Re: [georss] Geospatial Incubator Group

Carl Reed OGC Account <creed@opengeospatial.org> wrote:
>
> Worse in the case of MS SenseWeb - they do not as yet use any international
> standards at all (IEEE, ISO, OGC). GeoRSS may not be the best solution for
> sensor networks as there is no ability to define the characteristics of the
> sensor, the characteristics of the observation, time, and so forth.
>
> But, if one only wants a simple point location and an "unknown" observation
> value with no related metadata, then GeoRSS could be used.
>

That's not necessarily true. GeoRSS is just a namespace extension to
RSS. Therefore, you have all of RSS to still use, or extend, with
other metadata. You could put sensor metadata in the summary and
updated fields, or even use one of the other sensor namespaces that is
pertinent to your specific application.

That's what makes GeoRSS nice, it isn't an application specific
markup. It is just a geo-extension to a very common format (set of
formats). Then its up to the Reader to handle other metadata (such as
data, manuf. controlling organization, etc) to parse and appropriately
display. If it doesn't know how to - for example you drop your Sensor
GeoRSS feed into Bloglines, then you'll just get unlocated
information, but it still works.


Andrew

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