[OpenLayers-Users] CSW request with filter is missing XML namespace

[Damiano ALBANI]

Hello,

Here's a simple CSW GetRecords request, specifying a bounding box:

     var filterBoundingBox = new OpenLayers.Filter.Comparison({
       type: OpenLayers.Filter.Spatial.BBOX,
       property: "ows:BoundingBox",
       value: bbox
     });

     var options = {
       resultType: "results",
       startPosition: 1,
       maxRecords: 20,
       outputFormat: "application/xml",
       outputSchema: "http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd",
       Query: {
         ElementSetName: {
           value: "full"
         },
         Constraint: {
           version: "1.1.0",
           Filter: filterBoundingBox
         }
       }
     };

     var format = new OpenLayers.Format.CSWGetRecords();
     console.log(format.write(options));

Which shows on the console :

<csw:GetRecords xmlns:csw="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2"
                     service="CSW"
                     version="2.0.2"
                     resultType="results"
                     outputFormat="application/xml"
                     outputSchema="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd"
                     startPosition="1"
                     maxRecords="20">
<csw:Query typeNames="csw:Record">
<csw:ElementSetName>full</csw:ElementSetName>
<csw:Constraint version="1.1.0">
<ogc:Filter xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc">
<ogc:BBOX>
<ogc:PropertyName>ows:BoundingBox</ogc:PropertyName>
<gml:Envelope xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml">
<gml:lowerCorner>-8.623046875 25.8935546875</gml:lowerCorner>
<gml:upperCorner>13.349609375 47.8662109375</gml:upperCorner>
</gml:Envelope>
</ogc:BBOX>
</ogc:Filter>
</csw:Constraint>
</csw:Query>
</csw:GetRecords>

The problem is that the "ows" namespace is not declared anywhere, be it 
on the <ogc:Filter> element or the root element.
Which generates error on the CSW server side.

Again, if I want to have a filter like:

     var filterSubject = new OpenLayers.Filter.Comparison({
       type: OpenLayers.Filter.Comparison.LIKE,
       property: "apiso:Subject",
       value: "*qwerty*"
     });

How/where am I supposed to declare the "apiso" namespace?
Of course, just before sending the request of the wire, I can manually 
modify the XML string in JavaScript, but is it the "right-way-to-do-it"?

Thanks,

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Damiano ALBANI