Geospatial Semantic Web Blog

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) published a video demonstration of OGC Web Services. This video was produced in part of the OGC Interoperability Program (IP). IP is a global, hands-on and collaborative prototyping program for rapid development of proven candidate specifications for consideration for consensus adoption and public release by the OGC Specification Program.

In the video demonstration, the use of advanced OGC technology is covered. This includes Sensor Web Enablement (SWE), Geo Processing Workflow (GPW), Geo-Decision Support (GeoDSS), Geo-Digital Rights Management (GeoDRM), CAD/GIS/BIM (CGB), OGC Location Services (OpenLS) and Compliance Testing (CITE).

See the video demo page.

The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. annouced the release of the “OGC GeoRSS White Paper“.

GeoRSS is a simple proposal for geo-enabling, or tagging, “really simple syndication” (RSS) feeds with location information. GeoRSS standardizes the way in which “where” is encoded with enough simplicity and descriptive power to satisfy most needs to describe the location of Web content. It is extensible and upwardly-compatible with more sophisticated formats like the OGC GML (Geography Markup Language®).

GeoRSS is an important stepping stone in the evolution of the geo-semantic web. It is the product of an informal collaboration of geospatial professionals applying expertise in Web standards, syndication, and the Semantic Web. An incubator group within W3C is working to progress things further (see www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/geo/charter). This incubator activity represents an important link between the OGC and W3C communities to address the growing importance of the Semantic Web and the need for locally relevant information accessible through a variety of networked devices.

Spotted on Directions Magazine.

OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium) published two online multimedia demonstrations documenting the milestones achieved in the OGC Web Services Phase 3 Initiative, (OWS-3). The goal of OWS initiatives is to promote and demonstrate the use of various OGC open geospatial specifications.

In OWS-3, participants worked in the following areas:

• Common Architecture
• Sensor Web Enablement (SWE)
• Geo-Decision Support Services (GeoDSS)
• Geo-Digital Rights Management (GeoDRM)
• Open Location Services (OpenLS)

I watched the video, and I think it’s well made. The demo also gives a good overview of what OGC does and the importance of data interoperability.

An official announcement from OGC is available online.