[Requests] comment on SWE Common: reference OGC standards

[Peter Baumann]

PART A

1. Evaluator:
        Peter Baumann, p.baumann at jacobs-university.de

2. Submission:
    SWE Common Data Model 2.0 RFC (09-084) 
<http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=38475&version=2&format=pdf> 



PART B

1. Requirement:
    mention relevant OGC standards in addition to ISO, in particular:
    the Web Coverage Service when it comes to coverages

2. Implementation Specification Section number:
    Annex B, in particular: Section B.3, p 152

3. Criticality:
    major

4. Comments/justifications for changes:

Instead of only referring to ISO standards, SWE Common should also refer 
to relevant OGC standards (Abstract Topic 6 in addition to ISO 19123, etc).

This should be done already in the Introduction, but also in B.3 which 
currently says:
--- snip ----------------------
B.3 Coverage model
SWE "Arrays" can sometimes be interpreted as coverage range data or grid 
data. However, SWE data arrays are lower level data types and don't 
constitute a "Coverage" in themselves. The ISO "Coverage" model can be 
used on top of the SWE "Array" model (which only provides means for 
describing and encoding the data), in order to provide a stronger link 
between range data and domain definition.
Additionally, sensor descriptions given in SensorML (and thus using the 
SWE Common model) can be used to define a geo-referencing transformation 
that can be associated with a coverage via the ISO model.
--- snip ----------------------

This is correct, but somewhat misleading. Further, IMHO the 
corresponding OGC standards should go first (eg, Abstract Topic 6 
instead of ISO 19123 - I have been pointed to that earlier by OGC 
staff). A reference to WCS would be helpful for the reader's 
understanding, such as:
--- snip ----------------------
SWE "Arrays" can sometimes be interpreted as coverage range data or grid 
data. However, SWE data arrays are lower level data types and don't 
constitute a "Coverage" in themselves.
OGC Web Coverage Service (WCS) defines "Coverages" (both geo referenced 
and not referenced) from an OGC perspective, based on the GML 3.2.1 
coverage model and OGC Abstract Topic 6 (which is identical to ISO 19123).
--- snip ----------------------

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Dr. Peter Baumann
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