i. Preface
This document was developed as part of the OGC OWS-4 GeoDRM Thread activity as part of the OGC Interoperability Program OWS-4 initiative. The OWS4 initiative began
June 2006 and finished with a demonstration in early December 2006 at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, in Jersey City, USA. The results were presented
at the OGC San Diego TC meeting in mid December in the GeoDRM WG, Security WG and in the Architecture WG.
Suggested additions, changes, and comments on this draft report are welcome and encouraged. Such suggestions may be submitted by email message or by making
suggested changes in an edited copy of this document.
The changes made in this document version, relative to the previous version, are tracked by Microsoft Word, and can be viewed if desired. If you choose to submit suggested
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ii. Document terms and definitions
This document uses the specification terms defined in Subclause 5.3 of [OGC 05-008], which is based on the ISOIEC Directives, Part 2. Rules for the structure and drafting of
International Standards. In particular, the word “shall” not “must” is the verb form used to indicate a requirement to be strictly followed to conform to this specification.
iii. Submitting organizations
The following organizations submitted this document to the Open Geospatial Consortium Inc.
• con terra GmbH, Münster, Germany • Fraunhofer ISST, Dortmund, Germany
• University of the German Armed Forces UniBW, Munich, Germany
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iv. Document contributor contact points
All questions regarding this document should be directed to the editor or the contributors:
Name Organization Contact
Cristian OPINCARU CO University of the German Armed Forces UniBW
Cristian.Opincaru [at] unibw.de Andreas MATHEUS AM University of the German Armed Forces
UniBW Andreas.Matheus [at] unibw.de
Christian Elfers CE con terra GmbH
christian.elfers [at] conterra.de Jan Martin Senne JMS
Fraunhofer ISST jan.martin.senne [at]
do.isst.fraunhofer.de Roland Wagner RW
con terra GmbH roland.wagner [at] uni-muenster.de
v. Revision history