The GeoBI Ad Hoc has been renamed to GeoBI DWG upon approval during the December 2011 TC/PC meetings.
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Summary

This interoperability experiment will advance the development of WaterML 2.0 and test its use in a forecasting context with various OGC service standards (SOS, SES, WFS, WMS and WCS). It will also contribute to a co-operation with the Met-Ocean domain working group. Where relevant to the forecasting context, it will contribute to the development and evaluation of a hydrology domain feature model and vocabularies, which are essential for interoperability in the hydrology domain, although these are not the main focus for the IE.
The use of O&M compliant WaterML 2.0 and OGC web services for data exchange is foreseen to improve real time operations between mutually dependent organizations by allowing easier access of frequently changing time series data. The ultimate use of the exposed data will depend on the context of participating organizations and their driving requirements. We expect the IE will result in further development of WaterML 2.0 and profiling of SOS to accommodate various time dimensions of a forecast as well as the ensemble capabilities. This may include a schema, example instances, and documentation describing the schema, a usage profile and best practice documents. It will also result in a documented evaluation of the compatibility of WaterML 2.0 with OGC services, which can feed back to OGC. In particular, the IE will implement and test WaterML 2.0 and OGC services within a real time forecasting context, addressing the time and ensemble dimensions of a forecast as well as the ability of the services to facilitate incremental data updates and notifications to trigger data exchange. capabilities.
This hydrologic forecasting IE will build on the work conducted in the Surface Water IE by adding the real time forecast context. We expect that the project will discover issues related to the forecast and ensemble dimension of the information model and the usage of event services for incremental data updates. New and upgraded web services amongst participants are also expected, increasing the overall availability of water data and the interoperability of water information systems. Development of client applications is a secondary concern; the focus of work is testing information models and service delivery mechanisms.
There have been some discussions toward the establishment of a joint experiment with the Met-Ocean DWG to include the incorporation of weather forecasts and ensembles.  However this has not let to a mature plan at this time.  We intend to continue this discourse and revisit a joint experiment in the future, perhaps as a follow-up activity to this Forecasting IE.

INITIATOR ORGANIZATIONS

The WMO is supporting the Interoperability Experiment within the scope of the existing MoU between OGC and WMO.
The OGC members that are acting as initiators of the Interoperability Experiment are:

• US National Weather Service (NOAA/NWS)
• Deltares USA Inc
• US Geological Survey (USGS)
• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
• KISTERS Environmental and Resource Management Software Solutions (KISTERS, DE)

 Other organizations and their contributions, as they come on-stream, will be posted here. 
 

DESCRIPTION

Objectives
The aim of this IE is:
(1)       Extend and complement the work already underway in the Groundwater and Surfacewater IEs, with the goal of advancing the development of WaterML 2.0 to the sub domain of hydrologic forecasting
(2)       Test compatibility of WaterML 2.0 with modified and new services by NOAA/NWS, and USGS by implementation of the OGC SOS, SES, WFS, WMS standards;
(3)       Test compatibility of WaterML 2.0 for use with hydrological forecasting systems.
(4)       Establish a limited surface water feature model and vocabularies suitable for the provision of surface water forecast data using WaterML 2.0.
(5)       The data will be served by all participants using WaterML 2.0 and OGC services (SOS, SES, WFS, WMS).
(6)       Optional:  Test compatibility of O&M based weather forecast information model for use with hydrological forecasting systems.
 

This SWG is focused on processing the OGC GeoServices REST 1.0 candidate standard.

This OGC GeoServices REST Candidate Standard Version 1.0 standard is derived from the “Esri GeoServices REST Specification Version 1.0” which was developed to provide interoperability between ArcGIS Server and the broader information technology community. The candidate standard is designed to be implemented without the use of Esri products. The OGC version differs from the Esri version in that it is presented in a vendor neutral fashion appropriate for an OGC standard. For example the names of the types have been changed. The specification currently provides a JSON encoding, but does not limit alternate JSON representations (such as GeoJSON ).

4 February 2013. On 2 February 2012, the OGC began the OGC Web Services, Phase 9 (OWS-9) Testbed process with a Request for Quotations/Call for Participation (RFQ/CFP) to solicit proposals in response to requirements. 10 sponsors provided requirements, a testbed plan was developed, and 39 technology provider participants worked together for 8 months developing and testing interoperability solutions to meet those requirements. On 15 January 2013, at the OGC Technical Committee Meeting in Redlands, California, the participants demonstrated their work at a well-attended OWS-9 Demo event.

1.    Web Coverage Service (WCS) SWG

The WCS.SWG is a standing WG working on the Web Coverage Service (WCS) suite of standards. A coverage is defined as a "space-time varying phenomenon", such as 1D sensor time series, 2D remote sensing imagery, 3D x/y/t satellite image time series and x/y/z geophysical data, as well as 4D x/y/z/t atmospheric and ocean data. A normative abstract definition of coverages is given in OGC Abstract Topic 6 (which is identical to ISO 19123), a concrete definition is provided with the OGC GML Application Schema for Coverages.