[OSGeodata] WFS-basic and geometadata exchange

[Pat Cappelaere]

Raj,

As you well know, Atom is XML!
But as far as the user sees it in Safari or some decent newsfeed reader, it
is presented as text/html.  Hence no XML reading/parsing skills on the
user/client side.
That's what I meant.
Now, a fancier client could do some more extreme presentations but the
"basic" functionality stands.
Is this a better definition?
Pat. 


> From: Raj Singh <raj at rajsingh.org>
> Reply-To: <geodata at geodata.osgeo.org>
> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 07:40:07 -0400
> To: <geodata at geodata.osgeo.org>
> Subject: Re: [OSGeodata] WFS-basic and geometadata exchange
> 
> Let me challenge the 'no XML' on the client side. AJAX has made XML
> on the client as easy and common as riding a bike, so I wouldn't make
> no XML skills a requirement for mainstream client developers/apps.
> 
> ---
> Raj
> 
> 
> On Oct 23, 2006, at 9:14 AM, Pat Cappelaere wrote:
> 
>> So I guess we need a good definition of WS-Basic.  I am certain to be
>> challenged here but... Go for it!
>> 
>> To me, this means:
>>     - A simple http get
>>     - No coding required on client side
>>     - No XML/XSLT skills required on client side
>>     - Easy to implement on server side
>>     - Specification of one page or less
>>     - Output readable in a simple browser or news feed reader.
>