<s>
Observations	B-Device
and	I-Device
Measurements	I-Device
(	O
O&M	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
international	O
standard	O
which	O
defines	O
a	O
conceptual	O
schema	O
encoding	O
for	O
observations	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
features	O
involved	O
in	O
sampling	O
when	O
making	O
observations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
O&M	O
standard	O
was	O
developed	O
in	O
the	O
context	O
of	O
geographic	B-Application
information	I-Application
systems	I-Application
,	O
the	O
model	O
is	O
derived	O
from	O
generic	O
patterns	O
proposed	O
by	O
Fowler	O
and	O
Odell	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
not	O
limited	O
to	O
geospatial	B-General_Concept
information	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
O&M	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
core	O
standards	O
in	O
the	O
OGC	O
Sensor	O
Web	O
Enablement	O
suite	O
,	O
providing	O
the	O
response	O
model	O
for	O
Sensor	B-Device
Observation	I-Device
Service	I-Device
(	O
SOS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
XML	B-Protocol
encoding	O
(	O
GML	O
Application	O
Schema	O
)	O
is	O
provided	O
for	O
transfer	O
of	O
data	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
encoding	O
is	O
provided	O
for	O
transfer	O
of	O
data	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
explicit	O
OWL	B-Language
representation	O
of	O
O&M	O
is	O
available	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
O&M	O
is	O
also	O
published	O
as	O
a	O
topic	O
of	O
the	O
Open	O
Geospatial	B-General_Concept
Consortium	O
Abstract	O
Specification	O
.	O
</s>
