GeoSPARQL Standards Working Group Meeting Minutes
Meeting Details
Meeting Date: 02/05/2025
Meeting Time: 2005–2103
Meeting Location: Microsoft Teams
Note: Not a quorum.
Attendees
| Attendee |
Moniker |
| Joseph Abhayaratna |
JA |
| Nicholas Car |
NC |
| Matthew Perry |
MP |
| Arkadiusz Chadzynski |
AC |
| Timo Homburg |
TH |
Apologies
Absent
- Paul Cripps (PC)
- Vladimir Alexiev (VA)
Note Takers
Action Items From Last Meetings
| Done? |
Item |
Responsible |
Due Date |
| ⬜ |
Work out what publication of alignments in OGC Rainbow looks like |
NC |
Carried forward |
| ⬜ |
Prepare presentation for JAG |
JA, NC |
— |
Discussion Items
| Time |
Item |
Who |
Notes |
| 20:05 |
Roll call and call for patents |
All |
- Roll call completed.
- No patents declared.
|
| 20:06 |
Previous actions |
All |
- No updates from JA or NC.
- NC to work out what publication of alignments in OGC Rainbow would look like (carried forward).
- JA and NC to prepare a presentation for JAG (scheduled for 4 p.m. Friday).
|
| 20:12 |
Other updates |
TH |
- Work starting on the CRS ontology using Metanorma (for ISO) and AsciiDoc with co‑branding (for W3C).
- SHACL Working Group currently active; opportunity identified to test SHACL and provide feedback/CRs to assist GeoSPARQL.
- SHACL profiles enable specification of constraint profiles.
|
| 20:18 |
Issues and PRs |
All |
- Issue discussed: https://github.com/opengeospatial/ogc-geosparql/issues/610 — PC to post further updates; discussion on mapping to disjoint concepts and distinction between actual space, representation, and serialisation.
- Issue discussed: https://github.com/opengeospatial/ogc-geosparql/issues/609 — work in progress by AC.
- Issue discussed: https://github.com/opengeospatial/ogc-geosparql/issues/604 — TH queried representation of matrices in GeoSPARQL; PC suggested RDF Data Cube approach and will investigate further.
- Issue discussed: https://github.com/opengeospatial/ogc-geosparql/issues/556 — TH asked about extrusion in other dimensions (e.g., time, colour).
- PRs noted: outstanding changes and reviews for Geocoding Vocabulary and Including common Non‑SFA functions.
- Discussion referenced 3D Primitives Vocabulary and alignments to IFC, CityRDF, and X3D (see Actions).
|
| 21:03 |
Close |
All |
MEETING ENDS |
Action Items
| # |
Item |
Responsible |
Due Date |
| 1 |
Investigate working within CityRDF WG to meet requirements of 3D Primitives Vocabulary and alignments to IFC, CityRDF, and X3D |
AC |
— |
| 2 |
Investigate interest from OGC in extending Simple Features to include 3D and identify current chair |
JA |
— |
| 3 |
Follow up with Rob Atkinson on review of the 3D primitives |
NC |
— |