Possibility to use the WFS of the UMN-MapServer as Gazetteer (WFS-G)?

[Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]]

> is it possible to use the implemented OGC WFS of the 
> UMN-MapServer as an Gazetter-Service - I mean the OGC WFS-G 
> profile of the OGC WFS? Does anybody has experiences?

WFS-G is not currently implemented in MapServer.  A couple of issues:

1./

The WFS-G Discussion Paper takes on a specific data model which would require hierarchical relationships in the data being served ("broader than", etc.) of placenames.  You can use the existing MapServer as an "basic" OGC:WFS.

2./

The schemas prescribed by WFS-G are not implemented in MapServer.  That is, MapServer outputs a 'default' GML model when responding to DescribeFeatureType and GetFeature.  Even if they were implemented, issue #1 is still a requirement.

Cheers

..Tom

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Tom Kralidis
Systems Scientist
Environment Canada
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