[mapserver-dev] 6.0 release scheduling

[Peter Hopfgartner]

--------Yewondwossen Assefa <yassefa at dmsolutions.ca> wrote--------
Subject: Re: [mapserver-dev] 6.0 release scheduling
Date: 14.01.2011 05:30

>Hi Peter,
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Hi Yewondwossen
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>> I'm right now in front of the INSPIRE View Services docs and would add
>another item to that list: metadata. There is a large part of the specs
>dedicated to metadata, which is covered by a INSPIRE specific namespce
>(http://inspire.europa.eu/networkservice/view/1.0). Some of that metadata
>must be included in the capabilities document in order to conform to the
>INSPIRE guidelines.
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>> I can not say anything how this could be handled by MapServer.
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>are you refering to elements that are part of the ExtendedCapabilities 
>element such as ResourceType  SpatialDataServiceType, ... ?  There seems 
>to be a series of manadatory and optional elements that need to be part 
>of the ExtendedCapabilities  element. Outside the extended capabilities, 
>there are also few other metadata such as abstract, fees,  that are 
>mandatory  (same elements that we find in regular wms)
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>I think there will be a need to define in the map file an option to 
>indicate that the capabilities need to be extended and extension should 
>be done according to the inspire specs.  We can then have specific 
>functions that can be added to read inspire type metadata to populate 
>the  ExtendedCapabilities  part of the document.
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>  Basically from what I can see, here are the things I see need to be 
>part of the capabilities document:
>   - add a link to the inspire schema as part of the overall schema list
>   - generate an ExtendedCapabilities
>   - include all elements by reading inspire type metadata
>   - all other metadata outside that extended capabilities should 
>already be part of the regular wms output
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>What other elements need to be there to make it a valid getcapabilities 
>response?
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I would say that this should cover all INSPIRE requirements on metadata. Unfortunately I have to leave right now, but will double check the list until Monday.

>Are there other docs related to the spec beside 
>http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/documents/Network_Services/Technical_Guidance_View_Services_v2.12.pdf
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Theoretically WMF, described in http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/documents/Network_Services/INSPIRE%20Draft%20Technical%20Guidance%20Download%20(Version%202.0).pdf is related, too. But I could not notice any substantial difference to what is already covered in the View Services spec.
>regards,
>
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Regards,

Peter
 
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