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Re: [udig-devel] Re: Context Document
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Jody Garnett wrote:
On the bright side they expect a "WMS/WFS Context" to be the next
step.... Wish we were more in touch with the players on this one. I may
email the authors of this document to see if there is an email list we
can join.
Here is the scoop about WMS Context:
1- At the last OGC TC Meeting in Ottawa the scope of WMS context has
been discussed for the nth time, and it has finally been agreed that WMS
Context would stick to WMS layers and would never be extended to WFS or
other layer types.
2- To allow support of other data sources (WFS, WCS, etc.), an
interoperability experiment will take place between a few OGC members in
the coming months to define a new OWS Context schema.
OGC members can find the activity plan for this Interoperability
Experiement in the members portal. Unfortunately I can't get you a copy
if you're not a member, but I'll be one of the players so I'll keep
listening to this thread and see if we can incorporate your ideas in the
outcome of this experiment.
On a related note, in the last year or so I have have been throwing
around the idea of a common configuration file format that could be
supported by various open source webmapping packages. This would not
replace the native config file of each package, but could be supported
as a secondary config format by MapServer and GeoServer for instance.
This way users could get the best of both worlds by using MapServer as a
WMS and GeoServer as a WFS-T, all operating on the same data sources and
using a single configuration file. If this same config file was
supported by JUMP as well then you could also view the same project on
the desktop very easily.
I'm not sure if an OWS Context will be enough for that since in the
above scenario we need the ability to configure local data sources and
not just OGC Web Services. However I think it would make sense to use
the OWS Context as a base and extend it for our specific needs.
Daniel
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