OGC Naming Authority SC

In April of 2008, the IETF/IESG approved the OGC NID/URN proposal. The OGC urn designation is registered with IANA and is documented in RFC 5165 (http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc5165.html ).

A requirement for having a registered urn is that the OGC must have a naming authority. This authority is responsible for reviewing and registering any proposed OGC urn usage. At the June 2008 Potsdam meetings, the TC and the PC formally approved constituting the OGC Naming Authority (OGCNA) as a subgroup of the Technical Committee. More information can be found at http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogcUrnPolicy .