[OSGeo-Standards] Re: OpenLayers WMS Context++

[Lorenzo Becchi]

Great resume Cameron. thanks
> * Lorenzo Becchi has an alpha WMC parser in Openlayers [OL]. I'm not 
> sure when this is likely to make it into the Openlayers trunk. 
Actually I have quite nothing: it is a system to export a WMC from the 
WMSManager, but it doesn't allow any import yet.
I was expecting to wait until the debate on WMC integration on 
OpenLayers would end, but I think it's somehow hanged...
I guess (and really hope) that FOSS4G Code Sprint will be the right 
place to do the big step with OpenLayers reagarding WMC import/export 
and SLD editing. Otherwise I'll have to start again on my own.

I'm sure we will face some limits to WMC

we started up with a page on OL wiki but it's just a first step:
http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/Future/MapContext
as you can see there are no references yet to KML and to needed 
improvements to WMC (ex: layers visibility).
If you can help enhancing this page, you are welcome.

ciao
Lorenzo







Cameron Shorter wrote:
> As part of the OWS 5 testbed a few of us have signed up to add KML 3 
> support to Mapbuilder, Openlayers and Mapbender.
> KML3 has not been fully speced out yet, but is rumored to be a merging 
> of OWS Context and KML2.
> There has been discussion on the OpenLayers list to do much of the 
> development in Openlayers and then for Mapbuilder/Mapbender to gain 
> the functionality by using the OpenLayers engine.
>
> On the current WMC and OWS Context front.
> * Mapbuilder reads both WMC and OWS Context. Exporting Context from 
> Mapbuilder is a trivial exercise and there is already a save Context 
> option.
> * Mapbuilder has supported WMC since the project started, and OWS 
> Context for a year or 2.
> * Lorenzo Becchi has an alpha WMC parser in Openlayers. I'm not sure 
> when this is likely to make it into the Openlayers trunk.
>
> Examples:
> (Mostly created by Mike Adair)
> http://demo.communitymapbuilder.org/demo/mapbuilder/demo/contextEditor/index.html 
>
> http://demo.communitymapbuilder.org/demo/mapbuilder/demo/OWSExplorer/index.html 
>
>
> I'm currently extending these demos to support Catalog search as well.
>
> Jody Garnett wrote:
>> Hi Cameron (and list)
>>
>> I understand Cameron that you are adding WMS Context (and a few 
>> vendor specific extensions?) to OpenLayer based on some MapBuilder 
>> code. Do you have documentation on what you are up to? Or a sample 
>> schema and file? I would love to refresh the uDig context document 
>> support and be able to swap scenes with MapBuilder.
>>
>> I assumed you guys looked at OWS Context as well?
>>
>> Jody
>>
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