Mike Liebhold wrote: > More (perhaps old) news ( 4/13) " OGC® Approves KML as Open Standard" > The formal press release from OGC appended below, and this on a google blog > > http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2008/04/kml-new-standard-for-sharing-maps.html > > > "Starting today, Google no longer controls KML. The Open Geospatial > Consortium (OGC), an international standards body, has announced the > completion of KML's standardization process. KML has become an OGC > Standard, and the OGC will take responsibility for maintaining and > extending it. This transfer of ownership is a strong reflection of > Google's commitment to open standards. Fundamentally, our interest is > not to control information, but rather to encourage its spread." > > Despite this announcement , does the OGC community actually now 'own' > the future of kml? I'm not sure. > > Perhaps someone more knowledgeable can comment on whether not Google > actually still controls KML destiny, with all of their queued up kml3.0 > and beyond features and extensions they can unilaterally adopt and > implement in google earth, before submission or adoption by OGC > committees. > I'm also wondering about highlights of alignment with GML, and what > major elements are left out or postponed in this 'standard' version. > Some 3d elements perhaps? > > Raj or Carl or Ron anyone in the OGC KML groups care to share any > comments? (Andrew?) >
It'll be interesting to see how it works out. Google clearly has incentive to make Google Earth and KML more of a publishing system, and one that ties into GData, OpenSocial, etc. There's a cool architectural style for this which I like to talk about. The OGC, on the other hand, will be looking to make KML a lifeline for the WxS architecture (see the last couple of paragraphs from http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/kml/). Maybe KML can be all these things. Sean _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list Geowanking@lists.burri.to http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
