Geoservices REST API

This wiki page aims to collate community concerns related to the proposed acceptance of the "Geoservices REST API" becoming an OGC standard.

Issues related to proposed "Geoservices REST API" becoming an OGC standard

May 2013

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Open Letter to OGC and voting members

May 2013

We, the undersigned, have concerns that approving the "Geoservices REST API" as an OGC standard, would have detrimental impacts on interoperability within the spatial industry.

We strongly urge that the proposed standard be rejected in its current form.

People have listed different reasons for concern. They are expanded upon below.

Signed

Please add your name here if you agree with the above statement. Include name, work title (if appropriate), very brief title/involvement in OSGeo if appropriate. (Link to OSGeo profile if appropriate). You may sign as a group, such as the Project Steering Committee of XXX project if you wish, or as Your Name on behalf of YYY company.

• Cameron Shorter, Geospatial Solutions Director at LISAsoft, core contributor & coordinator of OSGeo-Live

Concerns

Please add concerns as bullet points below. Try to be concise. Where appropriate, link to external web pages (such as email achieves)

Summary

To do: Add a brief 3 paragaphs or so summarising the issues.

History

Todo: please expand

• Explain how this standard came to be
• Based on Arc GIS Server API
• Attempted but failed to go through OGC fast track process
• Recent voting history: refer to: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-May/011602.html

References

Todo: Link to key external docs, such as the proposed standards