How to Participate in the OGC Ocean Science Interoperability Experiment

There are different ways to participate in OOSTethys, either downloading, testing the code, providing documentation etc. Read here for more details. This section explains how to join the Oceans Interoperability Experiment (OCEANS IE).

To participate in the OCEANS IE and help advance standards in the oceanographic community you do not need to be OGC member. But if you are, you can take advantage of accessing information from the working groups and participating in other OGC initiatives.

Non-OGC-Member Participation

• Join the mailing list by sending an email to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU with 'SUBSCRIBE OOSTETHYS' in the message body.

OGC-Member Participation

• Subscribe to the OCEANS IE email list at http://lists.opengeospatial.org/mailman/listinfo/oceans.ie If there are others in your organization who would also like to participate (or observe), they will also need to subscribe.
• You as an OGC member could agree to be a participant or an observer.
  • You can actively by a participant by a having a concrete role in the project (for example implementing a client). Your organization must sign and return and OGC IE Participant agreement.
  • You can be an observer and not an active participant in the OCEANS IE, by accepting the terms and conditions as detailed in the online OGC Observer Agreement.

The Observer and Participant agreements ensure that any Intellectual Property related to OGC standards developed during the course of the IE remain vested in the OGC for the good of the Consortium and the membership. If you have any questions regarding these participant agreements, please email Carl Reed at creed AT opengeospatial.org

Teleconferences

Project teleconferences occur every Friday 11 ET. Agenda and reminder are sent every Thursday. Agendas and Minutes are posted here.