[mapguide-internals] Serving WFS data from MapGuide

[Tom Fukushima]

Hi Kenneth,

Those look like defects to me.  I don't have the WFS spec in front of me, does it say that the name should have the namespace prefix or not for the DESCRIBEFEATURETYPE request?

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: mapguide-internals-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapguide-internals-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 7:52 AM
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Subject: [mapguide-internals] Serving WFS data from MapGuide

When issuing the "GETCAPABILITIES" call for WFS on MapGuide, the 
following fragment is part of the response:
<FeatureType>
<Name>ns180401301:BuildingOutlines</Name>
<Title>Building Outlines</Title>
<Abstract>Building Outlines.</Abstract>
<Keyword>Buildings, Outlines</Keyword>
<SRS>EPSG:4326</SRS>
<LatLongBoundingBox minx="-87.74" miny="43.68" maxx="-87.69" maxy="43.815"/>
</FeatureType>

The name is set to be "ns180401301:BuildingOutlines", where the prefix 
is some random number to prevent clashes, I presume.

When issuing the the "DESCRIBEFEATURETYPE" call for the above type, this 
fragment is part of the response:
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="..." xmlns:fdo="..." xmlns:gml="..." 
xmlns:SHP_Schema="..." elementFormDefault="qualified" 
attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
  <xs:element name="BuildingOutlines" 
type="SHP_Schema:BuildingOutlinesType" abstract="false" 
substitutionGroup="gml:_Feature">
    <xs:key name="BuildingOutlinesKey">
      <xs:selector xpath=".//BuildingOutlines"/>
      <xs:field xpath="Autogenerated_SDF_ID"/>
    </xs:key>
  </xs:element>

and so is this fragment:

 <xs:element name="Autogenerated_SDF_ID" fdo:readOnly="true" 
minOccurs="0" fdo:autogenerated="true">
    <xs:simpleType>
      <xs:restriction base="fdo:int32"/>
    </xs:simpleType>
    <xs:annotation>
      <xs:documentation>Autogenerated identity property</xs:documentation>
    </xs:annotation>
  </xs:element>

My questions are:
1) Why is the prefix not part of the name in the response?
2) Is the client supposed to guess that the prefix is dispensable and 
should be removed?
3) Why does the key have type "fdo:int32" instead of "xs:integer"?

-- 
Regards, Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S


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