[OSGeo-Discuss] OGC compliance of WMS client

[Sebastian Goerke]

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Hi,

yes Andrea, but in my opinion it is not forbidden to have additional
support for the other alternative. You have to implement the case
sensitive KVP but it is not forbidden to implement the other additionally.

Regards

Sebastian

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Am 22.04.2013 11:25, schrieb Andrea Aime:
> 2013/4/22 Marco Lechner - FOSSGIS e.V. <marco.lechner at fossgis.de>
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> is a WMS-Client using "REQUEST=getcapabilities" instead of 
>> "REQUEST=GetCapabilities" still in compliance with OGC standard 
>> (VERSION1.1.1 as well as 1.3.0)? I don't think so, but I'm
>> unsure.
>> 
>> 
> My understanding is that it's not. All OGC KVP protocols are based
> on the following (stated in the common ows spec): "the key is case
> insensitive, the value is case sensitive"
> 
> So, something like ReQueSt=GetCapabilities is valid, but 
> request=getcapabilities is not
> 
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