exporting layers to OGC interfaces

[Paul Ramsey]

In order to retain current behavior, the absence of the keyword should 
be equivalent to "all", and there should be a "none".

P

Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> 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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