The OGC Web Coverage Service (WCS) Application Profile - Earth Observation (EO- WCS), defines a profile of WCS 2.0 [OGC 09-110r4] for use on Earth Observation data.

This GitHub repository was originally extracted from the Microsoft Word version of the approved OGC® Web Coverage Service 2.0 Interface Standard - Earth Observation Application Profile (EO-WCS) version 1.0.

The repository tracks the latest version of the standard as it evolves. Pull requests for fixes are appreciated, and new functionality will still be considered even though version 1.0 has been adopted. The specification is done in asciidoc a format supported by GitHub, similar to markdown but with some features that make it better for specifications, like automatic section numbering.

The contributor understands that any contributions, if accepted by the OGC Membership, shall be incorporated into the formal OGC EO-WCS standards document and that all copyright and intellectual property shall be vested to the OGC.

The WCS Standards Working Group (SWG) is the group at OGC responsible for the stewardship of the standard.

The WCS SWG currently has the following email list:

• [email protected] -- sign up here
  • Private List
  • Access controlled archives
  • Requires OGC membership and Observer Agreement to protect IPR (intellectual property rights)

SWG Chair: Peter Baumann

SWG Vice Chair: Stephan Meissl

The WCS SWG is accepting public comments and suggested revisions to the standard via GitHub. To suggest changes to the standard please fork the repository and submit a pull request with the desired changes. Please make one pull request per logical requested change and be sure to include a comment in the PR with any justification or reasoning on why the change is needed.

For more general comments (that don't include actual text changes to the specification) please create a GitHub issue for that topic.

Complex changes and feature requests must go through the change request process. The details entered in the change request form will help the SWG adjudicate and prioritize the request.

To build this document run rake build and open build/spec/index.html in a browser.

Before the first time also install dependencies via bundle install.

The gh-pages branch holds the latest approved version of the build and is viewable at https://eox-a.github.io/eo-wcs/.