exporting layers to OGC interfaces

[Frank Warmerdam]

Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS) wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> I think there has been talk about this for several years now.
> 
> Currently there is no way to keep a LAYER from appearing in the
> GetCapabilities output from a OGC service.
> 
> I think it was suggested in the past to adapt the DUMP keyword for this.
> 
> How about using a METADATA tag called ows_export which would have the
> following possible values:
> 
> 1. all
> 2. wms
> 3. wfs
> 4. wcs
> 5. sos
> 
> or any combination of 2-5. The default value would be all, i.e. the current
> behaviour.

Bart,

Should we add an explicit none or would "ows_export" "" mean none?

> The only thing which needs adapting then is checking for the value of
> ows_export in the GetCapabilities output code (for all of the OGC services
> that Mapserver supports) or not?

I think this sounds like a good idea and you should write up an RFC on the
matter.

Best regards,
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