GeoSPARQL Standards Working Group Meeting Minutes
Meeting Details
Meeting Date: 10/01/2025
Meeting Time: 2005–2042
Meeting Location: Microsoft Teams
Note: No quorum was present.
Attendees
| Attendee |
Moniker |
| Joseph Abhayaratna |
JA |
| Timo Homburg |
TH |
| Nicholas Car |
NC |
| Matthew Perry |
MP |
Apologies
Note Takers
Action Items From Last Meetings
| Done? | Item | Responsible | Due Date |
| —- | —- | —- | — |
Discussion Items
| Time |
Item |
Who |
Notes |
| 20:05 |
Roll call and call for patents |
All |
- Roll call completed.
- No patents declared.
|
| 20:15 |
General discussion |
JA |
- JA reported that two documents for EWKB normative reference work have been sent to Scott and are ready to proceed to public comment.
|
| 20:15 |
Issues |
All |
- Issue discussed: https://github.com/opengeospatial/ogc-geosparql/issues/637
- PC to review the issue.
|
| 20:23 |
Other topics |
TH, PC |
- New repository for vocabularies identified: https://github.com/opengeospatial/geosemantics-vocabs
- TH working on a 3D example.
- PC reported a meeting with Anthony Cohn.
- Positive feedback that RCC is being used in GeoSPARQL.
- Interest expressed in compiling a list of implementations.
- View expressed that RCC9 work will likely suffice for 3D and cover most use cases.
- Relevant paper referenced: https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/13/1/25
- TH proposed next steps to extract property definitions for RCC9 relations.
- TH suggested examining how RCC9 relates to Simple Features relations and whether new SF relations are needed.
- PC advised he would be out of the country until November.
- PC noted GeoSPARQL has been integrated into the information exchange standard.
|
| 20:42 |
Close |
All |
MEETING ENDS |
Action Items
| # |
Item |
Responsible |
Due Date |
| 1 |
Develop a 3D example |
TH |
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