[OSGeo-Standards] Re: Use of logo for clickable icon

[Raj Singh]

Hi Dave. Unfortunately I don't have very good answers for you. OGC has  
no conformance testing programs for clients. This is a known hole in  
our offerings, but no one has suggested a clear, cost-effective  
strategy for doing client testing. We're open to ideas on this.

Also, we don't have a nice way for you to advertise that your product  
implements OGC standards if it's not certified. Our existing policy on  
the use of OGC marks is here:
http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/policies/trademark/

I see that Quantum GIS is an OSGeo project. We have an MOU in place  
with OSGeo, and it would be a great contribution if OSGeo could do  
some work in this area and suggest some sort of policy in this area.

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Raj Singh
Open Geospatial Consortium
rsingh at opengeospatial.org
+1 (617) 642-9372

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On Jul 14, at 4:10 PM, Greg Buehler wrote:

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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	Use of logo for clickable icon
> Date: 	Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:46:17 -0400
> From: 	Dave Sampson <samper.d at gmail.com>
> To: 	info at opengeospatial.org
>
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> Hey Folks,
>
> I recently made a couple of plugins for use in QGIS an open source
> desktop GIS application.
>
> During development I just grabbed the three-hexagonal OGC icon from  
> the
> address bar when visiting the site to use as a place holder.
>
> After looking at the other logos I feel they might be too large to use
> for a clickable icon and the product is not yet certified (see  
> bellow).
>
> Since the plugin is a CSW client I am wondering if there might be a  
> more
> appropriate icon I can use. I also made a GeoRSS plugin but I am using
> the world icon with the RSS feed icon for the clickable icon and I
> assume that is not an OGC trademark.
>
> About testing our plugins, they are clients. So how do I test a client
> using CITE. it seems server centric and we are looking for tests to
> consume data not serve data.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Cheers
>