The OGC Seeks Participants for Ocean Science Interoperability Experiment.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. ) launched an Interoperability Experiment on ocean science interoperability on January 29, 2007. The initiators of the experiment seek participation by other organizations interested in interoperability among information systems used in ocean research. The Oceans Science Interoperability Experiment will promote understanding of various OGC Web Service (OWS OWS Operational Weather Squadron OWS Office of Workforce Security OWS Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. OWS Outdoor Wireless System OWS Operator Workstation (Ericsson) OWS Oil Water Separator OWS Open Water Swim ) standards now implemented in various portal applications in the Ocean-Observing community, advance interoperability demonstrations for Ocean Science application areas, and harden software implementations. The final product of the experiment will be a candidate OGC Best Practices document for the broader ocean-observing community. The Best Practices document will show how to use OGC specifications in marine-specific applications to improve discovery, access and use of Web-accessible ocean science data and services. The OGC members acting as initiators of the Interoperability Experiment are: * Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) * Texas A&M University - Academy for Advanced Telecommunications (TAMU TAMU Texas A&M University TAMU Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University TAMU Tyler Area Macintosh Users (Tyler, Texas) TAMU Tropical Aviation Meteorological Unit ) * The National Centers for Atmospheric Research Atmospheric Research (ISSN 0169-8095) is scientific journal dealing with the part of the atmosphere where meteorological events occur; intended for atmospheric scientists (such as meteorologists and climatologists), aerosol scientists, and hydrologists. (NCAR NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research (USA) NCAR North Carolina Association of Realtors NCAR National Conference on the Advancement of Research NCAR Navy Center for Acquisition Research NCAR NorCal Aussie Rescue ) (Voting) * The Monterrey Bay Aquarium and Research Institute * GoMOOS (Gulf of Maine The Gulf of Maine is a large gulf of the Atlantic Ocean on the northeastern coast of North America. It is delineated by Cape Cod at the eastern tip of Massachusetts in the southwest and Cape Sable at the southern tip of Nova Scotia in the northeast. Ocean Observing System Philip Bogden of GoMOOS said, "The Ocean Science community recognizes that standards enable innovation in scientific research and its practical applications. Our partners around the country have years of experience using OGC specifications (e.g., www.oostethys.org), and we welcome this opportunity to inform and advance the latest OGC standards." Organizations that wish to participate and that can meet the Requirements for Participation (see Oceans Science Interoperability Experiment Activity Plan [http://www.opengeospatial.org/projects/initiatives/oceansie]) must notify the OGC before February 15, 2007 of their desire to participate. Contact Carl Reed at creed@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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