I guess another possibility would be to approach contacts in the OGC, whose business is essentially all about open standards in the wider GIS arena.
Members of OGC who have links to FOSS/OSGEO that I'm aware of include Autodesk, Lisasoft & TOPP, & some national bodies such as LINZ. Brent Wood --- On Sat, 10/17/09, Matt Wilkie <matt.wil...@gov.yk.ca> wrote: > From: Matt Wilkie <matt.wil...@gov.yk.ca> > Subject: Re: [gdal-dev] Fastest vector format for combining shapefiles > To: "Simon Greener" <si...@spatialdbadvisor.com> > Cc: "gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org" <gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org> > Date: Saturday, October 17, 2009, 7:26 AM > > Before ever I would advise > anything I would want to see the open > > source GIS community clearly define that it is that it > wants in a > > new physical file format. > > In my experience the open source community rarely, if ever, > defines a thing before creating it. What usually happens is > that somebody (whether an individual or small group) builds > somethings that works, or almost works, and to the extent it > responds to business or functional needs a community > coalesces around it. The define first approach seems to > inevitably tend towards "standards wanking" as someone in > the thread you posted said. And thanks for the pouinter. It > made interesting reading and likely largely covers the > ground this thread might, should it continue. > > best regards, > > matt wilkie > -------------------------------------------- > Geomatics Analyst > Information Management and Technology > Yukon Department of Environment > 10 Burns Road * Whitehorse, Yukon * Y1A 4Y9 > 867-667-8133 Tel * 867-393-7003 Fax > http://environmentyukon.gov.yk.ca/geomatics/ > -------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > gdal-dev mailing list > gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev > _______________________________________________ gdal-dev mailing list gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev
