A public repository of the OGC MetOcean Domain Working Group
The purpose of Weather on the Web is to clarify and formalise the weather related standards landscape that enables the development and use of weather based web services:
- to determine how weather* information can best be integrated with other data on the Web;
- to define a range of access patterns and encoding extensions** that cover a set of core use cases specified;
- to identify and assess existing methods and tools;
- to drive consensus on weather standards for the web;
- and to produce a set of best practice for use of weather information on the web.
Weather on the Web is solely focused on data APIs as opposed to product APIs, in which specific business logic and understanding the context of use is required to add further value.
Weather on the Web will not consider Use Cases that require specific business knowledge of the end use.
*Weather meaning any meteorological information that covers past present and future state of the atmosphere including observations and climatological data.
**encoding extensions: for example specifying GeoJSON structures for describing weather at a specific location.
The files of the master branch are structured so that each deliverable has its own folder:
- Use Cases
- The Weather on the Web Use Cases & Requirements refined and prioritised by the Met Ocean Domain WG that guide the creation of the standard.
- Business Case
- This folder contains documents related to the business case for weather on the web, describing the benefits of creating a standard and the types of problems we are trying to solve.
- Core Specification
- This folder contains the core specification of Weather on the Web standard.
- Best Practice
- This folder contains the files that comprimise the best practice guide.
The contributor understands that any contributions, if accepted by the OGC Membership, shall be incorporated into OGC weather on the web standards documents and that all copyright and intellectual property shall be vested to the OGC.
The Met Ocean Domain Working Group is the group at OGC responsible for the stewardship of the standard, but is working to do as much work in public as possible.