Re: Round up of activity and status for SDW-IG

Thanks for the update Rob - looks like you continue to be busy :-)

On Fri, 8 Mar 2019 at 15:05, Rob Smith <rob.smith@awayteam.co.uk> wrote:

> Sorry for the delay.
>
> Here’s the latest update on WebVMT, posted to w3c/strategy:
> https://github.com/w3c/strategy/issues/113#issuecomment-470230013. The
> w3c/sdw WebVMT project has now been updated too:
> https://github.com/w3c/sdw/projects/8
>
> Rob Smith
>
> Away Team
> www.awayteam.co.uk
>
> WebVMT Status Update
>
> • Progress Made
>
> • Updated the Javascript playback engine to comply with the
> latest Editor's Draft.
> • Updated the prototype Android app to comply with the latest Editor's
> Draft.
> • Continued to advance the proposed DataCue activity in the WICG. Thanks
> to Chris Needham for his ongoing support.
>
> • Next Steps
>
> • Update the WebVMT.org website to comply with the latest Editor's Draft.
> • Officially form the WebVMT Community Group.
> • Begin interoperability testing with early adopters.
> • Implement outstanding features documented in the latest Editor's Draft.
> • Continue community outreach and identify more activities to promote
> progress towards the standardisation track.
>
> On 6 Mar 2019, at 22:32, Jeremy Tandy <jeremy.tandy@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi folks. A little later than planned, but see below a round up of the
> work we have on our books. You’ll see in a number of cases that there is no
> clear progress on activities - it would really help if project leaders
> could update their project summaries and activity boards so potential
> helpers can see what needs to be done.
>
> I noticed some updates from Simon while I was typing this evening. So
> there may be some things a little out of sync with what’s below.
>
> Hopefully the round up will help us focus on what needs to be done in
> March.
>
> Best regards. Jeremy
>
>
> *Outstanding Pull Requests* https://github.com/w3c/sdw/pulls :
> 1.      OWL-Time – Editorial changes in response to #1114 (errata)
> https://github.com/w3c/sdw/pull/1115 ... Currently undergoing review
> (Simon, Francois)
> 2.      [SSN] Add erratum for bad IP68 Smart Sensor link (errata)
> https://github.com/w3c/sdw/pull/1112 … PR is approved (Simon), awaiting
> merge (Francois)
>
> 3.      ISSUE-1103 Update references to SWEET in eo-qb document
> https://github.com/w3c/sdw/pull/1104 … still awaiting review from editors
> of EO-QB doc
>
>
>
> *W3C Profiles Ontology FPWD* (Nicholas Car, Rob Atkinson)
>
> A reminder for you feedback. See here for details:
> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-sdwig/2019Jan/0000.html
>
>
>
> *SAW 2019* (Maxime Lefrancois)
>
> First call for international workshop on sensors and actuators on the Web
> 2019 (SAW 2019). Deadline for submission of papers is June 28th. See here
> for more details:
> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-sdwig/2019Mar/0001.html
>
>
>
> *OGC engagement w Web of Things folks* (George Percival)
>
> George had a face to face meeting with WoT folks at the tail end of
> January. See his email here:
> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-sdwig/2019Feb/0007.html
>
> He cites the following list of topics that OGC might like to coordinate
> with W3C:
>
> - Add Location to the Thing Description (TD)
>
> - Model “Observation” as an WOT “action”
>
> - Datastream
>
> - WoT binding template for SensorThings
>
> - Compliance test
>
>
>
> *Spatial Data on the Web best practices* (Michael Gordon)
>
> Project page: https://github.com/w3c/sdw/projects/1
>
> Hot topics identified in project summary are issues 1050
> https://github.com/w3c/sdw/issues/1050 (creating a playbook to describe
> implementing the best practices in a series of steps – not updated since
> June 2018) and 1051https://github.com/w3c/sdw/issues/1051 (implementation
> report template – marked as “done”, but issue remains open … should this be
> closed?)
>
> Seems like the ‘hot topics’ list would benefit from an update.
>
> On the project activity board 9 issues pending (“to do”) and 1 issue is in
> progress.
>
> Issues 1085 https://github.com/w3c/sdw/issues/1085 (BP 2 - Value and
> approach for indexing individual spatial things) and 1086
> https://github.com/w3c/sdw/issues/1086 (BP14 – Approach to describing
> positional accuracy) are marked as “help wanted”.
>
> None of these issues have been updated since October 2018; some earlier
> still. The “in progress” issue #991https://github.com/w3c/sdw/issues/991 (Get
> feedback on spatial data BP from OGC Members at next TC) hasn’t been
> updated since January 2018.
>
> The most recent update to the <code> (gh-pages branch) is from 2-months
> ago – the North-Rhine Westphalia implementation report submitted by Clemens.
>
> Can we get a revised plan for this item?
>
>
>
> *Statistical data on the Web* (Bill Roberts)
>
> Project page: https://github.com/w3c/sdw/projects/2
>
> No topics or issues are identified in the project summary page as needing
> help from the SDW-IG community.
>
> On the project activity board 1 issue is pending and 2 are in progress.
>
> Pending (to do): 1052 https://github.com/w3c/sdw/issues/1052 (prepare
> notes on each DWBP in the context of stats) – not updated since July 2018.
>
> Also pending are liaison activities with UN GGIM and the [forming] OGC
> Statistics DWG.
>
> In progress: 980 https://github.com/w3c/sdw/issues/980(use case -
> parameter qualifiers) and 981https://github.com/w3c/sdw/issues/981 (use
> case - temporal constructs) … neither of these have had meaningful update
> since 2017.
>
> <code> (gh-pages branch) has not been updated since August 2018.
>
> Can we get a revised plan for this work item?
>
>
>
> *SSN/SOSA ontology amendments* (Simon Cox)
>
> Project page: https://github.com/w3c/sdw/projects/3
>
> The project summary page identifies issues 1006
> https://github.com/w3c/sdw/issues/1006 (Add SSN hasProperty to SOSA
> namespace) and 1022https://github.com/w3c/sdw/issues/1022 (Inverse
> property for ssn:hasSubSystem) as open issues. Issue 1022 is marked as
> closed – the project summary page should be updated.
>
> On the project activity board, there are no pending issues and only a
> single issue in progress: issue 1006https://github.com/w3c/sdw/issues/1006 (Add
> SSN hasProperty to SOSA namespace). During TPAC 2018, the IG voted to add
> ‘hasProperty’ to the SOSA namespace
> https://github.com/w3c/sdw/issues/1006#issuecomment-432134675 – pending
> agreement from all SSN/SOSA editors. @kjano objected in this post:
> https://github.com/w3c/sdw/issues/1006#issuecomment-432421956. Simon
> asked for clarification in November 2018 and is still awaiting response
> from @kjano.
>
> Issue 1111 https://github.com/w3c/sdw/issues/1111 (Link error in IP68
> Smart Sensor example – relates to outstanding Pull Request 1112 which is
> approved and awaiting merge) isn’t listed on the project activity cards. It
> should be added.
>
>
>
> *SSN Primer* (Armin Haller)
>
> Project page: https://github.com/w3c/sdw/projects/4
>
> There’s still no activity on this project.
>
> Back in June 2018 at the Fort Collins F2F Armin said we have received
> acceptance notification of our SSN paper in the SemWeb journal which could
> form the basis of an SSN primer, but given the length of the paper he
> wasn’t entirely sure if it's needed? Simon noted that the paper is not a
> primer - it's an overview and a more digestable overview for those that
> don't want to look at the REC.
>
> Did we agree to close this project? If so, can we agree remove it from our
> list of active projects?
>
>
>
> *Time ontology amendments* (Chris Little, Simon Cox)
>
> Project page: https://github.com/w3c/sdw/projects/5
>
> The project summary states that there are no open issues [being actively
> worked on].
>
> On the project activity board there are no issues in progress and one
> pending (to do): 1114https://github.com/w3c/sdw/issues/1114 (OGC CRS WG
> comments on OWL-Time). There has been plenty of discussion on the mailing
> lists about this issue. Simon collated the discussion here:
> https://github.com/w3c/sdw/issues/1114#issuecomment-462176890. Also there
> is a an outstanding pull request relating to this issue which is currently
> under review by Francois and Simon: 1115
> https://github.com/w3c/sdw/pull/1115 (OWL-Time – Editorial changes in
> response to #1114).
>
> See discussion during February on the mailing list here:
> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-sdwig/2019Feb/0006.html ,
> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-sdwig/2019Feb/0011.html
>
> Clearly there is work going on – this issue should be moved to “in
> progress” and the project summary updated accordingly.
>
> Responding to a question from Frans Knibbe, Simon noted that temporal
> interval relations were added to the IANA link relations registry back in
> December – see here:https://github.com/link-relations/registry/issues/4.
>
>
>
> *Describing moving objects* (Krzysztof Janowicz)
>
> Project page: https://github.com/w3c/sdw/projects/6
>
> No issues are visible on the project activity board.
>
> Back in January, Jano said that he was ready to push forward this
> activity, adopting an approach similar to SOSA, namely break down the
> complexity of some of the existing specs to find a common core that can
> make for a widely used vocabulary/ontology.
>
> Please can we have some details added to the project and have some kind of
> outline plan?
>
>
>
> *SSN Extensions* (SimonCox)
>
> Project page: https://github.com/w3c/sdw/projects/7
>
> The project summary page identifies three activities for which help is
> needed. But – at TPAC 2018 the IG agreed to publish SSN Extensions as FPWD,
> subject to the agreed editorial fixes. See minutes here:
> https://www.w3.org/2018/10/23-sdw-minutes.html#x02.
>
> Are these three activities really still the focus points for SSN
> extensions? Does the project summary page need updating? Also, the project
> summary could do with a link to the published Working Draft.
>
> On the project activity board there is one issue pending and three in
> progress.
>
> Issues 1026 https://github.com/w3c/sdw/issues/1026(Alignment of
> ObservationCollection to Datastream) and 1027
> https://github.com/w3c/sdw/issues/1027 (worked examples using
> hasUltimateFeatureOfInterest) are marked as “help wanted”. 1026 and 1027
> haven’t been updated since April 2018. Are these still priority topics?
>
> Given that the in progress issues haven’t been updated since _way_ before
> the vote on FPWD, are these issues still live?
>
> During February additional serialisations were added to the examples in
> ssn-ext.
>
>
>
> *WebVMT* (Rob Smith)
>
> Project page: https://github.com/w3c/sdw/projects/8
>
> On the project activity board there are 3 pending issues and 1 in
> progress. Issue 1063 https://github.com/w3c/sdw/issues/1063 (WebVMT:
> Identify ideas for OGC Test Bed involvement) is marked “help wanted”. There
> has been no updates on this issue since December 2018.
>
> Next steps identified in February were:
>
> i. Complete the Javascript playback engine update to the latest Editor's
> Draft http://w3c.github.io/sdw/proposals/geotagging/webvmt/
>
> ii. Officially form the WebVMT Community Group
> https://www.w3.org/community/webvmt-cg/
>
> iii. Continue community outreach and identify more activities to promote
> progress towards the standardisation track
>
>
>
> *Geospatial Web Roadmap* (Linda vd Brink)
>
> Project page: https://github.com/w3c/sdw/projects/9
>
> The project summary identifies Issue 1065
> https://github.com/w3c/sdw/issues/1065 (Group review of roadmap) as
> needing input from the IG members.
>
> On the project activity board, 1 issue is pending and 2 are in progress.
>
> In progress issues include 1065 (see above) and 1079
> https://github.com/w3c/sdw/issues/1079 (Discuss list of non webby OGC
> standards with OGC Architecture Board)
>
> The OGC’s Web  API Guidelines are here:
> https://github.com/opengeospatial/OGC-Web-API-Guidelines
>
> These guidelines are useful for the roadmap because they enable us to
> objectively define which OGC standards we consider “Webby”.
>
> See comments:
> -        Clemens
> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-sdwig/2019Feb/0015.html
> -        Joseph
> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-sdwig/2019Feb/0014.html
>
> -        Rob Smith
> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-sdwig/2019Feb/0012.html
>
>
>
> *MapML* (Peter Rushforth)
>
> Project page: https://github.com/w3c/sdw/projects/10
>
> The MapML CG has been active through February, largely driven by
> activities in OGC Testbeds. No specific request for assistance.
>
> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-sdwig/2019Mar/0002.html
>
>
>
> *CoverageJSON* (Mark Hedley)
>
> Project page: https://github.com/w3c/sdw/projects/11
>
> There are currently no issues listed on the project activity board as this
> is a new activity.
>
> CoverageJSON was discussed during the closing plenary of the OGC Technical
> Committee meeting in Singapore, February 2019. The TC offered broad support
> for developing Coverage JSON as a formal OGC standard, with one option
> being to pursue this activity within the scope of the Web Coverage Service
> Standards Working Group (WCS SWG).
>
>
>
> *CityJSON* (Hugo Ledoux)
>
> CityJSON is being tracked in the W3C Strategy Funnel as ISSUE #114
> https://github.com/w3c/strategy/issues/114.
>
> Standardisation efforts for CityJSON are currently paused. See Hugo’s
> presentation from TPAC here:
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/xwkt9qqbra1ty8w/2018-10-22-w3c-cityjson.key.pdf?dl=0
>
> At TPAC, SDW IG resolved the following:
>
> In principal, the Spatial Data on the Web IG strongly supports the need to
> create a feedback loop between practical experience implementing a spec and
> its design to create effective standards implemented by the wider
> community. The SDW IG will work on a formal response on CityGML v3 raising
> technical concerns to be sent to the tc-discuss OGC list.
>
> What is the status? I’ve been out of the loop a bit, but don’t see
> anything on the SDW-IG mailing list to this effect.
>
>
>
> *New project proposals*
>
> There are 3 pending project proposals:
> 1.      Issue 1095 https://github.com/w3c/sdw/issues/1095(OWL Space) -
> proposed in November 2018
> 2.      Issue 1068 https://github.com/w3c/sdw/issues/1068(Dicing or
> partitioning Ontology for RDF Data Cubes) – proposed in August 2018
>
> 3.      Issue 1067 https://github.com/w3c/sdw/issues/1067(360 day
> calendar) - proposed in August 2018
>
> Please can you review the proposals and determine whether you would be
> able to contribute effort.
>
>
>
>
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