Fyi, Anyone plans to join in London? Work on ‘ogc:api features’ (aka wfs3) implementation in qgis. Travel sponsorship may be available.
Cheers, Paul Begin doorgestuurd bericht: > Van: announce--- via TC-Announce <[email protected]> > Datum: 3 april 2019 om 15:33:12 CEST > Aan: [email protected] > Onderwerp: [TC-Announce] OGC invites developers to the OGC API Hackathon > Antwoord aan: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > > OGC invites developers to the OGC API Hackathon > > Participate in the most important hackathon in OGC history! > > > > Contact: [email protected] > > 3 April 2019: The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) invites interested > developers to the OGC API Hackathon, held in London on June 20 & 21, 2019. > > The most important hackathon in OGC history is coming quickly. This hackathon > will test draft OpenAPI-based specifications for features, coverages, map > tiles, and processes using a common Application Programming Interface (API) > template. The template will be based on the work completed to date on the OGC > API - features specification (formerly referred to as WFS3). This event will > be instrumental to the evolution of OGC web standards to a modern API-based > approach, setting the course for open geospatial standards - in and outside > OGC - for the next decade. > > The Hackathon will focus on implementing and testing draft API specifications > for geospatial information on the web. Emphasis will be placed on making the > APIs web-friendly for non-geospatial experts. Links to the draft > specifications are in the Hackathon Invitation (see link, below). Optimally, > participants will have client, server, or both implementations in advance of > the event. Be prepared to update your implementation during the hackathon. > Datasets and cloud processing resources are being identified for use in > testing during the event. See the Invitation and the Hackathon Initiative > Page for more the latest information. > > An OGC Hackathon is a collaborative and inclusive event driven by innovative > and rapid programming with minimum process and organization constraints to > support the development of new applications and open standards. > > Ordnance Survey is providing an excellent venue and project management > support. The event is planned for June 20 & 21, 2019 at the Geovation Hub in > London, UK. > > “As a Strategic Member of OGC, Ordnance Survey is pleased to support this > effort,” said Simon Green, Head of Data Architecture at Ordnance Survey. “As > we look towards the strategic enabling capabilities that cloud-native > geospatial processing delivers, we anticipate that the future of geospatial > interoperability will be increasingly based upon API’s that are built on Web > standards, leveraging the strengths of the World Wide Web. We are honoured > to host and facilitate this crucially important hackathon in partnership with > OGC, from which we and others can look forward to benefiting from the highly > anticipated results.” > > There will be opportunity for joint discussion with all participants on the > goals and objectives of the event as well as final briefing of findings and > opinions of the participants. However, the majority of the time will be spent > in collaboration between participants in active coding. > > We are seeking organizations to sponsor travel for key Hackathon Participants > to attend and participate in the event. For more information on sponsorship > opportunities and benefits, contact Scott Simmons [email protected]. > > For more information on the Hackathon, including venue information, > registration requirements, and expected skill sets, visit the OGC API > Hackathon event page on OGC’s website, or register on Eventbrite. 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