[MAPSERVER-USERS] SLD benefits

[Milo van der Linden]

BrainDrain wrote:
> Could someone clarify for me what benefits has SLD's which supported in MS
> irrespective of WMS?
> Does some handy tools for editing SLD's extists? (desktop apps/web UI's) -
> to create theirs separately (by 'publishers') and then applying to mapfile

- SLD's are becoming a standard.
- Content of the SLD's can be validated against the 
StyledLayerDescriptor.xsd
- You could more easily exchange datasets WITH STYLING between geoserver 
/ mapserver (and others?) when using SLD