Re: W3C/OGC WG Launched!

Hello Phil,

Excellent news! A lot has been going on in getting spatial data to work 
on the web, but that work is quite fragmented. I hope the new workgroup 
will serve as a focal point for many interrelated efforts. Thank you for 
your contributions in making this happen! I guess it wasn't the easiest 
of tasks.

And I am sure the LOCN vocabulary can play an important role, providing 
low-threshold semantics for location data. All the more reason to take 
the job of maintaining the vocabulary seriously.

Some of the things that come to mind as things we can give some extra 
attention to this year:

 1. Finish the task of providing explanatory text in multiple languages;
 2. Finish the proposal for adding CRS and spatial resolution to the
    vocabulary;
 3. Solicit experiences from people in the field who are using the
    vocabulary and see if this gives reasons for change or consolidation.

Regards,
Frans

On 2015-01-06 17:28, Phil Archer wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> As you may have seen an hour or so ago, the much talked about 
> collaboration between W3C and OGC is under way!
>
> The two standards bodies issued a joint press release today and, if 
> you're eligible, obviously we'd be delighted if you were to join the 
> working group.
>
> Relevant Links:
>
> The press release
> http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/4287
>
> The Working Group
> https://www.w3.org/2015/spatial/
>
> OGC have analogous pages too of course.
>
> Something of particular relevance to the LOCADD CG is that the charter 
> for this new WG is sufficiently flexible that it could potentially 
> provide a vehicle for more formal standardisation of the LOCN vocab.
>
> Cheers
>
> Phil.
>


------------------------------------------------------------------------
Frans Knibbe
Geodan
President Kennedylaan 1
1079 MB Amsterdam (NL)

T +31 (0)20 - 5711 347
E frans.knibbe@geodan.nl
www.geodan.nl <http://www.geodan.nl> | disclaimer 
<http://www.geodan.nl/disclaimer>
------------------------------------------------------------------------