server-side SLD support

[Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS)]

Good questions Daniel. Let me try and answer them. I am sure Assefa will
correct me if necessary :-)

1) I have no problem with a shorter keyword like SLD

2) saving a MAP file will probably just save all the generated classes. I
don't see a problem with this approach.

3) I don't think get/set functions for Mapscript are necessary since there
is already a Mapscript function to generate them (applySLDURL on the
MapObj).

Best regards,
Bart

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Bart van den Eijnden
OSGIS, Open Source GIS
http://www.osgis.nl


--------- Oorspronkelijk bericht --------
Van: Daniel Morissette <dmorissette at MAPGEARS.COM>
Naar: MAPSERVER-DEV at LISTS.UMN.EDU <MAPSERVER-DEV at LISTS.UMN.EDU>
Onderwerp: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-DEV] server-side SLD support
Datum: 01/11/06 13:49

> Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS) wrote:
> &gt; 
> &gt; Our plan is to add server-side SLD support to Mapserver WMS. This
would
> &gt; involve adding a new keyword, for instance STYLEDLAYERDESCRIPTOR. It
will
> &gt; add classes from the SLD document (matching the layer's name) to the
LAYER.
> &gt; 
> 
> I like the idea in general.
> 
> A few questions/comments:
> 
> - How'bout a shorter keyword such as SLD instead of STYLEDLAYERDESCRIPTOR?
> 
> - What happens if you save a mapfile ($map-&gt;save()) that contains SLD 
> definitions like this? Are they maintained in the saved mapfile or lost?
> 
> - Are there ways to get and set SLD's via MapScript and if yes how does 
> that work? i.e. does MapScript turn the SLD into a set of classes right 
> away, or is the SLD just a string member of layerObj... actually an 
> array of strings... or sldObj's? um... fun questions to answer...
> 
> Daniel
> -- 
> Daniel Morissette
> http://www.mapgears.com/
> 
>