OGC
From OpenStreetMap Wiki
OGC is the Open Geospatial Consortium, an industry body creating open standards for geospatial and location based services. Its web page is at www.opengeospatial.org.
Standards
Among its standards are the
OGC and OpenStreetMap
There are many options and possibilities for converting OpenStreetMap data to and from OGC standard formats. The core OpenStreetMap API itself does not work directly with any of them.
See also question:'OGC and interoperability'
