OGC Seeks Interested Parties for Geospatial One-Stop Transportation
Pilot Activity
Wayland, MA, July 8, 2002 - The Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC)
invites expressions of interest from industry organizations to
participate in a Model Advisory Team (MAT) regarding a nationwide
Transportation Framework Data Content Standard. This Roads MAT
will develop data content standards and an associated Abstract
Feature Model in Unified Modeling Language (UML), which will
support the exchange of mapping information about roads between
cooperating organizations and communities. This task is part of a
larger effort to develop data content standards and other capabilities
for the Geospatial One-Stop project currently underway by the
Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC). OGC is partnering with
the FGDC and other organizations to create a tool and associated
processes to deploy these models for practical application by
cooperating communities. OGC will test and demonstrate this
process with technologies that employ OpenGIS® Specifications such
as Web Feature Server and Geography Markup Language (GML).
Content standards and models resulting from the MAT process will be
submitted to American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for
adoption.
OGC is seeking expression of industry interest to participate in the
MAT to provide modeling support, with the expectation that a Request
for Quotations (RFQ) will be issued in mid-July for additional work.
OGC will make small "scholarship" funds available to compensate
some of the interested organizations. Expressions of interest should
be delivered by email to kbuehler@opengis.org by July 12, 2002, and
must include 1) reasons for interest, 2) area of expertise
(roads/transportation domain knowledge, UML modeling knowledge,
or GML/XML Schema knowledge), and 3) whether scholarship funds
are sought. Organizations selected for this effort will be invited to
participate in MAT sessions to be held July 16-18 in the Washington
DC area. The remainder of the MAT activity will be conducted via
email and telephone conferences. Participation in the MAT process
prior to RFQ release will not affect an organization's ability to bid
for the RFQ.
In July OGC will issue a RFQ to seek solutions for the implementation
of a UML to GML tool that will be available for later use in future
Geospatial One-Stop framework standards efforts. Participants
working on the UML to GML tool will also generate the GML
Application Schema as part of the validation and testing of the tool.
In addition, the RFQ will seek participation in a pilot project that will
implement the data content standard in at least two legacy data stores
providing Web Feature Server (WFS) access to transportation data
via the GML Application Schema and appropriate client solutions.
OGC is an international industry consortium of more than 230
companies, government agencies and universities participating in a
consensus process to develop publicly available geoprocessing
specifications. OpenGIS® Specifications support interoperable
solutions that "geo-enable" the Web and mainstream IT, and empower
technology developers to make complex spatial information and
services accessible and useful with all kinds of applications. Visit the
OGC website at www.opengis.org.