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Buon pomeriggio,<br>
mi sembra opportuno segnalare questa iniziativa del Business Value
Committee dell'OGC, che ha lanciato un'idagine a livello globale per
promuovere una riflessione sul valore "economico" degli standard
OGC. Aggiungo che uno degli obiettivi del Comitato Business Value č
quello di allargare la consapevolezza in merito agli standard open
ad un'utenza che non sia soltanto quella tecnica, come invece č
inevitabilmente stato finora. <br>
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<blockquote type="cite">The survey is a joint effort by two academic
researchers who are OGC members and by the OGC Business Value
Committee (BVC). Dr. Mu Xia at Santa Clara University and Dr.
Kexin Zhao at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
developed the survey based on requirements from the OGC BVC to
support their studies on standards effectiveness. The BVC will use
a summary of the results to help the OGC better understand the
value of the OGC’s open standards and improve its programs for
geospatial standards development, compliance testing and outreach.
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<div>To take the survey, if you are a technology user, visit <a
href="http://uncc.surveyshare.com/s/AQAIJDC">http://uncc.surveyshare.com/s/AQAIJDC</a>.
If you are a technology provider (software vendor, system
integrator or a consultant), visit <a
href="http://uncc.surveyshare.com/s/AQAIZBC">http://uncc.surveyshare.com/s/AQAIZBC</a>.
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The survey period is 1<sup>st</sup> November through 18<sup>th</sup> December
2011.<span> </span></div>
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<div>There's an opportunity for all respondents to win one of
three prizes (drawn at random once the survey has closed)</div>
<div><span lang="EN-US">*** Win an</span><span lang="EN-US"> Apple
iPad 2 Tablet, an Apple iPod touch or Bose AE2 headphones</span><span
lang="EN-US">! ***</span></div>
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<div>We encourage ALL OGC members to participate in this survey
and to also tell your customers and business partners. The
survey takes about 10 to 15 minutes to complete. The researchers
will summarise the data gathered from the survey, removing all
references to individual responses, and make the summary
available to OGC Business Value Committee members. An executive
summary will be provided to survey respondents.</div>
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Saluti,<br>
<br>
Massimo<br>
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