Planning Committee

The OGC Planning Committee is granted authority to operate by the OGC Bylaws. Principal Membership is provided for organizations that wish to participate in the planning and management of the Consortium's technology development process.

The Planning Committee has ultimate responsibility for approving Technical Committee recommendations for the adoption and release of specifications, and for Specification Program planning. The Planning Committee: Generates requirements related to markets it is analyzing. Helps maintain and provide direction for the OGC Roadmap. Makes final decisions on issuing RFIs and RFCs (see below). Accepts, rejects, or conditionally accepts Candidate Implementation Specifications as recommended by the Technical Committee. Decides on revisions to existing Adopted Implementation Specifications based on recommendations from the Technical Committee.