Open GeoData Interoperability Specification

OGIS: Open GeoData Interoperability Specification
OLE: Object Linking and Embedding
OMG: Object Management Group ...

OGISThe Open Geodata Interoperability Specification being developed by OGC to support interoperability of GIS systems in a heterogenous computing environment.

Buehler, K., 1995. Open Geodata Interoperability Specification (OGIS). Presentation given by Kurt Buehler at the OGIS workshop in Zürich, Switzerland, 30 November 1995.

[interoperability] Acronym for Open Geodata Interoperability Specification. A specification, developed by the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc., to support interoperability of GIS in a heterogeneous computing environment.

Currently a number of efforts are ongoing to refine existing standards or develop alternatives, including the Open GIS Consortium's Open Geodata Interoperability Specification (OGIS).

nonprofit organization dedicated to the development of an open systems approach to geoprocessing. The OGC was initiated in August 1994 by the Open Systems Foundation (OSF) to spearhead the Open GeoData Interoperability Specification (OGIS) project" ...

to develop standards for GIS hardware or software at this time. as these standards are expected to evolve from groups such as the Open GIS Consortium, a non-profit trade association formed to implement the Open Geodata Interoperability Specification .

See also: Information, GIS, Interoperability, Model, Geographic