ObservationType is NOT samplingFeatureType

[KathiSchleidt]

Somewhere in the def server ttl there’s an erroneous assertion that a samplingFeatureType isA observationType. This is incorrect, should please be fixed!

Details here

[KathiSchleidt]

Related to #280

[ghobona]

Amongst the results of a DESCRIBE <http://www.opengis.net/def/observationType> call there are the following triples.

https://github.com/opengeospatial/NamingAuthority/blob/master/incubation/ObservationTypes/sampling_types_in_observation_type.ttl

They are the only triples that contain the word "sampling".

So the formal data simply states that the concepts are in the scheme named observation types. However, I agree that the presentation gives the impression of an is a relationship.

I think to fix the issue we could move the sampling feature type concepts into www.opengis.net/def/samplingFeatureType and that such a scheme should be disjoint from www.opengis.net/def/observationType. Does the O&M 2.0 standard say anything regarding the relationship between an Observation Type and a Sampling Feature Type?

Please note that we would need the SWG to approve, via a Motion, the proposed change.

[ghobona]

2024-10-30

Discussion in OGC-NA telecon reached agreement that all samplingFeatureType items should be moved to the samplingFeatureType collection.