|   | 7 | == 2017 == | 
          
          
            |   | 8 |  * March 2017 -- the ISO SQL MDA (Multi-Dimensional Arrays) candidate standard is sent out for ballot, following months of hard work on the details   | 
          
          
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            |   | 10 | == 2016 == | 
          
          
            |   | 11 |  * October 2016 -- the rasdaman team hosts an ISO meeting for finalizing the ISO SQL MDA (Multi-Dimensional Arrays) standards draft  | 
          
          
            |   | 12 |  * September 2016 -- rasdaman presented at INSPIRE conference in Barcelona as official INSPIRE WCS Reference Implementation picked by the INSPIRE Drafting Team | 
          
          
            |   | 13 |  * July 2016 -- US CIO Review [http://bigdata.cioreview.com/vendor/2016/rasdaman picks rasdaman] into their [http://bigdata.cioreview.com/vendors/most-promising-bigdata-solution-providers-2016.html 100 Most Promising Big Data Technologies] | 
          
          
            |   | 14 |  * May 2016 -- after [http://rasdaman.org/wiki/OSGeo six and a half years of deliberation], OSGeo finds out that rasdaman does not fit their "design by committee" doctrine, and both sides agree therefore that OSGeo is too narrow for accommodating rasdaman | 
          
          
            |   | 15 |  |