OMXML: Add OGC Name for SWE*Observations

[KathiSchleidt]

Arne Broering:
Mappings of SWE*Observation types to OGC names and result types are missing in Table 6.
Add OGC names and result types in Table 6 for SWE Array Observation and SWE Scalar Observation.
Pertains to section 6.4

[ilkkarinne]

Which document is this issue referring to?

[KathiSchleidt]

Source: http://ogc.standardstracker.org/show_request.cgi?id=124

[ilkkarinne]

This is related to whether the 19156 should have additional specialized observation types for Array and Scalar Observations, see #27

[ilkkarinne]

Actually, I think the original issue is about the need to have OGC Names (http://www.opengis.net/def/observationType/*) defined and listed in the O&M XML Implementation (OGC 10-025r1). The current Table 6 only contains the mapping from the 19156 specialized observations type names to the OGC Names and result property content types to be used for each of them. There should also be mappings from SWE Common Observation types "ScalarObservation" and "ArrayObservation" to OGC def names in the revised version of the OGC O&M XML Implementation, with the result types as defined in Requirements classes http://www.opengis.net/spec/OMXML/2.0/req/SWEScalarObservation and http://www.opengis.net/spec/OMXML/2.0/req/SWEArrayObservation

[KathiSchleidt]

I checked through O&M, couldn't find any mention of these SWE types within the O&M text, nor could I find them defined within SWE.
I now contacted Arne Bröring as the reporter - he also can't remember what the real issue was, is OK with us ignoring it

[ilkkarinne]

I pretty sure this issue is about the Table 6 on the page 12 of the O&M XML Implementation (10-025r1, http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=41510) only, so we can handle that when revising that standard.

[dr-shorthair]

Indeed - they only relate to the XML implementation. SWE Common was not judged to be an abstract model, merely an implementation artefact.

[KathiSchleidt]

Unclear requirement, not really relevant (also according to the reporter), thus closed

[dr-shorthair]

Arne is (or was) with 52N who are responsible for the main implementation of SOS and thus have a stake in the current state.

[KathiSchleidt]

OK, while Arne has moved on (no longer at 52°N), think I finally figured this one (as well as an error we made in INSPIRE due to confusion between O&M V1 & V2! ;) )
In the XSD V2 soft typing was introduced, at the same time we continued to derive new observation types in UML&XSD instead of just providing this info in the type attribute with a link to an entry from http://www.opengis.net/def/observationType/OGC-OM/2.0/
While the list provided covers all basic Observation Result types also covered in the UML, it does not account for the provision of a SWE Result type such as swe:DataArray
Fear this one must be reopened