[OSGeo-Standards] About SLD [was: Inline GML? Good idea poorly executed]

[Lorenzo Becchi]

to add something sweeter to the cake.

I know there are already people at work on KML adoption by OGC.
I guess the style description will be a key feature to debate in order 
to avoid two different standards doing similar things under the same 
umbrella.
KML actually mix features and styles and it's really widely adopted.
SLD is actually mixing description with a few features...

Is there any official or tentative directive about this?

ciao
Lorenzo



Jody Garnett wrote:
> Jody Garnett wrote:
>> I find it consistent with inline GML for SLD; but I also hated it 
>> there as well :-) For a while SLD was being hacked up really badly, 
>> when they added inline GML and additional WFS connections becomes a 
>> really bad "context" document. Basically trying to slave an external 
>> WMS to draw content and messing up several clear standards in the 
>> process.
>>
>> My thought was always to:
>> - have a good context document; purpose is to describe a Map
>> - have a good style document; similar to FeatureTypeStyle wrapped up 
>> as a document
>> ...
>>
>> At the end of the day I would like to have
> A few people commented that I left them hanging; sorry for the cut and 
> paste problem (composing email while waiting for a build - like a good 
> developer). The point I wanted to make
> is earlier in the email; a clear separation of concerns is important. 
> The SLD specification should be split into a context document and a 
> style document; not made to serve both masters.
>
> The split has started with SLD 1.1; getting OWS Context working is the 
> next step. Deciding where the appropriate place for "markup" to live 
> is part of the journey.
> Jody