[Mapserver-users] ArcExplorer 4.0.1 and Mapserver WMS - Wiki page

[Antti.Roppola at brs.gov.au]

Thomas Bartlett wrote:

> However  GetCapabilities does not check whether the map file is WMS
> compliant does it !  It simply checks that the map file is correct as far as
> MapServer is concerned !!  I remove all reference to WMS from the same map
> file and the GetCapabilities XML document returned contain NO warning.  This
> map file is obviously not WMS compliant (as it contains none of the WMS
> tags) hence my conclusion.  Am I wrong in this conclusion ??

That seems like a reasonable conclusion to me, and suggests that a good
next step would be to check the map and layers to make sure that no
mandatory WMS items have been omitted. It would certainly explain why
Arc Explorer doesn't like the output you are sending.

BTW, thanks for the insight into what is and is not checked, lets me
cross one more item off my list of "things to investigate". :o)

Cheers,

Antti