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Open Standards Board Meeting 16 September 2021 #70
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I'm surprised that there was no mention of INSPIRE in this conversation |
Key issues:
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Isn't that what we have now on this platform?
For some this is a legal requirement (INSPIRE).
bad phraseology perhaps? GEMINI isn't over/instead of 19115/39 it is (now) those things + |
There was further discussion on the Open Standards Board Slack channel, in which I resolved Ed's concerns - but then I discovered that the channel has a 7-day retention period! So he & I will have to remember what we concluded. I've used my memory of it here.... For example, I think he accepted that AGI has a better record of maintaining GEMINI than any Cabinet Office team has had (e.g. of maintaining the eGovernment Metadata Standard) I think we can ignore much of what Jacqui said, in that it was resolved during the meeting. However, some things may return. We should also ignore Matthew's point about 'what is an open standard' - you can see that was answered in the meeting. In my view, the actions for us are:
I have asked the Open Standards Board if the discussion will continue, or only if the Geospatial Commission brings it back. Parallel to that, Geospatial Commission is in conversation with the Open Standards Board about getting a sort of delegated authority to decide which are the appropriate geospatial standards - they'd use IST/36 to make those decisions. For those of you who aren't IST/36 members, watch this space! |
There is now a link from https://www.agi.org.uk/uk-gemini/ to this GitHub repository, so the minutes are now (more) public. I think the site is quite clear how to join this group (https://www.agi.org.uk/agi-uk-gemini/ - needs updating re chair & secretariat). I think the fact that AGI owns GEMINI is quite clear (never understood their idea that it wasn't!) Leaves:
Should we close this as an issue? |
Minuets available at - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1030759/Open_Standards_Board_Meeting_-_16_September_2021__1_.odt
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