January 29, 2001
Although the Data Standard describes the information involved in an
orienteering event it is not well suited as a standard for the
information sent between systems.
For this the Message Standard should be developed and this work is
still missing. This standard should identify the different computer
systems involved in an orienteering event and describe what data
("messages") that should be send between the systems. This is not an
easy task as it should take into account the different interfaces that
exisiting systems have. Therefore we need the software developers to
make their experiences.
The most pressing tasks right now are:
If you otherwise are interested, please take a look at the standards
and tell us you meaning.
Shortly, we hope to establish a discussion forum on this site for the
discussion of the standards.
If you have any comments, please send your comments to one of the following:
First IOF Interface Standard
The IOF Interface Standard draft for exchange of orienteering event
information between computer systems is now near its first public
version. This does not mean that there will be no further development
of the standard. It is merely a framework that should be filled. Now
we have reached a state where we need the software developers to try
the standard and make their experiences. These experiences will then
make way for future improvements.
If you are a software developer then we would be very pleased if you
would consider using the Data Standard and tell us your experiences
with it. Especially we would like input to the kind of messages that
should flow between the software systems.
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