WFS DescribeFeatureType response: xsd namespace?

[Eijnden, B. van den (Bart)]

Hi list,

I am currently comparing Mapserver's OGC interfaces to Ionic's OGC
interfaces.

When looking at the Mapserver DescribeFeatureType response, Mapserver does
not use the xsd namespace in the response, whereas Ionic does.

An example output from Mapserver is (excerpt only):

<schema targetNamespace="http://www.ttt.org/myns"
elementFormDefault="qualified" version="0.1">
<import namespace="http://www.opengis.net/gml"
schemaLocation="http://schemas.opengis.net/gml/2.1.2/feature.xsd"/>
<element name="AAA35" type="myns:AAA35_Type"
substitutionGroup="gml:_Feature"/>
  <complexType name="AAA35_Type">
    <complexContent>
      <extension base="gml:AbstractFeatureType">
        <sequence>
        ..

An example output from Ionic is (excerpt only):

<xsd:schema targetNamespace="http://www.ionicsoft.com/wfs"
elementFormDefault="qualified" version="0.1">
<xsd:import namespace="http://www.opengis.net/gml"
schemaLocation="http://schemas.opengis.net/gml/2.1.2/feature.xsd"/>
<xsd:element name="bodemkaart50" substitutionGroup="gml:_Feature"
type="wfs:bodemkaart50"></xsd:element>
  <xsd:complexType name="bodemkaart50">
    <xsd:complexContent>
      <xsd:extension base="gml:AbstractFeatureType">
        <xsd:sequence>
        ..

So, I tried to get some confirmation about who is right or wrong by checking
Geoserver, but funnily enough this gives a third option, since Geoserver
uses xs as the namespace :-):

<xs:schema  targetNamespace="http://www.minvenw.nl/rws/agi"
xmlns:rwsagi="http://www.minvenw.nl/rws/agi"
xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml"
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" elementFormDefault="qualified"
attributeFormDefault="unqualified" version="1.0">
<xs:import namespace="http://www.opengis.net/gml"
schemaLocation="http://145.50.148.45:8082/geoserver/data/capabilities/gml/2.
1.2/feature.xsd"/>
  <xs:complexType xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
name="V_TOP50NAMEN_Type">
    <xs:complexContent>
       <xs:extension base="gml:AbstractFeatureType">
         <xs:sequence>
         ..

Who is right or wrong?

Best regards,
Bart


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