® © 2009 Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. Starting an Interoperability Experiment David Arctur, OGC Director, Interoperability Programs December 8, 2009

OGC ® Reference Documents The OGC Interoperability Program –05-127r1, Mar r1, Mar 2006 Interoperability Experiment Policies & Procedures (IE P&P) –05-130r3, April r3, April 2009 The OGC Reference Model (ORM) –Describes the OGC Standards Baseline and the relationship between baseline documents –The OGC Standards Baseline consists of the approved OpenGIS® Abstract and Implementation Standards (Interface, Encoding, Profile, Application Schema) and Best Practice documents – –08-062r4, Nov r4, Nov 2008 OGC Intellectual Property Rights Policies and Procedures – – © 2009 Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.2

OGC ® Interoperability Experiment Life Cycle © 2009 Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.3 IE Startup Package OAB Review Letters of Participation Intent Startup Preparation Kickoff Initiator Agreement(s) Participant Agreement(s) Execution Wrap-up & Reporting Draft IE Reports IE Reports

OGC ® Architecture Board Approval Conditions The IE is focused on an interoperability issue related to the OGC Technical Baseline The IE completion timeframe is reasonable (4-6 months) The IE is “lightweight” – focuses on a single interoperability issue All materials, documents, lessons learned, and other findings developed as a result of the IE will be shared with the OGC membership © 2009 Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.4

OGC ® IE Service Fee OAB may require a service fee of US$2000 to partially cover costs of facilitating the IE –2 press releases (US$1000 each) –OGC Facilitator and Technology Office staff time Fees are waived for first 4 IE’s approved by OAB in a calendar year © 2009 Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.5

OGC ® IE Startup Preparation OGC Press Release, approved by IE submitting organizations, containing: –Summary of the Activity Plan –Explicit statement of the Requirements for Participation –Overall schedule (most importantly the Kickoff date) –Kickoff meeting location and logistical information (or URL for this information) 30-day Participant Notification period starts after Press Release –Interested organizations submit Letter of Participation Intent to OGC (see Annex C of IE P&P, for example template) By Kickoff date, all participating org’s must submit a signed Participant Agreement (see Annex F of IE P&P) © 2009 Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.6

OGC ® IE Startup Preparation - 2 Submitting organizations must supply a signed Initiator Agreement by the Kickoff date to be considered an Initiator. Initiative Manager works with OGC Staff to populate the Member Portal with information pertaining to the IE. Initiator and Participant organizations must provide the Initiative Facilitator with contact information (at least phone and ) for all representatives that they wish to involve in the IE. OGC Staff will create OGC Web Portal accounts (and/or provide access to the project area created for the IE) for the Initiator and Participant representatives. OGC Staff will create an reflector for the IE and populate it with Initiator and Participant representatives’ addresses. At least two (2) weeks prior to Kickoff, the Initiative Manager must submit a Kickoff Agenda package to the Initiative Facilitator. This agenda must contain the planned items for discussion and the intended outcomes of the Kickoff. A sample Kickoff agenda is provided in Annex D of IE P&P. Once the Kickoff agenda is approved, the Kickoff meeting can proceed. If an agenda cannot be approved by one week prior to the Kickoff, then the Initiative Facilitator may reschedule or cancel the Kickoff until an appropriate agenda is provided. © 2009 Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.7

OGC ® IE Observers Any OGC member in good standing has right to sign up to be an observer, using (click-through) OGC Observer Agreement – See IE P&P for guidance on non-OGC Member Observers, and Observer caveats (access and interaction rules) IE Initiators Please Note: An conversation would need to switch to the OGC list when any standards related IPR related issue is raised, when internal OGC process questions are raised, and when internal OGC related business must be discussed. If you have any questions about this caveat, please contact the OGC staff. © 2009 Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.8

OGC ® IE Kickoff Can be either by teleconference, in-person, by web collaboration, or some combination as agreed to by the IE Team. Must follow the Kickoff agenda except as modified by the consensus of the Initiators and Participants, i.e., additions or deletions to the scope of activity and changes to the start time and duration of agenda elements. Observers are not entitled to attend the kickoff, unless specific permission is agreed by the IE Initiators. The Initiative Manager must provide an updated schedule on a per work item basis to the Initiative Facilitator within two days of completion of the Kickoff meeting. © 2009 Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.9

OGC ® IE Execution Execution of the IE is considered to have begun at the Kickoff meeting. All work items must have a well-defined scope, a schedule for completion, and must be assigned to an individual (not just an organization). Work items must be completed on schedule and to the satisfaction of the Initiative Manager and the Initiative Technical Lead. –Failure to complete assigned or agreed work items on time and in a satisfactory form may result in the decision to revoke Participant (or Initiator) status or in the reassignment of the work item to another individual. © 2009 Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.10

OGC ® OGC Web Portal and Twiki Share project-related files Schedule all teleconferences and other project-related events with the OGC portal calendar Use the IE reflector for all managerial and project coordination messages During Execution, the Initiative Manager provides the Initiative Facilitator with status by ensuring that the OGC Web Portal is kept up-to-date © 2009 Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.11

OGC ® Responsibilities The Initiative Manager is the responsible individual for management issues and therefore is empowered to make management decisions. The Initiative Technical Lead is the responsible individual for resolving technical issues and therefore is empowered to make technical decisions. Disagreements that cannot be resolved by the IE team should be brought to the attention of the Initiative Facilitator, who may choose to make a decision or may choose to forward the issue to the Review Board. –In the former case, Participants may appeal the decision to the Review Board. In the latter case, the decision is final. © 2009 Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.12

OGC ® Wrap-Up & Reporting This phase includes the final drafting of technical deliverables and may also include demonstrations and other activities. The Initiative Technical Lead and the Initiative Manager must approve final drafts of all deliverables including Engineering Reports. The Initiative Facilitator shall adjudicate all disagreements concerning the finalization of deliverables. All Engineering Reports (ERs) will be posted to the OGC Pending Documents list for consideration during the subsequent Technical Committee meeting. A final press release will be created summarizing the results of the IE, crafted by the IE Team with support from the OGC Communications Team. © 2009 Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.13

OGC ® Non-Disclosure Non-disclosure is an important issue that must be taken seriously by all Initiators, Participants, and Observers. All information generated and shared within an IE must remain confidential unless otherwise agreed by the Initiators and the OGC. The details of the non-disclosure policy are documented in the Initiator, Participant, and Observer Agreements. Draft Engineering Reports (ERs) and final Engineering Reports (ERs) from the IE shall be treated as member-privileged information and are not be released outside of the membership unless –the release of said reports is approved by OGC Staff, or –the document is made public by a motion and vote of the OGC Technical and Planning Committees. © 2009 Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.14

OGC ® Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) OGC has adopted an Intellectual Property Rights Policy in order to minimize the possibility of inadvertent infringement of the IPR of Members and third parties using or implementing any OGC Standards. – – All participants in the IE shall observe this policy and related Policies and Procedures documents. © 2009 Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.15

OGC ® © 2009 Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.16 Discussion and Actions