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At the 8th May 2007 joint AGILE-EuroSDR-OGC Workshop on Persistent Geospatial Test-beds it was proposed that a persistent geospatial test-bed be established within the European research community. This testbed acts as a research test-bed for collaborative European research in geospatial interoperability:

•  To aid the assessment of the current standards for geospatial interoperability in terms of research compatibility, completeness, consistency and ease of use and extensibility

• To provide an environment for teaching standards and techniques for geospatial interoperability

•  To provide a resource to AGILE/EuroSDR/OGC for the coordination of research requirements as well as definition, testing, validation and development of open standards

The test-bed will be distributed and comprise data, web services, hardware, software, tools and human resources. It will be based upon both ISO/OGC geospatial standards and appropriate IT standards (e.g. from W3C and OASIS).