[mapserver-dev] GeoServer superseeding MapServer in Europe?

[Olivier Courtin]

On Jul 9, 2010, at 12:14 PM, strk wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 10:43:46PM -0500, Lime, Steve D (DNR) wrote:
>> I think the TinyOWS - MapServer collaboration, combination or  
>> whatever holds promise. I'm curious what others think. I know
>> it was thrown around briefly some time ago. Personally I'm keen on  
>> broadening developer interest...
>
> WFS-T over mapserver would surely be a big step forward.
> Not sure about how would the two go togheter.
>
> Editing needs users, roles and permissions at the layer, or
> maybe even feature level.  Haven't looked at how TinyOWS
> deals with that.

It just don't
As it's not part of WFS itself (how surprising it could seems)

There's curently some initiative on bringing security access
in front of OGC Web Services, but right now AFAIK nothing
standard.

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Olivier