We need your brains and expertise: SDW 2022 - where next to drive impact from geospatial data?

Hi. Thanks to all who joined the SDW-IG call today. Minutes are here [1] BTW.

We discussed the 'next big thing' that our community needs to focus on; and agreed that there's still lots to do to better enable _use_ of geospatial data. Much is already published on the Web, but it often remains stuck in its silo. We get value from data when it's used. So we need to make it way easier to use the data :-)

Our plan is to draft a OGC Discussion Paper / W3C Note that describes the data interoperability challenge for spatial data on the Web, and outlines the things that need to be done and standards that need to be developed to help solve that challenge. We're hoping to use this discussion paper / note to drive the agenda for SDW over the coming 2-3 years.

Linda drafted an initial proposal to scope this work [2]. But we'd like more input please! We've created Issue #1271 for discussion on this topic. Please add your thoughts below about important issues/concerns/challenges that we might want to cover in the proposed OGC Discussion Paper / W3C Note.

Thanks all. Jeremy & Linda.

[1]: https://www.w3.org/2021/07/22-sdw-minutes.html
[2]: https://github.com/w3c/sdw/blob/gh-pages/roadmap/sdw2022.md
[3]: https://github.com/w3c/sdw/issues/1271