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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=NO-BOK link=blue vlink=purple style='margin-left:7.5pt;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>+1for A1 and B1.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I think an external file is probably a cleaner way of doing it, but while the language dependent parameters are limited to titles and abstracts I think to have the extra language attributes within the same map file is easier to maintain.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>However, if theres any chance that the number of parameters being affected by internationalization will increase in the future, then my choice changes to A3. Clear as mud?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tom<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Fra:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> mapserver-inspire-bounces@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-inspire-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b>På vegne av</b> Stefan Leopold<br><b>Sendt:</b> 25. mai 2011 20:33<br><b>Til:</b> mapserver-inspire@lists.osgeo.org<br><b>Emne:</b> [Mapserver-inspire] options/questions regarding multi languagesupport<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>hello</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>in the following I try to summarize the different options available when implementing multi language support for the inspire view service, hope you can provide me some hints about your preferences, pros/cons, foreseeable problems during implementation,... as it definitely affects client usage too</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>-----------------------------------------------------</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>as far as I understand, we have to differentiate between two types of "data" for multi language support:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>#A# language specific metadata values</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"wms_title" "my title"</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"wms_title" "mein titel"</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>and</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>#B# language dependent reference data</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>DATA "shapes/rivers_eng.shp" </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>DATA "shapes/rivers_ger.shp" </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>-----------------------------------------------------</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>until now I can think of five different methods to handle them (I'm sure there are much more):</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>(1) key extension</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>#A#</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"wms_title_eng" "my title"</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"wms_title_ger" "mein titel" </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>#B#</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>not appropriate imo</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>the main question here is: should the resolving happen at</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>- write time (i.e. only wms_title goes into mapobject)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>or </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>- read time (everything goes into mapobject, corresponding key e.g. wms_title_ger is used for reading -> perhaps problematic to validate, also need</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>to be aware that key has _langaguage extension)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>(2) runtime substitution</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>#A#</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>not appropriate imo</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>#B#</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>DATA "shapes/rivers_%language%.shp" </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>with "language" being a request parameter or global setting</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>already implemented in mapserver - <a href="http://mapserver.org/cgi/runsub.html" target="_blank">http://mapserver.org/cgi/runsub.html</a> - for several (covering all required?) parameters</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>(3) externalization</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>#A#</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"wms_title" "IDC_TITLE"</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>#B#</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>DATA "IDC_SHAPES_RIVERS" </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>with external files e.g.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>lang.eng</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>IDC_TITLE=my title</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>IDC_SHAPES_RIVERS=shapes/rivers_eng.shp (or IDC_SHAPES_RIVERS=shapes/eng/rivers.shp)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>lang.ger</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>IDC_TITLE=mein titel</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>IDC_SHAPES_RIVERS=shapes/rivers_ger.shp (or IDC_SHAPES_RIVERS=shapes/ger/rivers.shp)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>i think it's the most common way for internationalization and there are many tools available to externalize strings</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>again the question is: at which time the externalized value should be resolved (e.g. while parsing mapfile, during msApplySubstitutions, ...)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>(4) merge (i.e. using INCLUDE)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>#A#</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>not appropriate imo</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>#B#</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>standard.map</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>LAYER</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>...</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> NAME "rivers"</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> INCLUDE "rivers.map"</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>...</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>rivers.map</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>DATA "shapes/rivers_ger.shp" </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>already implemented in mapserver - <a href="http://mapserver.org/mapfile/Include.html" target="_blank">http://mapserver.org/mapfile/Include.html</a> - based on languange the corresponding map file (e.g. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>shapes/ger/rivers.shp) is included</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>(5) override (i.e. override certain values of the original "unchanged" mapfile)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>- with comments (probably generated by tool)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>#A# and #B#</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>standard.map</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"wms_title" "my title" #1</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>...</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>LAYER</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>...</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> NAME "rivers"</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> DATA "shapes/rivers_eng.shp" #2</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> ...</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>override.ger</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>1="mein titel</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>2="shapes/rivers_ger.shp"</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>- explicitly referencing key</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>#A# and #B#</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>standard.map</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"wms_title" "my title"</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>...</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>LAYER</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>...</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> NAME "rivers"</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> DATA "shapes/rivers_eng.shp"</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> ...</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>override.ger</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"wms_title"="mein titel</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"layer[rivers]/DATA"="shapes/rivers_eng.shp" or "layer[0]/DATA" "shapes/rivers_ger.shp" or ....</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>problem is how to provide path in hierarchical structures like layers (perhaps XPath syntax?)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>-----------------------------------------------------</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>patch #3608 - <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/3608" target="_blank">http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/3608</a> - currently uses #A#(1) applied at read time and #B#(2)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>-----------------------------------------------------</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>hope it is not too confusing, looking forward to your feedback</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>br</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>stefan</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>