The request for quotations, at ip.opengis.org/gos-pi/documents.htm, said the portal sponsors “are backing their belief in this vision with cost-sharing funds to partially offset development costs.” Mark E. Reicherdt, the consortium’s executive director of outreach, said he could not disclose the size of the cost-sharing funds.
The fundamental requirement is interoperability of software in a multivendor environment. Portal architecture specifications must use the Unified Modeling Language.
Chosen participants must assemble their reusable and interoperable components within an application integration framework, demonstrate a working implementation to the sponsors in Washington next May, and make a beta version available for six months of testing.
Participants will receive cost-sharing funds depending on overall quality of their proposals and how well they adhere to the requirements, the RFQ said.
Quelle: Government Computer news
