Title :
OGC standards and the space community — Processes, application and value
Author :
Trakas, Athina ; McKee, Lance
Author_Institution :
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), Eur. Services, Bonn, Germany
Abstract :
Open, consensus-derived interface and encoding standards developed in the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) play an important role in the market for Earth Observation (EO) products and services. This paper describes OGC members´ motivations for participation; the basic policies, procedures, programs and organization of the consortium; and the role that OGC standards play in the market.
Keywords :
organisational aspects; standards; Earth observation products; OGC standards; Open Geospatial Consortium; open consensus-derived interface and encoding standards; space community processess; Earth observation; OGC; Open Geospatial Consortium; consensus; information technology; market; open standards; standards;
Conference_Titel :
Space Technology (ICST), 2011 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1874-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICSpT.2011.6064683
