[OSGeo-Standards] GeoServices REST specification (ESRI)

[creed at opengeospatial.org]

Cameron -

Thanks for the input. Appreciated. If OK with this group, I will be
passing your suggestions oto the GeoServices API Standards Working Group.

Regards

Carl
> Following on from Bart's comments,
> I suggest that when assessing how to incorporate the GeoServices REST
> specification, that it be valued from the "Cost to Implement &Migrate"
> for developers.
>
> In order to encourage take up of standards, we need to ensure the full
> suite of standards are easy to use. Which means should aim to avoid any
> situation where a developer will need to chose between one standard or
> another similar standard, or worse, be expected to support multiple
> versions of the similar things.
>
> On 16/06/2011 11:32 PM, creed at opengeospatial.org wrote:
>> Bart -
>>
>> Thanks for the email. We are only in the initial steps of the process.
>> There will be a Standards Working Group formed in the near term.
>> Additional work will be done on the document and then there will be a
>> public comment period.
>>
>> Currently, the submission team has removed the majority of Esri
>> references. The desire is to make sure the that the API is vendor
>> technology neutral and that there are no requirements tied to any
>> particular software solution. As to the service ontology reflecting the
>> Esri services model, I cannot comment as I am not familiar with the Esri
>> services model.
>>
>> Anyway, I will pass your suggestions onto the submission team.
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>> Carl
>>> Hi list,
>>>
>>> today I started reading / glancing at the GeoServices REST
>>> specification
>>> from ESRI.
>>>
>>> My first impression is that it is very closely tied to the ESRI
>>> services
>>> model (MapService, FeatureService, GeoProcessingService etc.).
>>>
>>> Would it not be much better to come up with a REST/JSON representation
>>> of
>>> the current OGC Services (WMS / WFS etc.)?
>>>
>>> That would make more sense to me.
>>>
>>> As an additional comment, I think it would make a great document for
>>> doing
>>> a fit-gap analysis for the current OGC web services, i.e. to find out
>>> what's missing in current OGC services.
>>>
>>> Comments/thoughts welcome.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Bart
>>>
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