The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) announced 5 new compliance tests for existing OGC standards:
• OGC Geography Markup Language (GML) Encoding Standard 3.2.1
• OGC Web Feature Service (WFS) Interface Standard 2.0
• OGC Web Coverage Service (WCS) Interface Standard 2.0
• OGC Sensor Planning Service (SPS) Interface Standard 2.0
• OGC Sensor Observation Service (SOS) Interface Standard 2.0
OGC standards – encoding and interface specifications – are free to download and free to use in software implementations. The OGC Compliance Program provides an online free testing facilityto check for proper implementation of the standards, and a process for certification of products that are compliant with OGC standards.