org/lists/lt.php?
tid=YTtTIqCr65qWHxSGvJS1577ffG4Y4OO/l8L4nqR9Hu6zd5oDuLqK8YGYOTtSnVIr>
or any of the many Geopackage posts available on the OGC Blog
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.

The draft revised GeoPackage SWG charter
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is available for review and comment on the OGC Portal. Comments are due by
November 17, 2020, and should be submitted via the method outlined on the
draft revised GeoPackage SWG charter's public comment request page
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.

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universities driven to make geospatial (location) information and services
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