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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:05:36 +0200<br>> From: stephan@meissl.name<br>> To: mapserver-dev@lists.osgeo.org<br>> Subject: Re: [mapserver-dev] RFC-82: Enhanced Layer Metadata Management<br>> <br>> On 09/25/2012 07:37 PM, Tom Kralidis wrote:<br>> > devs/PSC: RFC82 can be found at<br>> > http://mapserver.org/development/rfc/ms-rfc-82.html for review and comment.<br>> > <br>> > This RFC proposes generating XML metadata on the fly for layers which<br>> > don't have any set in the mapfile already.<br>> > <br>> > Comments, suggestions and ideas are valued.<br>> > <br>> > Thanks<br>> > <br>> > ..Tom<br>> <br>> <br>> Hi Tom,<br>> <br>> +1, this would definitely be a great addition.<br>> <br>> Maybe extend the "Backwards Compatibility Issues" section a bit as it<br>> suggests that ows_metadata_path overrides all other metadata parameters<br>> but as discussed on IRC this is more the other way round.<br>> <br><br>I've updated the RFC to reflect our discussion.<br><br>> What happens if both ows_metadataurl_href and ows_metadata_path are set?<br>> <br><br>ows_metadata_path is not part of this RFC (I took this out in an earlier commit), the only compatibility is tested against ows_metadataurl_href (which will not override if it exists).<br><br>Just in case, the RFC is at https://github.com/mapserver/docs/blob/branch-6-0/en/development/rfc/ms-rfc-82.txt<br><br>Should this be in master branch as well?<br><br><br>> In future this could also be a great addition for INSPIRE services but<br>> would need to support the INSPIRE mandated metadata format.<br>> <br><br>Agreed, and I have added some verbage to this effect.<br><br>Comments from other devs welcome and valued.<br><br>Thanks<br><br>..Tom<br><br><br>> Thanks,<br>> Stephan<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> mapserver-dev mailing list<br>> mapserver-dev@lists.osgeo.org<br>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-dev<br></div> </div></body>
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