[mapserver-dev] REST config API

[Stephen Woodbridge]

Bart,

I think this is a very interesting idea. I'm not even sure how much if 
any changes are required in mapserver. I only skimmed the doc link 
below, but it seems that this could be totally done as an add-on server 
sitting beside mapserver and that mapserver would only need access to 
the mapfiles created and managed by the REST service.

-Steve W

Bart van den Eijnden wrote:
> Hi Brent,
> 
> see:
> 
> http://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/extensions/rest/index.html
> 
> It's a REST interface to create configuration on the fly, so styles,
> datastores, layers etc.
> 
> Best regards, Bart
> 
> On Mar 31, 2010, at 7:05 PM, Brent Fraser wrote:
> 
>> Bart,
>> 
>> I'm not familiar with Geoserver's REST interface, but making
>> somewhat Mapserver configurable on-the-fly (or at least making the
>> default behavior more implementor-friendly) is something I'm
>> interested in.
>> 
>> My problem is not with the mapserver-client interaction (which is
>> what REST defines, I think), but with the mapserver-datasource
>> interaction, but they could be related.
>> 
>> As an implementor why do I need to specify the CLASSes (if I'm
>> getting symbology/styling from database attributes)?   Why do I
>> need to specify the TEMPLATE to get any attributes values from a
>> query?
>> 
>> And here's a question for developers: What is the minimum set of
>> required entries in a MAP file to render a map graphic (e.g. from a
>> shape file)?  Now, why are those entries required?  Is it possible
>> for mapserver to create reasonable defaults from the datasource?
>> 
>> 
>> Best regards, Brent Fraser
>> 
>> 
>> Bart van den Eijnden wrote:
>>> Hi list, are there any plans to support something similar to
>>> Geoserver's REST interface to create configuration on the fly? 
>>> IMHO this would be a very interesting (and currently missing)
>>> feature for Mapserver. Also, client configuration tools could
>>> publish to both Mapserver and Geoserver using a common interface.
>>>  Best regards, 
>>> Bart_______________________________________________ mapserver-dev
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>> 
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