[Mapbender-dev] Re: Catalog Schema and Storing Op values

[Mifan Careem]

Hi Armin,


On Thu, 2009-07-09 at 16:44 +0200, Armin Retterath wrote:
> i am sorry, we need the post urls too, cause the specification demands post 
> for  GetRecords and DescribeRecords. 
Ok - no worries - will handle the post values as well - is there a
chance the SOAP values should be stored as well?. I'm just wondering
whether it is possible to store both values in the schema described in
Section 7 of the wiki? Or should I have another field to capture the
post values?

Anyways, I will add this in somewhere.

Thanks

Mifan


> many catalogues would only implement 
> this minimal demands. 'get' is in this two cases only nice too have. 
> please see http://www.mapbender.org/CSW_Requirements point 8.
> cheers
> armin
> Am Donnerstag 09 Juli 2009 07:52:39 schrieb Mifan Careem:
> > Hi List,
> >
> > I've current solved the problem by storing the GET values of the
> > operations (e.g getrecords) in the main catalog schema itself. I am
> > currently not storing the other parameter values of the operations - if
> > this is needed, I can handle this later on, but since currently I just
> > need the GET URLs, I'll concentrate on this.
> >
> > Let me know if there are any suggestions.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Mifan
> >
> > On Tue, 2009-07-07 at 16:05 +0530, Mifan Careem wrote:
> > > Dear list,
> > >
> > > My current schema to store a catalog object is here:
> > > http://www.mapbender.org/CSW_report_week_3
> > >
> > > I currently provide an Admin function to 'Load a Catalog'. In this, I
> > > need to store Operation[1] values from the OperationsMetadata section of
> > > the Catalog's GetCapabilities[2] document. What would the best way be to
> > > store these operations sections (getrecords,describerecords etc.),
> > > considering that I have to make use of the GET/POST values often to make
> > > a CSW search?
> > >
> > > Currently, I thought of this:
> > >
> > > - Store normal catalog information in the cat table
> > > - store Parameter names and values of the Operations in a seperate
> > > table, like this:
> > > INSERT INTO cat_op_conf(id,op_name,param_name,param_value) VALUES
> > > (2,'getrecords',http_get,http://www.geodata.alterra.nl/excat/csw);
> > > INSERT INTO cat_op_conf(id,op_name,param_name,param_value) VALUES
> > > (2,'getrecords','typename','csw:Record');
> > >
> > > etc.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?
> > >
> > >
> > > [1]: <ows:Operation name="DescribeRecord">
> > > <ows:DCP>
> > > <ows:HTTP>
> > > <ows:Get xlink:href="http://www.geodata.alterra.nl/excat/csw"/>
> > > <ows:Post xlink:href="http://www.geodata.alterra.nl/excat/csw"/>
> > > </ows:HTTP>
> > > </ows:DCP>
> > > <ows:Parameter name="TypeName">
> > > <ows:Value>csw:Record</ows:Value>
> > > </ows:Parameter>
> > > <ows:Parameter name="OutputFormat">
> > > <ows:Value>application/xml</ows:Value>
> > > </ows:Parameter>
> > > <ows:Parameter name="SchemaLanguage">
> > > <ows:Value>XMLSCHEMA</ows:Value>
> > > <ows:Value>http://www.w3.org/XML/Schema</ows:Value>
> > > </ows:Parameter>
> > > </ows:Operation>
> > >
> > > [2]:
> > > http://www.geodata.alterra.nl/excat/csw?request=GetCapabilities&service=C
> > >SW
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Mifan
> >
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