GeoSPARQL Standards Working Group Meeting Minutes
Meeting Details
Meeting Date: 03/04/2026
Meeting Time: 2000 UTC
Meeting Location: Microsoft Teams
Attendees
| Attendee |
Moniker |
| Joseph Abhayaratna |
JA |
| Timo Homburg |
TH |
| Nicholas Car |
NC |
| Matthew Perry |
MP |
Note Takers
Action Items From Last Meetings
| Done? |
Item |
Responsible |
Due Date |
| ✅ |
Add missing meeting notes to GitHub |
JA |
Completed |
Discussion Items
| Time |
Item |
Who |
Notes |
| 2000 |
Opening, roll call, and procedural items |
JA |
- Roll call completed
- Patent call and recording acknowledged
|
| 2005 |
EWKB motion and TC plenary preparation |
All |
- Discussion of motion to advance Extended WKB (EWKB) as an OGC Community Standard
- Agreement that Scott will present rationale at TC plenary due to time zone constraints
- Review of justification slides and required refinements
|
| 2025 |
GeoSPARQL roadmap and priorities |
All |
- GeoSPARQL 1.3 priorities: improved 3D support and additional literal types
- Status update on GeoSPARQL 1.1 heading toward ISO co-publication
|
| 2035 |
ISO co-adoption status |
NC |
- Overview of ISO draft based on GeoSPARQL 1.1
- Structural and formatting changes for ISO compliance
- Request for SWG members to review and provide feedback
|
| 2045 |
Meeting notes automation |
JA |
- Demonstration of automated transcription and Copilot-generated meeting notes
- Comparison with manually maintained notes
- Agreement to proceed with automated notes with light human review
|
| 2055 |
OGC Building Blocks and validation |
TH |
- Integration of SHACL shapes and examples into Building Blocks register
- Discussion of topology properties and validation gaps
|
| 2105 |
Reference implementation and tooling |
TH, NC |
- Presentation of GeoSPARQL implementation for RDFLib using Shapely
- Discussion of test suite, aggregates, and future publication
- Question raised on publishing under RDFLibGeoSPARQL repository
|
| 2120 |
Rainbow / Naming Authority governance |
JA, NC |
- Rainbow identified as critical platform for publishing standards-related resources
- Discussion of governance and review challenges for normative resources
- Agreement to continue coordination and clarify governance expectations
|
| 2130 |
Close |
JA |
MEETING ENDS |
Action Items
| # |
Item |
Responsible |
Due Date |
| 1 |
Review ISO GeoSPARQL draft and provide feedback |
All |
Within 1–2 weeks |
| 2 |
Merge outstanding PRs (RDF tidy, WebVOWL link fixes) |
NC |
Next meeting |
| 3 |
Decide publication location for RDFLib GeoSPARQL implementation |
TH, NC |
Next meeting |
| 4 |
Publish reviewed meeting notes |
JA |
End of week |