> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cameron Shorter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: 05 September, 2007 4:41 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 
> '[email protected]'; Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]
> Subject: Associating WMS and WFS in the same layer
> 
> Tom,
> Another OWS Context question.
> In the CGDI Pilot we are working on, there is a requirement 
> to find and then download GML from a WFS.
> 
> When finding a dataset, a user will generally want to use WMS 
> interface to view datasets because it requires less 
> bandwidth. Then when the Area Of Interest has been selected, 
> the user will download the dataset using WFS.
> 
> In order to do this, we need to associate a WMS layer with a 
> WFS layer. 
> I think this should be done using something like:
> 
>    <Layer queryable="0" hidden="0">
>      <Server service="OGC:WMS" version="1.0.0" 
> title="OGC:WMS" default="1">
>        <OnlineResource xlink:type="simple" 
> xlink:href="http://localhost:8080/wms"/>
>      </Server>
>      <Server service="OGC:WFS" version="1.0.0" title="OGC:WFS">
>        <OnlineResource xlink:type="simple" 
> xlink:href="http://localhost:8080/wms"/>
>      </Server>
>      <Name>basic</Name>
>      <Title>World Basemap</Title>
>      <SRS>EPSG:4326</SRS>
>    </Layer>
> 
> 
> Note, this means that a WFS layer should be inserted inside a 
> <Layer> tag instead of a <FeatureType> tag.
> This comment could be extended to showing the same layer as 
> KML, Tiled WMS, ...
> 
> Tom, what are your thoughts on this?
> 

Isn't this what WMS DescribeLayer is for?  What I would do is a WMS
DescribeLayer request, which would tell you if a layer if WFS-able or
not; if it is, then mark as extractable in your client and chain along.

Would this be feasible?

..Tom

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