Hi All,
After discussing with our lab members, i am pleased to inform that we now have
an official name and also short acronym (to be used for mailing list, domain
name etc) which is easy to remember for the network.
"ICA-OSGeo Lab Network" is the official title of the network and OSGL for "Ope
Just to let you know:
REL is used to abbreviate "Rights expression language" and is used in
ISO standards. In the geospatial domain we have "ISO 19149:2011 Geographic
information -- Rights expression language for geographic information -- GeoREL"
http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumbe
I agree that we need to avoid confusion between the incubator and the
research and education initiative. If folks are used to "OSGEO labs" being
associated with incubation, I would say keep it that way. I like both EDU
and REL, but I think the REL label for Research and Education weould be
more
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>> boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Cameron Shorter
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>> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Picking a name for &quo
Thanks Cameron. What others might not have seen is the much discussion
off-line about this today. Earlier today I pointed out that the name
"OSGeo Labs" is currently in use, and then Helena recommended "OSGeo
REL" (Research and Education Labs) which I like very much.
I also earlier recommended t
All,
Suchith's OSGeo Research and Education Labs Network is becoming more and
more successful, with new educational institutions being added every
week or two. (Are we up to 20 to 25 Universities now?)
I see the list of emails has 46 people on it. So there is discussion about:
1. Setting up an
