[OpenLayers-Dev] Format.WFST: misleading name

[bartvde at osgis.nl]

Ah right, I missed that one.

So this is something which can be changed at OL 3.0?

Best regards,
Bart

> 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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