[Qgis-psc] QGIS server certified for OGC API for features

[Régis Haubourg]

Hi all,
any reaction here?
At least Andreas, can I go further with the billing or should I fight a bit
more with the OGC ?

regards
Régis

Le jeu. 22 oct. 2020 à 15:09, Régis Haubourg <regis.haubourg at gmail.com> a
écrit :

> Okay,
> so the bad news is that OGC seems to have stricter rules than before. See
> the response below.
>
> We are now submitted to fees, which are 300 euros per certification
> submission.
> Currently we have 2 services only, for the server, WMS 1.3 and OGCAPI, so
> this is 600 euros per year.
>
> I suppose we will have to pay for this one, since the job is done. I'll
> ask them to emit a correct invoice with QGIS.org information and adress.
>
> This opens a question for our certification strategy:
>
> Up to now it only involved some volunteer time. Now it would also involve
> finances.
> In my thoughts, the ideal situation was to certify all the supported
> services, either on server and client side.
> If we go this way, this will grow very fast to some thousand euros each
> year and a lot of manual work. This seems overkill to me when thinking of
> the benefits of thess certifications. I never answered any bid requiring a
> certified engine yet - but you might have hit this issue before.
>
> I'm wondering if we shouldn't just ask for certification once per service,
> just to prove QGIS is officially compliant once, and then let our nightly
> testing platforms "prove" we are compliant on the long run.
>
> Instead of a recurrent charge,  this will be a one time charge only, when
> needed, and when we want to make some buzz in this area.
>
> @Andreas, is this ok for the 300 euros bill, even if this was not planned?
>
> @all any thoughts about our certification strategy?
>
> Best regards
>
> Régis
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>> On 22/10/2020 11:25, Gobe Hobona wrote:
>>
>> Hi Régis,
>>
>> We appreciate the work done by the QGIS and OSGeo community in supporting
>> OGC standards. Please note however that we are guided by our policies,
>> agreed on by the OGC Membership.
>>
>> Please see Sections 5.5 and 6.3 of the Compliance Testing Policy [
>> https://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=55234].
>>
>> The fee is only waived for:
>>
>> * The first three implementations to pass 100% of the compliance
>> procedure, while the test is in beta. We refer to these as Early
>> Implementers.
>> * The first two Reference Implementations that pass the test related to a
>> conformance class within a version of an Implementation Standard.
>>
>> In this case, the executable test suite of OGC API - Features - Part 1:
>> Core is already in production (i.e. it is no longer in beta).  Please also
>> note that there are already two current Reference Implementations of the
>> standard.
>>
>> https://www.ogc.org/resource/products/compliant?display_opt=1&specid=1022
>>
>> QGIS Server is therefore not eligible for the fee waiver for compliance
>> certification for OGC API - Features - Part 1: Core.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Gobe
>>
>
> Le jeu. 22 oct. 2020 à 10:23, Régis Haubourg <regis.haubourg at gmail.com> a
> écrit :
>
>> Ouch, in the meantime, I saw they are trying to charge us for this.
>> I'm negotiating a free of charge policy, like they did with the previous
>> OGC team.
>> I'll keep you posted.
>>
>> Régis
>>
>> Le jeu. 22 oct. 2020 à 10:14, Régis Haubourg <regis.haubourg at gmail.com>
>> a écrit :
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> Thanks to the great work of Paul and Alessandro, I finally managed to
>>> get QGIS server 3.10 certified for OGC API for Features (aka WFS3).
>>>
>>> The badge is at [0] and I updated the wiki accordingly [1]
>>>
>>> Next steps for me are :
>>>
>>> - push a blog post to QGIS.org website
>>> - push a news in the QGIS feed (I'm unsure about this, any opinion
>>> welcome)
>>> - update the documentation
>>>
>>> I am really looking forward to the transactional WFS3 specification [2],
>>> this will be a big win over current WFS-T for our web clients \o/
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Régis
>>>
>>> [0] https://www.ogc.org/resource/products/details/?pid=1611
>>> [1] https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/wiki/OGC-compliance-for-QGIS
>>> [2] http://docs.opengeospatial.org/DRAFTS/20-002.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 21/10/2020 19:56, Catherine Walline wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Régis and Andreas,
>>>
>>> Thank you for your patience regarding the recent submission for OGC
>>> compliance for QGIS Server 3.10 with OGC API Features 1.0. It has been
>>> approved for the period from 21 October 2020 through 3 April 2021, to
>>> coincide with the existing compliance period. The corresponding prorated
>>> invoice is attached.
>>>
>>> We invite you to visit the public website to confirm that the listings
>>> are displayed as intended:
>>>
>>> https://www.ogc.org/resource/products/details/?pid=1611
>>>
>>> We greatly appreciate your participation in OGC compliance. Please let
>>> me know if there are any questions or concerns.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>>
>>> Catherine
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> *Catherine WallineSenior Accountant | Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)*
>>> Office: 1-508-655-5858, ext 707
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