Open Geospatial Consortium

Overview
The Open Geospatial Consortium (previously name the "Open GIS Consortium") is an industry consortium aimed at growing interoperability for technologies involving spatial and location information. Originated in 1994, the OGC consists of more than 400 commercial, governmental, nonprofit and research organizations worldwide that collaborate in a consensus process encouraging development and implementation of open standards for geospatial content and services, GIS data processing and data sharing.