[mapserver-dev] call for vote on RFC 82

[Daniel Morissette]

Thank you Tom.

BTW, I don't see the changes in the version of the doc on the website. 
Should it not have updated automatically?

Daniel


On 12-10-05 10:55 AM, Tom Kralidis wrote:
>
>
>  > Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 22:20:56 -0400
>  > From: dmorissette at mapgears.com
>  > To: mapserver-dev at lists.osgeo.org
>  > Subject: Re: [mapserver-dev] call for vote on RFC 82
>  >
>  > I am sorry for not commenting on this earlier. I am generally +1 on this
>  > addition, I'd just suggest a few changes to the RFC text to ease the
>  > life of our users:
>  >
>  > - Explicitly indicate that the layer GetMetadata param is optional and
>  > if not provided then the service metadata is returned (this is what the
>  > pseudo-code suggests, did I read it right?)
>  >
>
> Correct.  RFC updated.
>
>  > - Add some usage examples, i.e. mapfile snippets and sample requests
>  > showing the various possible use cases ... that will serve as docs until
>  > officially documented
>
> Done.
>
>  >
>  > - There is no mention of docs. What's the plan on that front?
>  >
>
> Added Documentation section in RFC.  And Testing.
>
>  > Also, a general question: does any other OWS server handle this the same
>  > way (i.e. with a vendor-specific GetMetadata)? If yes then it would be
>  > great to have references in the introduction.
>  >
>
> GetMetadata is not a vendor specific parameter by any means.  Many OWS
> servers allow for specification of a metadata url, like MapServer does,
> but not to dynamically generate metadata XML like this RFC.
>
> Having said this, it appears that GeoServer is building CSW server
> support, which serves the same requirement as this RFC in terms of
> advertising metadata XML for layers on the fly.  Not that I'm proposing
> this for MapServer (I'd recommend pycsw :) ), but from the Capabilities
> XML perspective, the metadata XML URLs are opaque, which leaves us to
> our own devices to generate these (either canned as we support now, or
> per this RFC).
>
> Thanks
>
> ..Tom
>
>
>  > Thanks
>  >
>  > Daniel
>  >
>  >
>  > On 12-10-03 12:27 PM, Tom Kralidis wrote:
>  > > Thanks for the comments and suggestions for this RFC.
>  > >
>  > > I would like to call for vote on RFC 82:
>  > >
>  > > http://mapserver.org/trunk/development/rfc/ms-rfc-82.html
>  > >
>  > > https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/pull/4486
>  > >
>  > > +1
>  > >
>  > > ..Tom
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