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Table 5.3. Relation between ISO and OGC milestones
organization milestones
ISO
OGC
NWIP
RFP
CD
VO.O
NWIP = New Work Item Proposal
CD = Committee Draft
DIS = Draft International Standard
DIS
V 1.0
FDIS = Final Draft International Standard
IS = International Standard
RFP = Request for Proposal
FDIS
V2.0
IS
Previous experiences have shown that the most efficient way of transferring an
industry standard to an ISO-standard is by waiting until the industry has finalized
their consensus-building process. A similar procedure is deemed advisable for OGC
Specifications intended to become ISO-standards.