The OGC(R) Announces Call for Participation in OWS-4 Testbed

[Elysa Jones <ejones@warningsystems.com>]

> Please see the OWS-4 RFQ
> Announcement below:



> > PRESS
> > ANNOUNCEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> > For information about this announcement, contact:
> >
> > Sam Bacharach
> > Executive Director, Outreach and Community Adoption
> > Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc
> > tel: +1-703-352-3938
> > sbacharach@opengeospatial.org
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > April 11, 2006, Wayland, Massachusetts. The Open Geospatial
> > Consortium
> > (OGC®) has issued a Request for Quotes/Call for Participation
> > (RFQ/CFP) for the OGC Web Services, Phase 4 (OWS-4) 
> > Interoperability
> > Initiative, a testbed to advance OGC's open interoperability
> > framework
> > for geospatial capabilities. The RFQ/CFP is available at
> > http://www.opengeospatial.org/initiatives/?iid=199.
> >
> > The OWS-4 sponsors are organizations from multiple countries 
> > seeking
> > open standards for their interoperability requirements:
> > GeoConnections
> > (Canada), Oak Ridge National Laboratory ORNL (US), BAE Systems,
> > Lockheed Martin Corporation, the US National Aeronautical and Space
> > Administration (NASA), the US General Services Administration 
> > (GSA),
> > other major US agencies, the National Technology Alliance, the NATO
> > C3
> > Agency, the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, and TeleAtlas NV.
> > OWS-4
> > activities are proceeding in coordination with other standards
> > initiatives in OASIS, IEEE and IAI.
> >
> > After analyzing the sponsors' input, the OGC Interoperability Team
> > recommended to the sponsors that the content of the OWS-4 
> > initiative
> > be organized around the following 7 threads:
> >
> > - Sensor Web Enablement (SWE): Standards for discovering and
> > accessing
> > Web-resident sensors
> >
> > - Geo Processing Workflow (GPW): Development of GML Application
> > Schemas and testing OWS in the larger Web service workflow
> > environment
> >
> > - Geo Decision Support (GeoDSS): Refining OWS as an open framework
> > for
> > DSS
> >
> > - Geo-Digital Rights Management (GeoDRM): Standards to support
> > geospatial DRM including underlying security standards.
> >
> > - Computer Aided Design/Geospatial/Building Information Model
> > integration (CAD/GIS/BIM)
> >
> > - OGC Location Services (OpenLS): Extending OGC standards for
> > Location
> > Based Services
> >
> > - Compliance Testing (CITE): Improving tools for testing compliance
> > and interoperability of products and services that implement OGC
> > standards
> >
> > The RFQ/CFP includes details of these threads as well as details of
> > the bidders' conference, selection process and kickoff. Responses
> > are
> > due by May 5, 2006. If your organization is interested in
> > participating, contact George Percivall at
> > percivall@opengeospatial.org.
> >
> > OWS initiatives are part of OGC's Interoperability Program, a
> > global,
> > hands-on and collaborative prototyping program designed to rapidly
> > develop, test and deliver proven candidate specifications into 
> > OGC's
> > Specification Program, where they are formalized for public 
> > release.
> > In OGC's Interoperability Initiatives, international teams of
> > technology providers work together to solve specific geoprocessing
> > interoperability problems posed by the Initiative's sponsoring
> > organizations. OGC Interoperability Initiatives include test beds,
> > pilot projects, interoperability experiments and interoperability
> > support services – all designed to encourage rapid development,
> > testing, validation and adoption of OGC standards.
> >
> > The OGC®is an international industry consortium of more than 300
> > companies, government agencies, research organizations, and
> > universities participating in a consensus process to develop
> > publicly
> > available interface specifications. OpenGIS® Specifications support
> > interoperable solutions that "geo-enable" the Web, wireless
> > and
> > location-based services, and mainstream IT. The specifications
> > empower
> > technology developers to make complex spatial information and
> > services
> > accessible and useful with all kinds of applications. Visit the OGC
> > website at  
> > http://www.opengeospatial.org.
> >
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> George Percivall
> Open Geospatial Consortium
> http://www.opengeospatial.org/
> E-mail:
> percivall@opengeospatial.org
> Voice: 1+301-560-6439