• Introduction
• Technical analysis
• Issues and recommendations
• European SIF

O&M Commercial Issues

Summary

“It is recommended to commercial and open-source software vendors to support O&M and SOS within their product offerings”

Classification

Category	Data harmonisation and semantic interoperability
Identifier	REC-OM-008
Type of recommended activity	Further investigation about the subject
Organisations addressed	commercial and open-source software vendors

Additional information

Context	See below
Rationale	The GMES FTS projects are funded through the FP7 research programme, a condition of which is a commitment (where possible) to open source development; thus O&M support within open-source products will be necessary to assist these projects. Similarly, numerous public authority providers of INSPIRE Annex II/III data will not have large budgets and INSPIRE-compliance will be improved with open-source software availability. In all cases, O&M support will simplify the task of interoperability. Similarly, commercial vendors will expand their market opportunities and assist their customers by supporting O&M and SOS within their products.
Dependencies
Further background information	Technology Watch Report - Observation & Measurement [PDF] Comparative analysis report (version 2) [PDF] Comparative Analysis Report (version 2) - Annex Recommendations [PDF]
Main discussion points	See above
Roadmap	To be defined