The next version of the OGC Web Feature Service standard
This GitHub repository is used by the OGC WFS/FES Standards Working Group and ISO/TC 211 to develop the next major revision of the Web Feature Service and Filter Encoding open standards for querying geospatial information on the web.
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A draft for part 1 of WFS 3.0 is available. It is basically a complete draft:
- OGC Web Feature Service 3.0 - Part 1: Core, Editors' draft
- First draft release, open issues
- Implementations of the draft specification / demo services
- Checklist for implementers
In addition, a non-normative document, the "WFS 3.0 Users Guide", is planned.
In addition to feedback from the initial implementations as well as discussions on GitHub and in the OGC/ISO working group, the current draft of the Core specification has been tested in a WFS 3.0 Hackathon. The release of a first draft version is planned for April and will be used as input for the OGC Testbed-14 and for the next steps in the standardization process in OGC and ISO/TC 211. The open issues that we plan to address in this version can be seen in the milestone information.
The current expectation is to have a stable version of the Core specification in early 2019. We want to wait for sufficient implementation feedback, mature implementations including a test suite, the results of OGC Testbed-14 and experience with draft extensions first.
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The contributor understands that any contributions, if accepted by the OGC Membership and ISO/TC 211, shall be incorporated into OGC and ISO/TC 211 Web Feature Service standards documents and that all copyright and intellectual property shall be vested to the OGC.
The WFS/FES Standards Working Group (SWG) is the group at OGC responsible for the stewardship of the standard, but is working to do as much work in public as possible.