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1 ® Sponsored by Member Orientation 95th OGC Technical Committee Boulder, Colorado USA Scott Simmons 1 June 2015 Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

2 OGC ® This is a two-part presentation 1.A very short description of what is happening this week 2.A more thorough description of the OGC and our activities Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

3 OGC ® But first, who am I? I am the Executive Director of the Standards Program, which means that I look after coordinating standards activities and chair the Technical and Planning Committees BS and MS in Geology –I started as a petroleum geologist and learned GIS for very practical reasons 27 years work in oil & gas, engineering, and defense; assumed this position in the OGC in January 2015 –But don’t worry, I’ve been an active OGC member for over 10 years Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium Oil is here GIS circa 1990

4 OGC ® THIS WEEK Part 1 Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

5 OGC ® TC Meeting Short Course What is the TC? What do I do this week? Where do I learn more? Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

6 OGC ® The Technical Committee (TC) Where the formal standards development consensus discussion and approval process occurs. Comprised of a number of Domain Working Groups (DWGs, pronounced “dwigs”) and Standards Working Groups (SWGs, pronounced “swigs”) Work is guided by the TC Policies and Procedures Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

7 OGC ® What do I do this week? Attend meetings and have conversations! Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium http://www.opengeospatial.org/event/1506tcagenda

8 OGC ® Where do I learn more? This presentation https://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=63689 Meeting key information http://www.opengeospatial.org/event/1506tc Other meeting information https://portal.opengeospatial.org/?m=public&orderby=default&tab=4 Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

9 OGC ® OGC OVERVIEW Part 2 Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

10 OGC ® What most people think about standards work Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

11 OGC ® But it is actually quite dynamic Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

12 OGC ® Standards improve the economy Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium German DIN study –Standards promote worldwide trade, encouraging rationalization, quality assurance and environmental protection, as well as improving security and communication. Standards have a greater effect on economic growth than patents or licenses. –"Economic Benefits of Standardization" –http://www.din.de/sixcms_upload/media/2896/DIN_GNN_2011_eng l_akt_neu.pdfhttp://www.din.de/sixcms_upload/media/2896/DIN_GNN_2011_eng l_akt_neu.pdf –http://www.din.de/sixcms_upload/media/2896/economic_benefits_ standardization.pdfhttp://www.din.de/sixcms_upload/media/2896/economic_benefits_ standardization.pdf –Benefits to German economy of 17 billion Euros in 2010! Image Courtesy Sensorpedia/ORNL

13 OGC ® Standards address challenges Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium Use cases Example datasets Validate model Check compatibility Across multiple domains plume forecasting for emergency response riverine flood forecasting winter highways maintenance severe weather warning service severe weather warning service landfalling hurricane wildfire sustained polar science campaign climate assessment future aviation current aviation

14 OGC ® What is the OGC? Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

15 OGC ® The Open Geospatial Consortium Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium Not-for-profit, international voluntary consensus standards organization; leading development of geospatial standards Founded in 1994. 500+ members and growing 36 “core” standards 15 extensions/profiles Thousands of implementations Broad user community implementation worldwide Alliances and collaborative activities with ISO and many other SDO’s

16 OGC ® The OGC vision and mission Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium VISION: A world in which everyone benefits from the use of geospatial information and supporting technologies. MISSION: To advance the development and use of international standards and supporting services that promote geospatial interoperability. To accomplish this mission, OGC serves as the global forum for the collaboration of geospatial data / solution providers and users. Urban Model of Berlin based on OGC CityGML Source: www.3d-stadtmodell-berlin.de www.3d-stadtmodell-berlin.de

17 OGC ® THE OGC STANDARDS PROCESS Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

18 OGC ® What is an OGC Standard? Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium A document, established by consensus and approved by the OGC Membership, that provides rules and guidelines, aimed at the optimum degree of interoperability in a given context. Community requirements Member requirements Market trends Technology trends CityGML Levels of Detail

19 OGC ® Standards adoption process Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium Courtesy of Paul Sheahan, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia

20 OGC ® Five steps 1.Identify requirements 2.Form a Standards Working Group (SWG) 3.Create the Standard 4.Submit Standard for internal review and public comment 5.OGC members vote to approve Standard Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

21 OGC ® Metadata Service interfaces Exchange encodings Processing services Metadata Service interfaces Exchange encodings Processing services International data sharing and data services Sponsored Interoperability Experiments and Testbeds Defense Environment Commerce Science Etc. Defense Environment Commerce Science Etc. 1. Identify requirements Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium Operational needs for data consistency or presentation Domain Working Group ® Commercial business drivers

22 OGC ® 1a. Requirements from alliance partnerships Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium –Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) –Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) –National Emergency Number Association (NENA) –International Organization for Standards (ISO) –World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) –World Meteorological Organization (WMO) –IEEE Technical Committee 9 (Sensor Web) –TM Forum –Open Grid Forum (OGF) –buildingSMART Alliance –Web3D Consortium

23 OGC ® 1b. Other sources of requirements Output from other OGC Standards activity –Current merged efforts of OWS Context and GeoPackage Existing encoding or service that owner would like to submit to OGC for adoption –KML, proposed Common DataBase (CDB) Abandoned work that needs a home –LandXML >> InfraGML Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium CDB image courtesy of David Graham, CAE, Inc.

24 OGC ® 2. Form a SWG Write a charter (clear and precise guidance from OGC) –Find at least 3 charter members –Demonstrate business case Request Technical Committee (TC) to allow SWG to form Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium I said “SWG” not “swig”

25 OGC ® 3. Create the Standard Develop use cases Identify dependencies Work within OGC policy Comply with OGC Abstract Specification and OGC Modular Specification Invite experts Perform iterative internal and public reviews Use collaboration tools! Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

26 OGC ® 4. Submit Standard for review OGC review –OGC Architecture Board check for compliance with Abstract and Modular Specifications –OGC Naming Authority for URIs –OGC staff for adherence to policies and Standards template Public review –Fully-advertised public review of 30 days of draft Standard –Public comments must be reviewed and either incorporated or discarded with cause Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

27 OGC ® 5. Vote to approve TC votes to recommend for adoption by Planning Committee (PC) –Standard must be presented to TC in a meeting –TC must vote at that presentation to issue an electronic vote –45 day electronic vote with minimum thresholds for sufficiency and majority (2/3 majority) PC votes to adopt Standard –If YES vote from TC, PC vote initiated –14 day vote via e-mail, simple majority Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

28 OGC ® OGC PROGRAMS AND STRUCTURE Copyright © 2014 Open Geospatial Consortium

29 OGC ® OGC Organization Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium Board of Directors and Executive Staff President and CEO Mark Reichardt Executive Director Communications & Outreach Denise McKenzie Strategic Member Advisory Committee Executive Director Interoperability Pgm Terry Idol Communications & Outreach Program Regional Services Interoperability Engineering Dir. Compliance & E-Learning Luis Bermudez CTO & Chief Engineer George Percivall Executive Director Standards Program Scott Simmons European Services Director Athina Trakas Americas Services Director Trevor Taylor Asia Services Director Trevor Taylor Middle East McKenzie / De Lathouwer Planning Committee Technical Committee & Working Groups Architecture Board Standards Program Global Advisory Council India M.K. Munshi

30 OGC ® COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH OGC Programs and Structure Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium Board of Directors and Executive Staff Communications & Outreach Program Regional Services Interoperability Engineering Standards Program Interoperability Program Compliance

31 OGC ® Communications and Outreach goal Work with OGC members and user communities around the world to encourage "take up" or implementation of OGC standards, as well as to encourage new membership and engagement in OGC programs and initiatives. –Includes management of all OGC communications resources such as the website, portal, and e-mail lists. Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

32 OGC ® Strategic partnerships Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium Developing and maintaining Strategic Partnerships is a key function of the OGC staff: –World Meteorological Organization (WMO) –Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI) –OSGeo –OGP –OpenMI –TM Forum –buildingSMART –DGIWG –GEO –IJIS –USGIF –Environmental Modeling and Software (iEMS)

33 OGC ® Regional forums OGC forums provide for OGC Members to communicate on a country or regional level, recognizing local language, cultural, and policy requirements. Further, forums: –Promote and support OGC membership –Coordinate participation in the OGC –Promote policies, co-operative business development initiatives and public/private partnerships that support the use of OGC standards. –http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/regionshttp://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/regions Existing forums: –Asia Forum, Europe Forum, France Forum, ILAF (Iberian and Latin- American Forum), India Forum, Korea Forum, Nordic Forum, North American, and MENA (Middle East and Northern Africa), Australia-New Zealand, UK-Ireland Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

34 OGC ® INTEROPERABILITY PROGRAM OGC Programs and Structure Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium Board of Directors and Executive Staff Communications & Outreach Program Regional Services Interoperability Engineering Standards Program Interoperability Program Compliance

35 OGC ® OGC Interoperability Program Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium Interoperability Experiment Plugfest OGC Network Pilot Technology Maturation And Compliance Specifications Implementations Demonstrations Types of Interoperability Program Initiatives Testbed Standards Program

36 OGC ® Or put another way Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium Research Projects Research & Technical coordination Pilots Optimization of your domain Interop. Experiments Testing your services in your domain Testbeds Development of new technology Plugfests Hands on experience

37 OGC ® COMPLIANCE TESTING OGC Programs and Structure Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium Board of Directors and Executive Staff Communications & Outreach Program Regional Services Interoperability Engineering Standards Program Interoperability Program Compliance

38 OGC ® Compliance Program goals Provide robust standard compliance solutions for geospatial communities Provide a process whereby compliance for OGC specifications can be tested. Increase systems interoperability Reducing technology risks As of 25 May 2015, there are 813 Implementing and 205 Compliant products –http://www.opengeospatial.org/resource/products/statshttp://www.opengeospatial.org/resource/products/stats Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

39 OGC ® Compliance procedure Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium ® 1) Developers go to online Test engine http://cite.opengeospatial.o rg/teamengine/ 2) Fill the Test Results (TSR) Form 3) Pay License Fee 4) Get Compliance Certificate 5) Use Certification mark More information: http://bit.ly/gTmmSo

40 OGC ® REGIONAL SERVICES OGC Programs and Structure Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium Board of Directors and Executive Staff Communications & Outreach Program Regional Services Interoperability Engineering Standards Program Interoperability Program Compliance

41 OGC ® Your local contacts Ready to assist with membership questions Can put you in touch with other members and/or staff for expertise Facilitate regional forums Attend regional conferences Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

42 OGC ® Who Europe – Athina Trakas Americas and Asia – Trevor Taylor India – M.K. Munshi Middle East and Africa – Bart De Lathouwer and Denise McKenzie Australia and Oceania – Denise McKenzie Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

43 OGC ® STANDARDS PROGRAM OGC Programs and Structure Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium Board of Directors and Executive Staff Communications & Outreach Program Regional Services Interoperability Engineering Standards Program Interoperability Program Compliance

44 OGC ® The Standards development program… is where and how the OGC standards are processed and adopted and Contains four primary operating units: –OGC Technical Committee (TC) –OGC Architecture Board (OAB) –OGC Naming Authority (OGC-NA) –OGC Planning Committee (PC) Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

45 OGC ® Technical Committee meetings Quarterly Meetings (N. America, Europe, Asia, Australasia) –June 2015Boulder, Colorado, USA –September 2015Nottingham, UK –December 2015Sydney, Australia –March 2016Washington, DC, USA Members can send representatives –Meeting fees waived depending on membership level Many sessions are virtual via web/teleconference If you are a voting member, consider sending a proxy if you cannot attend a meeting –Assign to OGC member, Technical Committee Chair as desired Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

46 OGC ® Domain Working Groups (DWGs) Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium Where Members discuss technical requirements, use cases, and issues related to the development and revision of OGC standards. The results of OGC interoperability projects are presented and discussed. Many members present on the use of OGC standards. –Any Member or invited guest can attend any DWG session.

47 OGC ® DWGs as of March 2015 Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

48 OGC ® Joining a DWG Get basic information –Public summary: http://www.opengeospatial.org/projects/groups/wghttp://www.opengeospatial.org/projects/groups/wg –OGC member-only details: https://portal.opengeospatial.org/?m=projects&tab=3 https://portal.opengeospatial.org/?m=projects&tab=3 Just show up and participate Join the DWG mailing list Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

49 OGC ® Standards Working Groups (SWGs) Groups that work on a new (candidate) OGC standard or revision to an existing OGC standard Members and invited experts may participate Guided by the OGC Policies and Procedures OGC Intellectual Property policies in full effect Usually work from 6 months to 18 months per deliverable Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

50 OGC ® SWGs as of March 2015 Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

51 OGC ® Joining a SWG Get basic information –Public summary: http://www.opengeospatial.org/projects/groups/swghttp://www.opengeospatial.org/projects/groups/swg –OGC member-only details: https://portal.opengeospatial.org/?m=projects&tab=3 https://portal.opengeospatial.org/?m=projects&tab=3 Sign the Observer Agreement Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

52 OGC ® Every DWG and SWG has a portal page Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium Go to https://portal.opengeospatial.org/?m=projects&tab=3 and select the WG of interesthttps://portal.opengeospatial.org/?m=projects&tab=3

53 OGC ® OGC Architecture Board (OAB) Work with the TC and the PC to insure architecture consistency of the Baseline and provide guidance to the OGC membership to insure strong life cycle management of the OGC standards baseline –Reviews all OGC standards and revisions to standards prior to public comment. –General technology discussions and guidance –Issue resolution Nominated and Elected by the OGC Technical Committee Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

54 OGC ® OGC Naming Authority (OGC-NA) The OGC-NA controls the assignment of OGC Names to resources of interest in geographic information infrastructures. Series of policy documents here –http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/policies/directives#urnhttp://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/policies/directives#urn Current policy is to use http uri’s and not urn’s. Part of any OGC standards development process is to submit list of proposed URIs to OGC-NA for review. There is an OGC registry and a resolver for assigned names. Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

55 OGC ® The Planning Committee (PC) The Planning Committee provides guidance and the management structure for the Technical Committee and the Interoperability Program. –Members participate in OGC business planning and market focus activities –Manages the consortium’s technology release process –Approves special negotiated memberships and committee participation –Must be a Principal or Strategic Member or a TC representative to the PC to participate in PC activities Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

56 OGC ® OGC GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

57 OGC ® Tao of the OGC A Guide to the Consensus Process of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Tao –Path or Way (Buddhism) –The right manner of human activity and virtuous conduct seen as stemming from universal criteria and ideals governing right, wrong (Confucianism) http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=5259 Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

58 OGC ® The OGC Reference Model (ORM) The OGC Reference Model (ORM) describes the OGC Standards Baseline focusing on relationships between the baseline documents. The OGC Standards Baseline (SB) consists of the approved OGC Abstract and Implementation Standards and Best Practice documents. http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/orm Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

59 OGC ® OGC Abstract Specification The Abstract Specification provides the conceptual foundation for most OGC specification development activities Open interfaces and protocols are built and referenced against the Abstract Specification, thus enabling interoperability between different brands and different kinds of spatial processing systems The Abstract Specification provides a reference model for the development of OGC Implementation Specifications http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/as Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

60 OGC ® OGC Modular Specification Contains requirements for writing standards to be used for any document whose eventual purpose is the specification of requirements for software, services or data structures A set of testable constraints to which all OGC implementation standards must conform https://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=34762 Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

61 OGC ® TC Policies and Procedures (TC PnP) This document provides descriptions of roles, responsibilities, standards development and submission procedures, and procedures related to revisions of existing OGC standards. –The current version can be found here: http://docs.opengeospatial.org/pol/05-020r20/05-020r20.html A variety of FAQ and supporting documents can be found in a folder here: https://portal.opengeospatial.org/modules/files/details.php?m=files&art ifact_id=22851 Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

62 OGC ® OGC COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION ASSETS Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

63 OGC ® OGC member portal The Portal is designed to assist OGC Staff and Members in the management and conduct of all aspects of OGC related activities. http://portal.opengeospatial.orghttp://portal.opengeospatial.org Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

64 OGC ® E-mail The life-blood of the OGC Every Working Group has an e-mail list. An e-mail list can be Members only or public. Public lists require WG Member approval. Any OGC Member in good standing can subscribe to any OGC TC e-mail list. Use the portal to subscribe as desired. Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

65 OGC ® Two critical OGC lists tc-announce@lists.opengeospatial.org –Used for administrative, meeting, document review, calls for participation, and voting announcements –Moderated –Mostly OGC staff posts to this email list tc-discuss@lists.opengeospatial.org –For technical discussions –Any member subscribed can post –Moderated Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

66 OGC ® OGC wikis Any OGC Working Group can request a wiki. Just need to let OGC staff know Wikis can be Members only or also publicly accessible. Need Member approval to have a wiki public. Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

67 OGC ® OGC MEETING GUIDANCE More about this week… and the future Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

68 OGC ® The Three Week Rule Under the TC Policies and Procedures, any document that is to be discussed and voted on by the members must be submitted at least three weeks prior to a given meeting. The TC can vote to suspend this policy for a specific document vote. –This requires a 2/3 majority of the voting Members present in order to override the Policies and Procedures Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

69 OGC ® Where to submit documents for discussion On the portal in the Pending Documents tab –Members attending a TC meeting are strongly encouraged to review the documents in the Pending Documents catalog and read those of interest. These documents form the foundation for many of the discussions and votes that occur at an OGC TC meeting. To obtain the current list of pending documents, go to: http://portal.opengeospatial.org/index.php?m=public&orderby=default&tab=2 Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

70 OGC ® Schedules and agendas Defining the master schedule is a very fluid process Group chairs begin making meeting time requests almost as soon as the previous meeting ends According to OGC procedures, the master schedule is supposed to be “firm” 3 weeks prior to the meeting; the agenda is known to change up to the morning of the opening plenary Final meeting schedule is provided when you register for the meeting. Changes occurring during the meeting are posted on the bulletin board near the OGC meeting registration desk Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

71 OGC ® KEY OGC DOCUMENT TYPES Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

72 OGC ® Implementation Standard (IS) A document containing an OGC consensus approved technology dependent (e.g, http) specification for interfaces, encodings, and related specifications based on the Abstract Specification –Formal review via the RFC process. –Includes member approved profiles and application schemas. –May also become an ISO standard –Testable Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

73 OGC ® Abstract Specification (AS) A document (or set of documents) containing an OGC (and in numerous cases ISO) consensus on a technology independent model that describes an application environment for interoperable geoprocessing and geospatial data and services products. –Formal review and vote by members –Each document is referred to as a “topic” Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

74 OGC ® Change Request (CR) Can be submitted by anyone – Member or non-Members Use the public Change Request Submission application –http://portal.opengeospatial.org/public_ogc/change_request.phphttp://portal.opengeospatial.org/public_ogc/change_request.php Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

75 OGC ® Best Practice document Definition: –A document containing discussion of best practices related to the use and/or implementation of an adopted OGC standard or related technology and for release to the public. Best Practices Papers are the official position of the OGC and thus represent an endorsement of the content of the paper. Clarification –A best practice is a technique or methodology that, through experience and research, has proven to reliably lead to a desired result when using one or more OGC standards –Must be approved by the membership via an electronic vote for public release. –Must have evidence of implementation. Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

76 OGC ® Engineering Report (ER) Definition: –A document that reports on some technical activity in an Interoperability Program Initiative. An ER is by default not a publicly available document, but can be approved as a Public Engineering Report by member vote. An ER does not represent the official position of the OGC nor of the OGC Technical Committee. Clarification –ERs will not be referred to as a “candidate standard” –Developed by members potentially with help from OGC Consultants and staff –An ER can become a Public Engineering Report, a Best Practices Paper, or submitted via the OGC RFC process for consideration as an adopted standard. –Usually first released as a Public Engineering Report if members deem document is mature enough. Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

77 OGC ® Discussion Paper Definition: –A document containing discussion of some technology or standards work for release to the public. Discussion Papers are not the official position of the OGC and contain a statement to that effect. Clarification –A Discussion Paper can eventually become a Best Practices document or an adopted standard via the RFC process or the Profile adoption process. –Not a white paper. A Discussion paper is related to one or more approved or candidate standards. –Members deem document is mature enough for public release. Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

78 OGC ® White Paper Definition: –A publication released by the OGC to the Public that states a position on a social, political, technical or other subject, often including a high-level explanation of an architecture or framework of a solution. A White Paper often explains the results or conclusions of research. Clarification –A WP is written by OGC staff, OGC consultants, or OGC member(s) on a particular technology or domain topic of interest to the community and related to the ongoing standards development work of the Consortium. –A WP will not be considered for adoption as an OGC Implementation Standard –Release must be approved by the members (vote). –Not an official position of the OGC Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

79 OGC ® Collaboration using GitHub Many standards activities using GitHub for code, schema, and document management Example: https://github.com/opengeospatial/CityGML-3.0https://github.com/opengeospatial/CityGML-3.0 Most are private repositories, more and more will be public Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

80 OGC ® VOTING Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

81 OGC ® Votes happen all the time in the OGC Votes can occur in any of the following venues: –At the opening or closing Technical Committee plenary –In any of the Working Groups –In any of the TC sub-committees Votes can happen at face to face meetings or by electronic vote. There are rules regarding who can vote, when, and it what forum. These cases are now defined…. Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

82 OGC ® Votes in a Domain Working Group Can happen in face-to-face (F2F) meetings or by e-vote Anyone can vote in a DWG vote Simple majority of those present carries the vote No notice is required for votes in F2F meetings A notice is required for any DWG e-votes However, only one vote per member organization! Motions can be made on any topic, typically DWG votes are to release documents for TC approval or to state a position Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

83 OGC ® Votes in a SWG Can happen in F2F meetings or by e-vote Only voting members of the SWG can vote Simple majority of the official members carries the vote No notice is required for votes in F2F meetings A notice is required for any SWG e-votes SWG votes are all about the business of advancing a Standard Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

84 OGC ® Votes in a TC Plenary A number of votes will occur in a TC Plenary. There will also be a variety of votes, including all the voting types identified in the previous slide. Therefore, it is important to know who can vote and when. The next slide has a table of voting types and who can vote. Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium

85 OGC ® Table of votes that can occur in a TC Plenary Copyright © 2015 Open Geospatial Consortium Vote TypeWho can Vote White Paper, Discussion Paper, or Engineering Report Any member Approval of Domain WG Charter Any member Election of TC reps to the PC Any member Best Practices PaperTC Voting Member Only Vote TypeWho can Vote Approval of new standard electronic vote TC Voting member only Approval of a revision to standard e-vote TC Voting member only Changes to TC P&P TC Voting member only Architecture Board Election TC Voting member only


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