Environmental Data Retrieval API SWG Meeting 130 using Agora

14:00 UTC (08:00 MDT, 10:00 EDT, 15:00 BST, 16:00 CEST, 22:00 CST, Friday 02:00 AEST)

Agenda

• Agree Agenda and IPR Call
• Minutes/Notes of previous meetings

Status: EDR

Progress in the last month:

• Agreed to request OAB Review of OGC API-EDR Part 3: Service Profile Support, 16 Sep 2025 at 15:00 UTC
• Outstanding Issues:
  • 605 data-type
• Outstanding Pull Requests: Can we delete branch Fix inconsistencies in V1.1?
• Compliance Test Suite:
• API coordination:
• Update other Documentation on GitHub: project Kanban board

Plans for next month:

• Finalize OGC API-EDR Part 1: Core, V1.2 for TC Approval
• Prepare presentation for OAB Review of OGC API-EDR Part 3: Service Profile Support

Outreach: update GitHub pages

Longer Term Plans:

• Alignment with wider APIs
• Respond to user requirements and experiences and integrations
• Start work on Part 4: Summary Stats and Aggregation

Risks:

• API-Common Part 2 divergence
• Cross-API schema fragmentation
• Generic PubSub API incompatible or not interoperable

Any Other Business:

Date of Next Meeting: ?? Thursday 18 Sept 2025 14:00 UTC (08:00 MDT, 10:00 EDT, 15:00 BST, 16:00 CEST, 22:00 CST, Friday 02:00 AEST)

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Minutes

Attendees:

• Chris Little
• Mark Burgoyne
• Guy Collins
• Chuck Heazel

Agree Agenda and IPR Call: Done

Agree Minutes/Notes of previous meetings: Done

Status: EDR

Progress in the last month:

• Some issues resolved.

Plans for next month:

• OGC API-EDR Part 3: Restrictive Profile Support would be reviewed by the OAB on 16 Sep 2025. Presentation drafted
• OGC API-EDR Part 1: Core, V1.2 would be finalised (editorial) followonbg Public Comment Period for TC approval in Boulder, 30 Oct 2025.

Outreach: Agreed to use both Met Ocean DWG and EDR-API SWG in Boulder.

Longer Term Plans: OGC API-EDR Part 4: Aggregation and Statistics envisaged in 2026

Risks: Divergence and inconsistencies of APIs, preventing building block approach to construction of combined services, especially metadata

Any Other Business: None

Date of Next Meeting: Thursday 18 Sept 2025 14:00 UTC (08:00 MDT, 10:00 EDT, 15:00 BST, 16:00 CEST, 22:00 CST, Friday 02:00 AEST)