[OGC Press Release] The OGC Seeks Comment on OGC Candidate KML 2.2 Standard

[OGC Press]

PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For information about this announcement, contact:

Sam Bacharach
Executive Director, Outreach and Community Adoption
Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc
tel: +1-703-352-3938
sbacharach at opengeospatial.org

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December 4, 2007. Wayland, MA. The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.
(OGC®) seeks public comment on a draft OpenGIS® Encoding
Standard (OGC KML) for KML 2.2, a XML-based encoding schema for
expressing geographic annotation and visualization on existing or
future web-based online maps (2d) and Earth browsers (3d).

The draft OGC KML 2.2 standard formalizes the KML 2.2 model and
language while remaining backwards compatible with existing KML 2.2
files. In comparison with the Google KML 2.2 Reference, the draft
standard defines:

  -  the KML 2.2 geometry encoding and interpolation model;
  -  an extension model in support of application profiles;
  -  conformance requirements and test cases.

The submission of KML into the OGC consensus process by the RFC
Submission team led by Google and Galdos Systems Inc. ensures that KML
will be aligned with international best practices and standards,
thereby enabling greater uptake and interoperability of Earth browser
implementations.

The draft OpenGIS KML v2.2 Encoding Standard is available at
http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/requests/45. Suggested
changes and comments on this draft are welcome and encouraged. Submit
comments via email using the instructions and template provided at the
website above. Extensive comments may be included directly in the PDF
file using the free Acrobat Reader product, provided that they are
referenced from the email itself.

The public comment period will remain open until January 4, 2008.

The OGC® is an international consortium of more than 340
companies, government agencies, research organizations, and
universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly
available geospatial standards. OpenGIS® Standards support
interoperable solutions that "geo-enable" the Web, wireless
and location-based services, and mainstream IT. OGC Standards empower
technology developers to make geospatial information and services
accessible and useful with any application. Visit the OGC website at
http://www.opengeospatial.org.