[OGC Press Release] The OGC Will Exhibit at AEC-ST Conference

[OGC Press Release]

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

December 5, 2007 -- Wayland, Mass. -- The Open Geospatial Consortium 
(OGC®) will be exhibiting in booth 322 at the conference "Science and 
Technology for Architecture, Engineering and Construction" in 
Washington, DC. The exhibition, in the Washington Convention Center, 
will be open from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM on Wednesday 13 December, and from 
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM on Thursday 14 December.

Since a 2004 study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
made clear that improving interoperability can save billions of dollars 
over the lifecycle of a facility, interest in realizing these savings 
has intensified.

The OGC is planning an Interoperability Program Initiative, called the 
AECOO Testbed, to address several priority issues that cross the entire 
building lifecycle. Visitors to the booth will learn details about the 
testbed and how they can participate.

The OGC will be presenting an overview of the testbed in the session 
"Introduction to the buildingSMART alliance" from 8:00 to 9:00 AM on 
Thursday, 14 December.

The OGC(R) 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(R) 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.