WFS Server

[Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: UMN MapServer Users List 
> [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Jim Klassen
> Sent: 08 January, 2008 5:29 PM
> To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] WFS Server
> 
> Hi,
> 
> We currently have a working WMS service using nested groups 
> of layers implemented using the the wms_layer_group metadata 
> tag. I was wondering if there was any equivalent to use in 
> WFS to created nested FeatureTypeLists? 
> 
> Is this something that is even possible according to the WFS 
> standard? I don't see where is says you can, but I don't see 
> that it says you can't either. 
> (https://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=7176)
> 

WFS, by nature, does not allow for nesting.  If you check out
http://schemas.opengis.net/wfs/1.0.0/WFS-capabilities.xsd,
wfs:FeatureTypeList is defined, which allows for 1..* wfs:FeatureType
only at that level.

> Also, I don't see anything listed in the documentation and I 
> have tried both wfs_layer_group and simply setting the GROUP 
> parameter in the Layer. Neither produced grouping in the WFS 
> GetCapabilities output.
> 
> BTW: Our current public WMS service getCapabilities can be 
> retrieved at:
> http://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us/datasets/WMS/SAINT_PAUL/PUBLIC_WORK
> S/WMS/wms_public.map?SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetCapabilities
>