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• MergeDelete. Go ahead, obviously I did not check closely enough before creating this article.However I do think the title should disambiguate computing, because it is possible to have reference implementations in non-computing contexts.The Hokkaido Crow20:58, 18 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Merge done.The Hokkaido Crow21:51, 19 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

This article is basically unreadable. Simpler English needs to be used.

WTF? I'm a third year CS student and I can't make sense of this dense jibberish.—Precedingunsigned comment added by173.75.0.203 (talk)13:43, 8 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I attempted to clarify the text - anyone want to check if it makes sense?Lekro (discuss)23:25, 10 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I reviewed your changes. I wouldn't say it went from terrible to great. But was an improvement. I think it could be much better ... even today.Stevebroshar (talk)20:02, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This page: GeoServer functions as the reference implementation of the Open Geospatial Consortium Web Feature Service standard, and also implements the Web Map Service, Web Coverage Service and Web Processing Service specifications.

Geoserver page: GeoServer is working with the OSGeo Foundation to be certified as compliant and we need your help. Thanks for your sponsorship and donations we are working towards restoring OGC testing into our nightly builds.

Im not that knowledgable about the standards but it seems as though their testing has been taken out and they are currently not OSGeo certified? And so they cant be a reference implementation?

You probably should discuss this onTalk:GeoServer rather than here. --Finlay McWalter··–·Talk12:31, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Of course, I made a mistake adding it here... my apologies

WRT "In the software development process..."

Is 'software development process' needed? What other contexts is reference implementation applicable? If there are others, then is sw dev process an accurate disambiguation? Seems rather unrelated to the dev process. Maybe a more general 'software' or 'computing'.Stevebroshar (talk)20:05, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WRT "a reference implementation is a program that implements all requirements from a corresponding specification"

Is it (always) a program?Does it have to implementall requirements?Does there have to be a specification?Stevebroshar (talk)20:07, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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