Locations and Addresses Community Group created

W3C has launched the Locations and Addresses Community Group:
  http://www.w3.org/community/locadd/

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There have been several recent efforts to standardize vocabularies for
describing locations, using existing geometry specifications. GeoSPARQL,
NeoGeo and the EU ISA Programme's Location Core Vocabulary join
schema.org's vocabulary and more. Is there a set of use cases that an
usefully be served by greater collaboration in this space? What problems
remain? Where are the awkward edges that need to be knocked into shape?


The mission of the Location and Addresses Community Group is to review
the existing efforts in this space (notably GeoSPARQL, NeoGeo, the EU's
INSPIRE Directive and schema.org) and assess whether any use cases would
be served by harmonization and/or new standardization work.


This group may produce specifications or use cases and requirements
documents, which may be proposed for adoption by the Government Linked
Data (GLD) Working Group consistent with its charter
(http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/charter).

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In order to join the group, you will need a W3C Account. To request one:
  http://www.w3.org/community/account/request

If you believe that there is an issue with this group that requires
the attention of the W3C staff, please send us email on
site-comments@w3.org

Thank you,
W3C Community Development Team

Received on Monday, 6 August 2012 14:23:56 UTC