[georss] RE: Drafty timeline for GeoRSS

Wed May 3 23:11:48 EDT 2006

Carl,

There is also this presentation at the UN TC in January 2005:

http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=8603

describing GeoRSS and its use vis a vis  WM Context.

(This may actually get built out in OWS Context for OWS-4)

Josh

On May 3, 2006, at 6:42 PM, Carl Reed OGC Account wrote:

> All -
>
> Below is a draft timeline for the current instance of GeoRSS. I  
> have checked with several folks but know I have missed key dates,  
> may not have correct info, or am missing key elements.
>
> Please check over and let me know of any additions, deletions, etc.
>
> I apologize in advance for any ommisions. Timelines are good so  
> that we can capture info now and update as we go so that there is  
> not confusion in the future.
>
> Regards
>
> Carl
>
> 1997 - Dave Winer "plays around" with web feeds.
>
> 1998: RFC 2445 – iCalander, released as an Internet standard. Has a  
> simple
> location syntax for a point geometry. This is relevant because it  
> appears
> that the W3C geo syntax is based on the one in iCalander.
>
> 1999 RSS “invented” – Netscape RSS v 0.9 released
>
> 2001: Internet draft submitted to the IETF Geo-registration  
> (geotagging) of
> HTML documents, Kaegi and Daviel. Never became a standard but  
> significant
> because it appears to build on the iCalander systax but is much  
> richer and
> more semantically rigorous.
>
> 2001 February: Yahoo geowanking discussion list. Minor discussion  
> on how to
> link an RSS message to a geographic location.
>
> 2002: GeoURL concept established - geotagging of URL locations.
> www.geourl.com
>
> 2002 July: RDFMap (Chris Goad): First known instance of geoenabling  
> an RSS
> document.  http://www.mapbureau.com/rdfmap0.91/index.html .  
> Interestnig to
> note that the developers also checked out GML 2.x, used the  
> geometry model
> but modified the syntax so that it would work with RDF.
>
> 2003 January: First version of the W3C "geo" vocabulary/syntax  
> published.
> geo is a simple microformat (RDF based) for geotagging web content  
> using a
> point geometry
>
> 2003 May. First known instance of the use of the term "georss". In  
> an email
> in the geowanking discussion list.
>
> 2003 July: Harvard releases RSS 2.0
>
> 2004 Summer: geowanking discussion list on the concept of a geourl  
> molecule
> code. This would be a microformat for tagging content.
>
> 2004 Raj presented a paper on GeoBlogging in the summer of 2004 at  
> URISA's
> Public Particiation and GIS conference in which he mentions the georss
> concept:
> http://web.mit.edu/rajsingh/www/cmp/collabmaps/Singh-GeoBlogging.pdf.
>
> 2004 During the summer of 2004, Raj, Josh, Allan, and others discussed
> geoenabling feeds during the Boston area GIS Interest Group meeting.
>
> 2005 February: At Location Intelligence, Carl had a meeting with  
> Dave Sonnen
> in which we discussed light-weight geospatial payloads and  
> standards related
> work being done in the IETF.
>
> 2005 April: George, Ron, and Carl write a draft GML Point Profile.
>
> 2005 March: At the BAAMA Symposium, Carl had dinner with Mike  
> Leibold and we
> discussed the concept of geo-enabling (or geotagging) light weight  
> payloads
> as part of Web 2.0 and the geospatial web, including web feeds.
>
> 2005 July. Raj, Josh, and Allan decided to go for georss.
> Raj Singh registers the georss.org domain on 7/20/2005. This could be
> considered the official start date of the current georss initiative.
> Allan Doyle sets up the georss server on an eogeo machine over the  
> next
> couple of days.
>
> 2005 Summer: Raj Singh stands up georss.mit.edu feeds application.
>
> 2005 July: The IETF releases ATOM 1.0 as an internet standard.
>
> 2005 August: Then in August 7th and 8th, Raj and Carl had an email  
> exchange
> on ATOM and how we might have missed the boat in terms of providing  
> input to
> geo-enable ATOM. This led me to have a dialogue with Tim Bray  
> (major enabler
> for the  development of the ATOM spec) geoenabling ATOM.
>
> 2005 August: All this led to an August 18th teleconference - and I  
> am not
> sure who actually who suggested this - to have a brainstorming  
> session that
> included Allan D, Josh L, Raj, Ron Lake, and Carl R.. There were  
> actually a
> series of teleconferences and emails. Some of the teleconferences  
> pre-dated
> the dialogue with Tim Bray.
>
> At this point, many others began contributing to the discussion,  
> setting
> requirements and so forth.
>
> 2006 January - What we believe to be the first official version  
> ready for
> implementation.
>
> 2006 March: Mikel Maron stands up first georss feed validator.
>
> 2006 March: GeoRSS goes to ROME (http://georss.geonames.org/)
>
> 2006 April: GeoRSS Blog is set up.
>
>
> Carl Reed, PhD
> CTO and Executive Director Specification Program
> OGC
>
> The OGC: Helping the World to Communicate Geographically
>
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