The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is seeking public comment on the adoption of GeoSPARQL v1.1 as an OGC Standard. OGC GeoSPARQL extends W3C’s SPARQL to provide a geographic query language for RDF data. Comments are due by 11 January, 2023.
Version 1.1 of GeoSPARQL extends the originally published standard in 2012 that is used for representation and querying of geospatial linked data for the Semantic Web in new ways.
SPARQL is one of several key technologies that enable the “Semantic Web” or “Web of data,” where data is published to the Web so that it can be accessed, shared, and reused across applications and users. In other words, in a manner aligned with the FAIR data principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable). SPARQL specifications provide languages and protocols to query and manipulate RDF graph content on the Web or in an RDF store.
Other technologies identified by the W3C Semantic Web Activity as being key to the Semantic Web include the Resource Description Framework (RDF) data model, which provides a directed, labeled graph data format for representing data on the Web, and the OWL 2 Web Ontology Language, which provides an ontology for the consistent naming and identification of data.
The OGC GeoSPARQL draft specification complements these technologies by providing a geographic query language for RDF data that contains a spatial component.
OGC Seeks Public Comment on Creating new GeoDataCube Standards Working Group
Monday, December 19th, 2022The Open Geospatial Consortium is seeking public comment on the creation of a GeoDataCube Standards Working Group (SWG). The GeoDataCube SWG will enhance the interoperability between existing datacube solutions, simplify the interaction with different datacubes, and facilitate the integration of data from multiple datacube sources. By following a user-centric approach, the SWG will develop solutions that meet the needs of scientists, application developers, and API integrators.
The goal of the OGC GeoDataCube SWG is to create a new API specifically to serve the core functionalities of GeoDataCubes such as access and processing and to define exchange format recommendations, profiles, and a metadata model. The SWG also aims to analyze usability of already existing Standards and identify use cases.
Similar to other OGC APIs, the GeoDataCube SWG will create this new standard from existing building blocks such as existing geospatial Standards, previous OGC innovation initiatives, and other developer resources in a very use-case driven approach, i.e., with a small core and possible extensions. This will allow for interoperability across future OGC Standards.
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