How does OGC facilitate e-commerce in geodata and geoprocessing services?
OGC members have cooperatively developed a standards framework for 1) easy Web-based geodata discovery and access and 2) geoprocessing Web Service discovery and access. This framework is consistent with the larger IT industry’s evolving framework for e-commerce, which includes facilities for security, authentication, authorization and monetary transactions. The detailed requirements of e-commerce that are unique to geodata and geoprocessing services, and a proposed set of interfaces to meet these requirements, have been documented in an OGC discussion paper titled, “Web Pricing & Ordering Service.
