[Mapserver-inspire] gsoc2011/ mapserver/ inspire view service support

[Martin Kofahl]

Hi Stefan,
god luck in making MapServer ready for INSPIRE. 

Unfortunatelly, I did not further update #3608 and I'm currently out of office. I have some code lines concerning a few scenario 2 extended metadata if you're iterested in. And please note that, concerning scenario 1 extended capabilities, the patch produces an invalid xml, because the language block goes before the MetadataUrl.

Kind regards,
Martin

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> Datum: Sun, 22 May 2011 19:53:10 +0200
> Von: "Stefan Leopold" <stefan.leopold at reflex.at>
> An: mapserver-inspire at lists.osgeo.org, SoC at lists.osgeo.org
> Betreff: [Mapserver-inspire] gsoc2011/ mapserver/ inspire view service	support

> hello
> 
> my name is stefan leopold and i'm the student accepted to work on the
> inspire view service support in mapserver as part of the google summer of
> code 2011 (for a replication of the proposal incl. timeline please see
> below) 
> 
> beginning with the official start tomorrow, i'm supposed to send weekly
> status reports to the soc at osgeo mailing list, so if you are interested 
> - what i did get done
> and
> - what i plan on doing next
> just have a look there (this email will be the only cross post)
> 
> everything else i'll put on the mapserver-inspire at osgeo mailing list after
> talking with my mentor stephan meissl, i'm very excited to contribute to
> the osgeo development community, looking forward to your ideas and
> feedback
> 
> as discussed with stephan, i'll start focusing on the multi-language
> support:
> - what is required by the spec, what has already been discussed
> (mailing-list, neogeo paper), ...
> - further go into proposed solutions (particularly ticket#3608) ->
> understand patch, set everything up to build & debug patched mapserver
> locally
> - inclusion of inspire support in msautotest, create new test for
> multi-language support
> - "work out" the options/alternatives/pros&cons for further discussion
> 
> br
> stefan
> 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> 1. Introduction
> 
> Support of the INSPIRE View Service would be a major asset for MapServer
> and is required by European governmental institutions. The idea of the
> project is to implement missing features to enhance the support of this
> extension to WMS.
> 
> 2. Background
> 
> MapServer supports various OGC interface specifications like WMS, WFS or
> WCS. The INSPIRE View Service defines a profile of the WMS version 1.3.0
> (aka ISO 19128), which adds additional functionality like multi-lingual
> support for metadata or extended capabilities (cf
> http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/wiki/INSPIRE).
> 
> 3. The Idea (describe your idea here)
> 
> •extend the WEB section of the MAP and LAYER objects in the Mapfile to
> allow the specification of additional METADATA elements needed for the
> INSPIRE View Service e.g. temporal reference
> •extend the WEB section of the MAP and LAYER objects in the Mapfile to
> allow the specification of METADATA elements in multiple languages, extend
> metadata lookup function for specific languages
> •make sure that all generated XML responses validate against the
> official INSPIRE schemas, evaluate addition of switch to msautotest to
> include a validation step
> •analyze possibility to specify MAP and LAYER object metadata in
> external XML file
> 
> 4. Project plan (how do you plan to spend your summer?)
> 
> week 1-2 (may 23-june 5)
> getting started with MapServer codebase and usage, understand guidance*
> for the implementation of INSPIRE View Services in detail 
> 
> *) Technical Guidance for the implementation of INSPIRE View Services
> version 3.0
> (http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/documents/Network_Services/TechnicalGuidance_ViewServices_v3.0.pdf)
> 
> week 3-7 (june 5-july 10)
> propose envisaged implementation together with code examples as MapServer
> RFC  
> 
> mid term evaluation (july 15)
> 
> week 8-12 (july 11-august 15)
> implementation of MapServer RFC 
> 
> final evaluation (august 26)
> 
> 5. Future ideas / How can your idea be expanded?
> 
> •full support and compliance with the INSPIRE View Service
> •support of INSPIRE Download Service (WFS and WCS)
>