[OSGeo-Standards] SVG Map Toolkit 0.7.0 released

[Carl Reed]

Satoru -

I am referring only to ISO geospatial standards. All ISO geospatial 
standards are royalty free.

Regards

Carl

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Satoru Takagi" <sa-takagi at kddi.com>
To: <standards at lists.osgeo.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 7:04 PM
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Standards] SVG Map Toolkit 0.7.0 released


> Hi Carl,
>
> I knew that mpeg of the ISO needed a royalty.
>
> And, the following sentences are generally mentioned in specifications of 
> the ISO. Because I do not know a lot about such a thing, please teach how 
> I should interpret this meaning.
>
> >Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of
> this document may be the subject of patent. rights. ISO shall not be held 
> responsible...
>
> See also:
> https://www.on-norm.at/ecom/preview.dyn;jsessionid=KCEQMBUWWD2G4CQCAICCFEQ?PROD_ID=294345&SKU_ID=294345911
>
> Regards,
>
> Satoru Takagi
>
> Carl Reed さんは書きました:
>> Satoru -
>>
>> Just to be clear on the topic of ISO standards. The ISO TC-211 standards 
>> (geomatics) are royalty free. Any fees are for the purchase of the 
>> physical document - not royalty payments. Any jointly developed OGC-ISO 
>> documents, such as Spatial Referencing by Coordinates are free to 
>> download and use from the OGC website.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Carl
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Satoru Takagi" <sa-takagi at kddi.com>
>> To: <standards at lists.osgeo.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 7:08 PM
>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Standards] SVG Map Toolkit 0.7.0 released
>>
>>
>>> Hi Daniel,
>>>
>>> SVG Map Toolkit is not an open source. Its openness is the 
>>> specifications which it is based on. SVG Map Toolkit is based on SVG 1.1 
>>> Tiny.
>>> Openness of specifications of the W3C including SVG is improved by its 
>>> royalty-free policy. On the other hand, for example, it is not 
>>> guaranteed with the specifications of ISO.
>>>
>>> Especially, SVG Map Toolkit supports Geographic Coordinate System 
>>> specifications of SVG1.1.  And probably it is the only implementation to 
>>> realize layering based on it and hyperlink.
>>>
>>> Because there are not so much the demand in Japan though it is 
>>> technically possible, implementation on non-Windows platforms excluding 
>>> BREW is not still examined.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Satoru Takagi
>>>
>>> Daniel Morissette さんは書きました:
>>>> Could you please clarify the license terms of SVG Map Toolkit? Is it an 
>>>> open source license or not?
>>>>
>>>> The notes at http://blog.svg-map.com/2007/09/svg_map_toolkit.html seem 
>>>> to suggest that it has a "trial time limit" ... and I can't read the 
>>>> license in Japanese.
>>>>
>>>> Also, are there plans to port the toolkit to non-Windows platforms?
>>>>
>>>> Daniel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Satoru Takagi wrote:
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>> I continue working on Web GIS application of SVG.
>>>>>
>>>>> The project is called SVG Map and uses SVG as mechanism for 
>>>>> inter-operation (mash-up) of the GISs by the hyperlink that is not 
>>>>> existing WebGIS mechanism to use SVG (or web browser) for as only mere 
>>>>> indication mechanism. In other words it has the client centric 
>>>>> inter-operation architecture not a server centric architecture that 
>>>>> demanded a great deal of operative costs.
>>>>> In addition, the project takes the support from the Japanese 
>>>>> Government as de-jure standardization.
>>>>>
>>>>> SVG Map has the specifications that some expansion was given to SVG 
>>>>> which we call SVG Map Profile.
>>>>>
>>>>> SVG Map Profile :
>>>>> http://blog.svg-map.com/2008/07/the-index-of-sv.html
>>>>>
>>>>> We have released SVG Map Toolkit as implementation of SVG Map Profile. 
>>>>> SVG Map Toolkit is a viewer of ActiveX type for IE.
>>>>> And latest SVG Map Toolkit 0.7.0 were released this time.
>>>>>
>>>>> Download SVG Map Toolkit 0.7.0:
>>>>> http://blog.svg-map.com/2008/09/svg-map-toolkit.html
>>>
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>>
>
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