History
A predecessor organization, OGF, the Open GRASS Foundation, started in 1992.
From 1994 to 2004 the organization also used the name Open GIS Consortium.
The OGC website gives a detailed history of the OGC.
Read more about this topic: Open Geospatial Consortium
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