[OpenLayers-Dev] Format.WFST: misleading name

bartvde at osgis.nl bartvde at osgis.nl
Mon Mar 16 06:08:51 EDT 2009


Hi list,

maybe it's a bit too late to startup this discussion, but anyway, I think
the name Format.WFST is a bit misleading, and I would prefer Format.WFS.
It's misleading since it implies only transactional stuff, but Format.WFST
also writes out stuff for non-transactional requests, such as GetFeature.

If you look at the OGC spec, you'll see that the term WFS-T (or WFST) is
not even an official name. The WFS spec has basic (read-only) and
transactional parts and that is exactly what this format implements, so
Format.WFS is more logical to me.

What do others think?

Best regards,
Bart




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