Re: [search-ws] Fw: OGC Geo-search Summit invitation

["Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress" <rden@loc.gov>]

Last call:   is there anyone who can represent the TC at this meeting?

I can go, but it would be better to have someone perhaps more familiar with
the subject matter.

--Ray


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress" <rden@loc.gov>
To: <search-ws@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 2:15 PM
Subject: [search-ws] Fw: OGC Geo-search Summit invitation


> The SWS TC needs to be represented at this meeting. Any voluteers?
>
> Surely one of us will be in or near beautiful downtown Atlanta,
> mid-September.
>
> --Ray
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Carl Reed" <creed@opengeospatial.org>
> To: "Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress" <rden@loc.gov>
> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 1:53 PM
> Subject: RE: OGC Geo-search Summit invitation
>
>
> Dear Ray -
>
> The OGC Architecture Board has identified the need for having a special
> meeting on geospatial search as related to general search requirements for
> the web as well as how a generalized geospatial search model (and
ultimately
> API) can be harmonized with the various catalogue and registry activities
in
> the OGC, OASIS, and so forth. The invitation is below.
>
> As you may know, the OGC and OASIS have a formal Memorandum of
Understanding
> (MoU) that is designed to foster and enable a close working relationship
> between the two standards organizations. I believe that this is an
important
> agreement and why someone really knowledgeable with the WS-Search activity
> should try to attend this summit.
>
> Regards
>
> Carl
>
> Invitation Letter
> ---------------------
>
> Geospatial description and discovery of resources is becoming a
> critical opportunity and challenge for many communities and
> enterprises. The requirements expressed by various groups are
> broad but have many common elements, such as discovery of both data
> and service resources within a services framework. Work on service and
> resource description and discovery is being done in multiple standards
> organizations as well as in the open source community. There has also
> been considerable discussion about the OGC Catalogue Service standard
> and how it could better align with community and industry practices
> and emerging technologies. Results to date show many positive but
> incomplete signs of convergence.
>
> In order to enhance collaboration and improve convergence, the OGC
> Architecture Board has recommended that OGC convene a summit to discuss
> geospatial search technology. The scope of discussion will include
> requirements, proposed solutions, and implementation experience. Planned
> discussion includes requirements, proposed solutions, and implementation
> experience. The goals of the summit are:
>
> 1) to identify points of convergence or harmonization among prominent
search
> and retrieval practices on the Internet, and
> 2) to begin the process of cross-community collaboration to identify a
> common and consistent geospatial search mechanism for internet and web
> resources.
>
> The summit is scheduled for Monday, September 15th from 10 AM until 5
PM(or
> later). The meeting will be collocated with the OGC Technical Committee
> meetings in Atlanta, Georgia (sponsored by ERDAS). The OGC and the
> geospatial search community welcomes your attendance at this important
> event. If you can attend, please let Greg Buehler
> (gbuehler@opengeospatial.org) and myself know.
>
> Carl Reed, PhD
> CTO and Executive Director Specification Program
> OGC
>
> The OGC: Helping the World to Communicate Geographically
>
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