Standards Commitment

As a pioneer in Array Analytics and the originator of a whole new technology field, ​Array Databases, rasdaman substantially contributes to standards in the field.

Implementing Standards

rasdaman implements ​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 .

​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 ​Large-Scale Scientific Information Systems Research Group and ​rasdaman GmbH is manifold:

• ​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 ​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
• ​Research Data Alliance (RDA)
• ​Belmont Forum