[postgis-devel] ST_AsKML namespace prefix

strk strk at keybit.net
Thu Apr 8 05:43:39 PDT 2010


On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 07:48:10AM +0200, Olivier Courtin wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> Related to #460, (GML namespace prefix by strk)
> 
> On current KML output, no namespace prefix is currently
> provided. But it could be.
> 
> And once we add namespace prefix to KML  output,
> we have the following choice:
> 
>   - To keep default namespace consistent with ST_AsGML:
>     default to kml ns prefix
> 
>   - To keep default as null ns prefix, to keep backward
>      compatibility, with previous ST_AsKML output.
> 
> 
> Thoughts ?

+1 for backward compatibility, default is null.
I would have loved to have a null default for ST_AsGML as well,
but backward compatibility was more important.

--strk; 

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