[OpenLayers-Dev] Format.WFST: misleading name

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 11:08:51AM +0100, bartvde at osgis.nl wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> maybe it's a bit too late to startup this discussion, but anyway, I think
> the name Format.WFST is a bit misleading, and I would prefer Format.WFS.
> It's misleading since it implies only transactional stuff, but Format.WFST
> also writes out stuff for non-transactional requests, such as GetFeature.
> 
> If you look at the OGC spec, you'll see that the term WFS-T (or WFST) is
> not even an official name. The WFS spec has basic (read-only) and
> transactional parts and that is exactly what this format implements, so
> Format.WFS is more logical to me.
> 
> What do others think?

We already have an existing Format.WFS that we need to maintain for
backwards compatibility. 

> Best regards,
> Bart
> 
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