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OLS 1.3 SWG

1. OLS v1.3 SWG

2. Purpose of the Standards Working Group

The purpose of this Standards Working Group is to extend the OLS 1.2 specification with navigation capabilities.

3. Scope of Work

The scope of work consists of the following:

  1. Incorporate the pending changes to the OLS 1.2 specification to add navigation capabilities as a new service.
  2. Harmonise the Route core service with the new navigation service.
  3. Make any necessary changes or additions to other areas of OLS required to meet the first two goals.

3.1 What is out of scope?

Any major changes to the OLS 1.2 specification not pertaining to navigation are out of scope.

3.2 Specific Contribution of Existing Work as a Starting Point

The following are to be used as a starting point for work in the SWG:

  1. OLS 1.2 specification.
  2. Results from OWS 2, 3, and 4 test beds.
  3. Pending changes to the OLS 1.2 specification accepted by the OLS 2.0 RWG.

3.3 How it is to be Determined when the Work of the SWG has been Completed

The work of the SWG will be completed when an OLS 1.3 specification is adopted by the OGC TC..

4. Description of deliverables

The following deliverables will result from the work of this SWG:

  1. A final version of the OLS v1.3 Specification Document, including "Abstract Test Suite" sections for submission to the TC.

The following schedule of activities is anticipated:

  1. Start date will be November 1, 2007.
  2. Review of comments completed by the three week rule for the April 2008 TC meeting in St. Louis, USA.
  3. Final version of the OLS v1.3 Specification Document for submission to the TC.

5. IPR Policy for this SWG

RAND-Royalty Free.

6. Anticipated Audience

Those involved in the design, development, implementation, or location based services as listed above in "Scope of the Work". This includes content providers, developers, and providers of location based services.. 

7. Other informative information about the work of this SWG

a. Similar or applicable standards work (OGC and elsewhere). For example:

The following standards and projects may be relevant to the SWG's planned work, although none currently provide the functionality anticipated by this committee's deliverables:

The RWG intends to seek and if possible maintain liaison with each of the organizations maintaining the above works.

b. Details of the first meeting

 

The first meeting of the committee will be held by telephone conference call at 1 PM EDT on 7 November 2007. Call-in information will be provided to the SWG's e-mail list and on the portal calendar in advance of the meeting.

c. Projected on-going meeting schedule

The work of the committee will be carried out primarily by email and conference calls, nominally every two weeks, with face-to-face meetings at each of the OGC TC meeting where sufficient members are present to do useful work.

d. Supporters of the Proposal

The following people support this proposal and are committed to the Charter and projected meeting schedule.

e. Convener - Steve Smyth

Acknowledgements. Thanks to OASIS for providing a template as the basis for defining the OGC SWG template.



Source URL: http://www.opengeospatial.org/projects/groups/ols1.3swg

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