[owslib-devel] WMS stuff in feature/wfs100.py

[Tom Kralidis]

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> Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:00:53 +0300
> From: sredl at ccss.cz
> To: owslib-devel at lists.sourceforge.net
> CC: tomkralidis at hotmail.com; jachym.cepicky at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [owslib-devel] WMS stuff in feature/wfs100.py
>
> On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:49:08 +0300, sredl at ccss.cz wrote:
> > On Wed, 5 Oct 2011 14:30:27 -0400, Tom Kralidis wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I am looking around the code and I found some WMS stuff in WFS
> >>> files.
> >>> Classes ServiceProvider and ContactMetadata in feature/wfs100.py
> >>> look
> >>> like they are trying to parse WMS 1.3.0 stuff, which is entirely
> >>> different from what in the WFS 1.0.0 is... May be there is some
> >>> more, I
> >>> haven't checked it entirely.
> >>>
> >>> Kind Regards,
> >>>
> >>> Michal
> >>>
> >>
> >> FYI owslib is trying (in it's objects) to follow the OWS Common
> >> approach to service metadata.  So you might see some shoehorning of
> >> non OWS Common objects into OWS Common objects.
> >>
> >> Having said this, you are correct, owslib/feature/wfs100.py has
> >> constructs which are not a part of WFS 1.0.0.  I will make these
> >> fixes
> >> and put forth owslib/feature/wfs110.py as well.
> >>
> >> ..Tom
> >
> > Hi Tom,
> >
> > currently I am working on the WFS 1.1.0 implementation and hopefully
> > will have something working soon.
> >
> > You mention "the OWS Common approach to service metadata" - I have
> > found some owslib interfaces in interfaces.py file and I am trying to
> > follow them. Is there any dedicated standard regarding the OWS common
> > approach to service metadata? If yes, could you please point me to
> > that?
> > If not, I wonder what do you mean, because reading through various
> > standards and their different versions I find that actually they have
> > very little in common :-) It's a pity thing though, it makes the
> > whole
> > stuff really messy.
> >
> > Kind Regards,
> >
> > Michal
> >
>
> Hey Tom,
>
> now I have found that you have already developed some WFS 1.1.0
> support. Is it already tested? Do you parse the whole capabilities
> document or just some parts? It was a dummy mistake that I hadn't grabed
> the ticket :(
>
> Cheers,
>
> Michal

Michal: it's not tested beyond capabilities support at this point (Caps XML is fully parsed).  Patches and doctests welcome!

..Tom