Esri releases the Open GeoServices REST Specification
 
At the FOSS4G Conference in Barcelona, Spain, today, Esri announced the release of the GeoServices REST Specification. This open specification provides a standard way for Web clients to communicate with geographic information system (GIS) servers through Representational State Transfer (REST) technology. The specification has been opened such that developers can expose the GeoServices API request structure from ArcGIS Server and other non-Esri, back-end GIS servers or processors.

The GeoServices REST Specification for a server implementation is a proven specification that has been widely deployed and exercised in the field and exposes server-side resources to a broad range of clients and applications. The JSON-based, REST-full specification makes the server instantly usable by thousands of developers working in popular client-side development environments with the ArcGIS Web mapping APIs for JavaScript, Flex, Silverlight, iOS, and Android, all of which are powered by the GeoServices REST Specification.

Internet: www.esri.com/opengeoservices