OGC Announces Kick Off of OGC Web Services Initiative.Business/Technology Editors WAYLAND, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 2001 The Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC) (Wayland, MA) announced that Phase 1 of its OGC Web Services Initiative (OWS-1) has begun. Over 50 representatives from 26 organizations attended the successful kick-off meeting held in Tyson's Corner, Virginia in late September. Some of these organizations are sponsors of OWS-1. Sponsors establish the requirements, technical scope and agenda, and form and content of demonstrations, and they contribute resources to support the Initiative. Other attendees represented technology vendors who will work together to define, test, and document open interface specifications that enable web services in the geospatial community. The OWS-1 initiative mission is the definition and specification of interfaces that support interoperability among geospatially enabled web services. A Web service is an application that can be published, located, and dynamically invoked across the Web. Web services perform functions ranging from simple requests to complicated business processes. Once a Web service is deployed, other applications and other Web services can discover and invoke the deployed service. The sponsors of OWS-1 include the Federal Geographic Data Committee Federal Geographic Data Committee - (FGDC) ftp://fgdc.er.usgs.gov/gdc/html/fgdc.html. , GeoConnection / Natural Resources Canada Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is a department of the government of Canada responsible for natural resources, energy, minerals and metals, forests, earth sciences, mapping and remote sensing. , Lockheed Martin, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), civilian agency of the U.S. federal government with the mission of conducting research and developing operational programs in the areas of space exploration, artificial satellites (see satellite, artificial), , the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center The Engineer Research and Development Center or ERDC is a United States government funded military base located at Vicksburg, Mississippi. The base was set up after the 1927 flood disaster of the Mississippi River. The base is staffed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. , U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and EMPACT EMPACT Environmental Monitoring for Public Access and Community Tracking EMPACT Employees Motivated To Protect Assets and Curtail Theft Program, the U.S. Geological Survey; and the US National Imagery and Mapping Agency. Participants include BAE Systems, Compusult Ltd., CubeWerx, Dawn Corporation, DLR (German Aerospace Center The German Aerospace Center (DLR) (German: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.) is the national research center for aviation and space flight of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Space Agency. DLR is a member in the Helmholtz Association. ), ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., Redlands, CA, www.esri.com) The world's leading developer of geographic information systems (GIS) software, including programs that plot ZIP codes and addresses, demographic information and detailed, color-coded data. , Galdos Systems, George Mason University Named after American revolutionary, patriot and founding father George Mason, the university was founded as a branch of the University of Virginia in 1957 and became an independent institution in 1972. , Intergraph, Ionic Software, Laser-Scan, PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). Geomatics, Polexis, SAIC, Social Change Online, and Syncline. OWS-1 is envisioned as a multi-phase initiative. Each phase will focus on specific technology and specification "thread sets". The OWS-1 Thread Set 1 will end in February 2002 with a demonstration of the capabilities that have been developed. OGC and the OWS-1 Sponsors have begun planning for OWS Thread Set 2, which will commence in early CY 2002. The current OWS-1 Thread Set is focusing on: --Common Architecture: OGC Services Model, OGC Registry Services, and Sensor Model Language. --Web Mapping: Interoperable clients for display and interaction and the next generation of OpenGIS interfaces for Web Map Server Noun 1. Web Map Server - a computer program that produces maps of spatially referenced data dynamically from geographic information Web Map Service (raster maps), Web Feature Server (vector data), Web Coverage Server (imagery) and new interfaces for OpenGIS Coverage Portrayal Services. --Sensor Web: New open interfaces, including an OpenGIS Sensor Collection Service, as well as test clients and other applications enabling diverse systems to access data from a variety of land, water, air and other environmental sensors. Much of the work in this phase capitalizes on the existing OpenGIS interface specifications. OWS-1 will be conducted as part of an integrated set of OGC Interoperability Initiatives that include the Military Pilot Project, Phase 1 (MPP-1), the Open Location Services Initiative, the Multi-hazard Mapping Initiative, Phase 1 (MMI-1) and other activities. Organizations interested in learning more about the OGC Web Services Initiative should contact Mr. Jeff Harrison, Director of OGC Interoperability Programs, (703) 491-9543, jharrison@opengis.org. OGC is an international industry consortium of over 220 companies, government agencies and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available interface specifications. OpenGIS Interface Specifications support interoperable solutions that "geo-enable" the Web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT, and empower technology developers to make complex spatial information and services accessible and useful with all kinds of applications. Visit the OGC website at www.opengis.org. |
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