[mapserver-commits] r8309 - trunk/docs

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Author: tomkralidis
Date: 2008-12-29 08:16:33 -0500 (Mon, 29 Dec 2008)
New Revision: 8309

Modified:
   trunk/docs/glossary.txt
Log:
alphabetize, expand OGC def


Modified: trunk/docs/glossary.txt
===================================================================
--- trunk/docs/glossary.txt	2008-12-29 13:09:25 UTC (rev 8308)
+++ trunk/docs/glossary.txt	2008-12-29 13:16:33 UTC (rev 8309)
@@ -53,11 +53,6 @@
         reading and writing library. It is used as the primary mechanism for
         reading raster data in MapServer. It is hosted at http://www.gdal.org/
 
-    GPX
-        `GPS eXchange <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPX_(data_transfer)>`__ 
-        Format is an XML Schema for describing GPS data.  :term:`OGR` can 
-        be used to transform and render this data with MapServer.
-        
     GEOS
         `Geometry Engine Open Source <http://trac.osgeo.org/geos>`__ is a
         C/C++ port of the `Java Topology Suite
@@ -67,6 +62,19 @@
         of two or more polygons. MapServer optionally uses GEOS for geometric
         algebra operations.
 
+    GML
+        `Geography Markup Language <http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/gml>`__
+        is an :term:`OGC` standard which defines an abstract model for geographic
+        features
+
+        .. seealso::
+            :ref:`wfs_server`
+
+    GPX
+        `GPS eXchange <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPX_(data_transfer)>`__
+        Format is an XML Schema for describing GPS data.  :term:`OGR` can
+        be used to transform and render this data with MapServer.
+
     Map Scale
         A treatise of mapping scale can be found on 
         `about.com <http://geography.about.com/cs/maps/a/mapscale.htm>`_.
@@ -88,16 +96,29 @@
 
     OGC
         The `Open Geospatial Consortium <http://www.opengeospatial.org>`_ is a
-        standards organization body in the GIS domain. Many of its web
-        standards are implemented in MapServer.
-    
+        standards organization body in the GIS domain. MapServer supports
+        numerous OGC standards.
+
+        .. seealso::
+            :ref:`wms_server` and :ref:`wms_client` and :ref:`sos_server`
+            and :ref:`wfs_server` and :ref:`wfs_client` and :ref:`map_context`
+            and :ref:`sld` and :ref:`filter_encoding` and :ref:`wcs_server`
+
     OGR
-        `OGR <http://www.gdal.org/ogr>`__ is the vector data access portion of 
-        the :term:`GDAL` library.  It provides access to a multitude of data 
-        formats.  
-        
+        `OGR <http://www.gdal.org/ogr>`__ is the vector data access portion of
+        the :term:`GDAL` library.  It provides access to a multitude of data
+        formats.
+
         .. seealso::
             :ref:`ogr`
+
+    OM
+        `Observations and Measurements <http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/om>`__
+        is an :term:`OGC` standard which defines an abstract model for sensor based
+        data.
+
+        .. seealso::
+            :ref:`sos_server`
     
     OpenLayers
         `OpenLayers <http://openlayers.org>`__ is a JavaScript library for 
@@ -148,13 +169,6 @@
         is a term used to describe the :ref:`PROJECTION` used by many 
         commercial API providers.
     
-    SWF
-        `Shockwave Flash <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWF>`__ format that 
-        MapServer can generate for output.
-        
-        .. seealso::
-            :ref:`flash`
-    
     SVG
         `Scalable Vector Graphics <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SVG>`__ is 
         an XML format that MapServer can output.  It is frequently used in 
@@ -163,6 +177,13 @@
         .. seealso::
             :ref:`svg`
     
+    SWF
+        `Shockwave Flash <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWF>`__ format that
+        MapServer can generate for output.
+
+        .. seealso::
+            :ref:`flash`
+
     SWIG
         `Simplified Wrapper Interface Generator <http://www.swig.org>`__ is the 
         library that MapServer uses for generating the language bindings for