[Mapbender-commits] r7499 - branches/2.7/conf

[svn_mapbender at osgeo.org]

Author: armin11
Date: 2011-01-30 23:02:34 -0800 (Sun, 30 Jan 2011)
New Revision: 7499

Modified:
   branches/2.7/conf/mapbender.conf-dist
Log:
Some explainations for the new conf parameters.

Modified: branches/2.7/conf/mapbender.conf-dist
===================================================================
--- branches/2.7/conf/mapbender.conf-dist	2011-01-30 18:17:27 UTC (rev 7498)
+++ branches/2.7/conf/mapbender.conf-dist	2011-01-31 07:02:34 UTC (rev 7499)
@@ -124,11 +124,17 @@
 
 # --------------------------------------------
 # RSS
+# Mapbender > 2.7 generates a GeoRSS file which shows the changes in the mapbender service database. The 
+# GeoRSS file get entries when wms are uploaded, updated or deleted. The RSS file can be used to show the positions
+# of new layers and services on in the own mapframe or in other applications.  
 # --------------------------------------------
 define("GEO_RSS_FILE", "../tmp/georss.xml");
 
 #---------------------------------------------
 # PREVIEW
+# This path is defined to allow a saving of preview pictures for the content of wms/layers and 
+# wmc docs. The preview can generated with the wms and wmc metadata editor guis and the previews are used 
+# by the metadata module and are distributed with the iso19139 files which can be generated by mapbender.
 #---------------------------------------------
 define("PREVIEW_DIR", "../geoportal/preview");
 
@@ -147,16 +153,25 @@
 
 # --------------------------------------------
 # define a public user
+# This user is a typical anonymous user which don't need to authenticate itself.
+# Some functions of the portal framework not allowed for this user.
 # --------------------------------------------
 define("PUBLIC_USER", "");
 
 # --------------------------------------------
-# define a session name (useful for )
+# Define a session name (useful for installations when more than one mapbender is installed on one server.
+# These installations won't share the session but will share probably one database. When the user switch from one
+# to another installation - and there are different session names - the configuration from the session will be forgotten. There is a new environment.)
 # --------------------------------------------
 #define("SESSION_NAME", "MAPBENDER");
 
 # --------------------------------------------
-# calculate bboxes for all supported SRS (Postgis needed)
+# Calculate bboxes for all supported SRS (Postgis needed)
+# This module will compute bboxes for all srs which will be found in the service capabilities and which are defined
+# in the array below. Normaly mapbender only uses bbox's which are given thru the service caps. In many use cases it is
+# needfull to have more than one bbox given (e.g. metadata). The array is defined to supress the calculation of to many 
+# srs like e.g. geoserver offers. The array should include all the srs which are used in the mapbender installation and 
+# which are usefull for the special community for which the installation was done (local-sdi, INSPIRE, ...) 
 # --------------------------------------------
 #define("SRS_ARRAY", "4326, 31466, 31467, 31468, 25832");