= Standards Commitment

As a pioneer in Array Analytics and the originator of a whole new technology field, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Array_DBMS ​Array Databases], rasdaman substantially contributes to standards in the field.

== Implementing Standards

rasdaman implements [http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wcs ​OGC WCS] Core and all extensions, including WCPS. It is official OGC WCS Reference Implementation. 



=== INSPIRE WCS

Spatio-temporal coverages appear in many, if not most themes of EU INSPIRE Annexes II and III. In 2016, INSPIRE has adopted ​OGC WCS as Coverage Download Service, rasdaman has been decided to become an official INSPIRE WCS Reference Implementation (cf. ​https://inspire-reference.jrc.ec.europa.eu/vocabularies/tags/inspire-wcs-reference-implementation and Figure 1). 

''Figure 1: Screenshot of INSPIRE reference implementation listing''

Here is a showcase demonstrating WCS and WCPS power on 1-D through 5-D data sets: ​http://standards.rasdaman.com .

​[mailto:baumann@rasdaman.com Contact us] for details and to find out how rasdaman can boost your INSPIRE services! 

== Shaping Standards

The rasdaman team, under the lead of Peter Baumann, is leading datacube standardization since many years. The engagement of [http://www.jacobs-university.org/lsis ​Large-Scale Scientific Information Systems Research Group] and [http://www.rasdaman.com/ ​rasdaman GmbH] is manifold:

* [https://www.iso.org/standard/67382.html ​ISO Array SQL], initiated and crafted by the rasdaman team
* ​Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC):
 * chairing the Coverages Domain Working Group (Coverages.DWG), WCS Standards Working Group (WCS.WG), Big Data Domain Working Group (BigData?.DWG)
 * driving standardization of OGC CIS, WCS; and WCPS - see the [http://myogc.org/go/coveragesDWG ​OGC coverages wiki] maintained by him 
* ISO 19123-1 and 19123-2 define the ISO coverage standards; Peter Baumann leads as as editor/ project leader, resp., and ensures harmonization with OGC 

Further, we are actively contributing to:
* INSPIRE coverage harmonization, as national delegate
* [http://www.rd-alliance.org/ ​Research Data Alliance] (RDA)
* [http://www.bfe-inf.org/ ​Belmont Forum]