[Geotiff] appeal to submit GeoTIFF to NASA SPG for consideration as standard

[Siri Jodha Singh Khalsa]

The NASA Standards Process Group (SPG) invites the GeoTIFF user and 
developer communities to submit GeoTIFF for consideration as a community 
standard for NASA Earth Science Data Systems (ESDS). The SPG has determined 
that GeoTIFF, because of its widespread use and community support, is a 
good candidate for participation in the NASA ESDS standards process.

NASA believes that effective adoption of standards will play an 
increasingly vital role in success of future science data systems. The SPG, 
a board composed of NASA ESDS stakeholders, directs a process that is 
modeled on that of the Internet Engineering Task Force. Proposed standards 
are submitted by practitioners within the earth sciences and evaluated by 
the SPG and the broader community to assess workability of implementation 
and success of operation. The SPG standards process relies on community 
experience and advocacy. The decisions of the SPG become formal 
recommendations to NASA management to advance the standard.

Further information on how to submit a standard for consideration by the 
SPG is available on the SPG website, http://spg.gsfc.nasa.gov/.  Select the 
"How to Submit an RFC" link after following the "RFC" link in the 
navigation bar.

For assistance please contact Richard Ullman (SPG chair) 
Richard.E.Ullman at nasa.gov  or Ming Tsou (SPG co-chair) mtsou at mail.sdsu.edu.


Siri Jodha Singh Khalsa, Ph.D. / Space Sciences Sector, L-3 GSI
ECS Science Data Coordinator for the National Snow and Ice Data Center
449 UCB / 1540 30th St.
Boulder, CO 80309
Phone: (303) 492-1445 FAX: (303) 492-2468
http://cires.colorado.edu/~khalsa
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