[OSGeo-Standards] [OSGeo-Discuss] Live DVD and OGC standards

[Rushforth, Peter]

Hi Allan,

> The counter-example is actually GeoTIFF, which was proposed 
> as an OGC format a long, long time ago, by the original 
> authors of the spec. At the time, it was rejected 
> specifically because the TC felt that OGC should not be 
> standardizing file specs, but rather should be standardizing 
> interfaces.

Ironic, because the strength of the Web is based on 'file' specs.  The
geo community needs to think less about interfaces and more about
how to communicate state through "files".


Cheers,
Peter