The membership of the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) has released the "OGC GeoRSS White Paper" to the public (OGC Document 06-050r3, http://www.opengeospatial.org/pt/06-050r3).

GeoRSS is a simple proposal for geo-enabling, or tagging, "really simple syndication" ( RSS) feeds with location information. It has found homes in Yahoo!, worldKit, and mapbuilder. Also for Google Maps exist some solutions (see http://www.acme.com/GeoRSS/about.html).

GeoRSS standardizes the way in which "where" is encoded with enough simplicity and descriptive power to satisfy most needs to describe the location of Web content. It is extensible and upwardly-compatible with more sophisticated formats like the OGC GML (Geography Markup Language®).

GeoRSS is an important stepping stone in the evolution of the geo-semantic web. It is the product of an informal collaboration of geospatial professionals applying expertise in Web standards, syndication, and the Semantic Web. An incubator group within W3C is working to progress things further (see http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/geo/charter). This incubator activity represents an important link between the OGC and W3C communities to address the growing importance of the Semantic Web and the need for locally relevant information accessible through a variety of networked devices.

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