WG8

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WG8 7 Meeting Lake Tahoe June 2001 Convenors
Report

• Producing Standards Relevant to Industry
• SC24 history of Co-operative Agreements
  continued with WG8 SEDRIS
• Updates on OGC, DGIWG and IHO
• JTC1 currently debating a Workshop mode of
  operation
• On 60 day ballot in preparation for proposal to
  JTC1 Plenary 2001
• Existing Cat C Liaisons
• SISO Working well. Attendance at meetings and
  comments on WDs
• OGC For closer links, data dictionaries
  suggested as a joint work item
• Support from Doug OBrien
• Spomsored project approach favoured by Cliff
  Kottmen

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Convenors Report

• Proposed Cat C Liaisons
• DGIWG Parent body for FACC (Feature Attribute
  and Coding Catalogue)
• Ray Staggemeier taken over from
  Herman Dohmann as TC Chair
• DGIWG SC meeting end of May aware of liaison
  request
• DGIWG Chair and Secretary to discuss on 7
  June
• IHO International Hydrographical Office
• IHB Directors asked to support
  liaison proposal on 20 April
• No reply, so Tony Pharaoh sent a reminder on 5
  June
• WMO World Meteorological Office
• Intend to establish a liaison

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Convenors Report

• EDCS, SRM and SEDRIS WDs
• EDCS WD5 now released. To be reviwed at 8
  Palm Springs
• SRM WD5 generated in between EDCS.
  Reviewed at Lake Tahoe
• SEDRIS WD4 intended for Palm Springs, but had
  to be deferred
• Appreciation to the Editors for producing WDs
  under such tight schedules
• COMMENT
• Focus of attention has been on EDCS and SRM as
• Fundamental to the definition of SEDRIS
• Interest extends beyond the Modelling and
  Simulation community
• Large number of Working Drafts reflects the
  drive to establish clear and unambiguous standards