Re: [emix] Location and Bounded Areas: GML Simple Features Profile

[Anne Hendry <ahendry@pacbell.net>]

Hi Carl,

Thanks, and great to hear you'll be removing the click-through!

Actually, yes, there were still a few questions I had coming away from this:

a) What is the relationship between the 'Simple feature access - Part 1: Common architeture' document and the 'GML simple features profile' document?  The latter references the GML spec, but how does the Common Architecture document relate to those?  And is there a Part 2?

b) Are there any other documents we should be looking at given what you already know of our requirements, or is the GML simple features profile the best for our use?

c) If we have questions during review / implementation is it best to direct those to you or is there an email discussion list for this on the OGC site?

d) and, of course ... when will the schema be available?

Thanks so much for your time and responses!

-Anne

creed@opengeospatial.org wrote, On 2/17/2011 8:08 PM:

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Anne -

Well done!  Sometimes navigating the OGC web site can be a bit difficult.
And yes, we will be removing the click through license requirement in the
near future.

As a further FYI, GML Simple Features with the addition of Circle by
Center point has been approved for use by the Emergency Management TC for
use in a variety of EM related standards.

Also, a GML application schema is the location payload encoding used by
the IETF in numerous internet RFC's.

If you have any questions, please let me know!

Regards

Carl Reed
CTO
OGC


  

Following on to the discussion/request in today's EMIX meeting about
zeroing in on the ability to define bounded areas I took the recent
exchange on EI (
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/energyinterop/201101/msg00029.html
) and followed along through the wikipedia reference to the OGC site.

There is a Common Architecture document at
http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards under 'Simple Features' (scroll
down in left navigation panel, must do a click-through agreement to view
the spec).  Being a very visually oriented person I started on page 23.
:)  I think the geospatial elements in this document address our needs
around defining bounded areas, such as those used to define baseline
tariff areas/territories by the California PUC.

There is also a 'simple features profile' (click on 'Specification
Profiles' back at standards page) recently released and *approved for
OASIS use last month*
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/emergency/201101/msg00026.html also
attached to this email
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/emergency/201101/msg00007.html.
Supported GML geometric property types on page 21.

The referenced GML standard is here:
http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/gml

Schema examples forthcoming:
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/emergency/201102/msg00003.html

Therer are many, many specs, profiles, etc on the OGC site so still
needs more sorting/investigation but this is a start for discussion.

-Anne