Open Geospatial Consortium

E242849

international consortium non-profit organization standards organization

The Open Geospatial Consortium is an international industry consortium that develops open standards for geospatial and location-based services and data interoperability.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Open Geospatial Consortium canonical	8
OGC	1
OGC API - Processes	1
OGC Abstract Specification	1
OGC Filter Encoding	1
OGC Web Service	1
Open GIS Consortium	1
Open Geospatial Consortium standards suite	1
OpenGIS Simple Features for SQL specification	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2175194 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Open Geospatial Consortium
Context triple: [GML, developedBy, Open Geospatial Consortium]

A. OGIS
OGIS is the U.S. federal office that mediates Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) disputes and oversees agency FOIA compliance to improve government transparency.
B. Open Knowledge Foundation
Open Knowledge Foundation is a global nonprofit organization that promotes open data and open knowledge to foster transparency, innovation, and civic engagement.
C. BGS OpenGeoscience
BGS OpenGeoscience is an online platform from the British Geological Survey providing free access to a wide range of UK geological data, maps, and digital resources.
D. National Spatial Reference System
The National Spatial Reference System is the official coordinate framework used in the United States to define precise locations, elevations, and boundaries for mapping, surveying, and navigation.
E. GIS
The Egyptian General Intelligence Service (GIS) is Egypt’s primary intelligence agency responsible for foreign intelligence gathering, national security, and covert operations.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Open Geospatial Consortium
Target entity description: The Open Geospatial Consortium is an international industry consortium that develops open standards for geospatial and location-based services and data interoperability.

A. OGIS
OGIS is the U.S. federal office that mediates Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) disputes and oversees agency FOIA compliance to improve government transparency.
B. Open Knowledge Foundation
Open Knowledge Foundation is a global nonprofit organization that promotes open data and open knowledge to foster transparency, innovation, and civic engagement.
C. BGS OpenGeoscience
BGS OpenGeoscience is an online platform from the British Geological Survey providing free access to a wide range of UK geological data, maps, and digital resources.
D. National Spatial Reference System
The National Spatial Reference System is the official coordinate framework used in the United States to define precise locations, elevations, and boundaries for mapping, surveying, and navigation.
E. GIS
The Egyptian General Intelligence Service (GIS) is Egypt’s primary intelligence agency responsible for foreign intelligence gathering, national security, and covert operations.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international consortium ⓘ non-profit organization ⓘ standards organization ⓘ
abbreviation	OGC ⓘ linked to: Open Geospatial Consortium
collaboratesWith	International Organization for Standardization ⓘ Open Source Geospatial Foundation ⓘ World Wide Web Consortium ⓘ
field	data interoperability ⓘ geographic information systems ⓘ geospatial standards ⓘ location-based services ⓘ
focusesOn	data sharing ⓘ location information ⓘ open standards ⓘ service interoperability ⓘ
formerName	Open GIS Consortium ⓘ linked to: Open Geospatial Consortium
hasHeadquartersLocation	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
hasMember	government agencies ⓘ non-profit organizations ⓘ private companies ⓘ research organizations ⓘ universities ⓘ
operatesIn	international ⓘ
purpose	develop open standards for geospatial content and services ⓘ enable interoperability of geospatial data and services ⓘ support location-based services ⓘ
standard	Catalogue Service for the Web ⓘ CityGML ⓘ Filter Encoding ⓘ GeoPackage ⓘ GeoSPARQL ⓘ Geography Markup Language ⓘ Keyhole Markup Language ⓘ linked to: KML OGC API - Coverages ⓘ OGC API - Features ⓘ linked to: OGC WMS OGC API - Processes ⓘ linked to: Open Geospatial Consortium OGC API - Tiles ⓘ Observations and Measurements ⓘ Sensor Observation Service ⓘ SensorML ⓘ Simple Features ⓘ Styled Layer Descriptor ⓘ linked to: OGC SLD Web Coverage Service ⓘ Web Feature Service ⓘ linked to: WFS Web Map Service ⓘ linked to: OGC WMS Web Processing Service ⓘ
website	https://www.ogc.org/ ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

GML → developedBy → Open Geospatial Consortium ⓘ

GML → standardizedBy → Open Geospatial Consortium ⓘ

GML → isStandardOf → Open Geospatial Consortium standards suite ⓘ