OGC announces Invitation to Qualify for Interoperability Program "IP Team".WAYLAND, Mass. -- The Open Geospatial Consortium The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is an international voluntary consensus standards organization. In the OGC, more than 330 commercial, governmental, nonprofit and research organizations worldwide collaborate in an open consensus process encouraging development and Inc. (OGC OGC Office of Government Commerce (UK government) OGC Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. OGC Office of the General Counsel OGC Open GIS Consortium, Inc. ([R])) has posted an OGC "Invitation to Qualify" (ITQ ITQ Information Technology Qualification (UK) ITQ Individual Transferable Quota ITQ Invitation To Quote ) for the OGC Interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. Program (OGC IP) Pool [http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact A distortion in an image or sound caused by a limitation or malfunction in the hardware or software. Artifacts may or may not be easily detectable. Under intense inspection, one might find artifacts all the time, but a few pixels out of balance or a few milliseconds of abnormal sound _id=14559]. The purpose of this invitation is to solicit companies, universities, and independent consultants who wish to pre-qualify to be part of future Open Geospatial Consortium Interoperability Program Team (IP Team) activities. IP Team members for future initiatives, including the OGC's 2007 OGC Web Services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. test bed, OWS-5, will be selected from the IP Pool. The IP Team is an engineering and management team that oversees and coordinates the OGC Interoperability Program's Interoperability Initiatives, which include test beds, pilot projects and interoperability experiments. The IP Team facilitates architectural discussions, synopsizes technology threads, and supports the specification editorial process. The IP Team is comprised of OGC staff, representatives from member organizations, and OGC consultants. Consultants are selected as IP Team Members in accordance with the process defined in the OGC IP Team Invitation to Qualify (ITQ). The OGC IP is a global, innovative, collaborative, hands-on engineering and testing program designed to deliver proven, tested specifications into the OGC Specification Development Program. Through collaborative engineering efforts, the OGC IP produces and tests Candidate Implementation Specifications for geoprocessing interoperability; develops prototype interoperable The ability for one system to communicate or work with another. See interoperability. infrastructures based on those specifications; and demonstrates the utility and functionality of these specifications in the context of specific exemplary applications. To be considered for OGC Initiatives in 2007, responses to the ITQ must be received before 31 January, 2007. Contact George Percivall at gpercivall@opengeospatial.org for further details. The OGC is an international industry consortium of more than 335 companies, government agencies and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available interface specifications. OpenGIS(R) Specifications support interoperable solutions that "geo-enable" the Web, wireless and location-based services See mobile positioning. , 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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