[Gml4j-devel] IRC discussion for opensource GML development

[Cameron S. <csh...@bi...>]

Hello,

Intro
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Two open source projects have been putting heads together recently to develop 
common libraries to handle Geographic Markup Language (GML) and related 
issues:

http://geotools.sourceforge.net   (GIS applet for viewing maps)
http://geoserver.sourceforge.net (Web Feature Server / Simple Feature Server).

Issues we need to resolve are:
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1. How to extent the Java Topology Suite 
http://www.vividsolutions.com/jts/main.htm to include attributes (it 
currently provides a suite of GIS functions).
2. Writing a SAX GML parser.
3. Extentions to http://gml4j.sourceforge.net
4. It would be great if we could tap into a GML expert.
5. We are working toward a Web Feature Server (WFS) client and server.

IRC Session
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We are currently holding weekly IRC meetings.  The next one is tentively 
planned for:
Tuesday Feburary 26, 2002, at 1800 GMT.
(See the following URL to find a timeslot near you).
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingtime.html?day=27&month=2&year=2002&p1=136&p2=240&p3=262&p4=179

If you are interested in participating, then let me know:
1. What timezone you are in,
2. What times suite you,
3. What bits interest you.

Email List
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Discussion of issues is currently happening on the geotools developers list.  
http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=4091 . If there is enough external 
interest, we may need to move this elsewhere.

Hope to hear from you soon,
Cameron (geotools developer).