To help in this you can now obtain the "cite" tests yourself; which are used to test applications prior to being certified; so at least in this case you can actually know what certification means.
Jody On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Brian Russo <[email protected]> wrote: > Playing a bit of devil's advocate but (broadly speaking) if you want > your app to be interchangeable with different implementations of > (nontrivial) standards you always need to test interoperability anyway > because even in (unattainable) perfectly bug-free software there is > always some variance due to interpretation of the standard. In other > words, there is usually some ambiguity/grey area in the standards. > > Not to knock on certification, but its not a silver bullet. Bottom > line is testing is needed if interoperability is a mission > requirement. > > On 10/29/09, Jody Garnett <[email protected]> wrote: >>> i want to reverse, >>> >>> which one of those map servers in the world have fully certified by >>> OGC for WMS implementation, so we know, all our apps that connect to >>> those geospatial server no need modification >> >> Certification costs money :-) You also mentioned WMS again - and for >> your use case you need Web Feature Server. >> >> GeoServer is certified; MapServer works very well but had not been >> certified (perhaps OSGeo can arrange payment to be waived?). >> >>> i can change mapguide to mapserver to geoserver and vice versa >>> any idea all? >> >> I have worked well with MapGuide, MapServer and GeoServer (and deegree >> which you did not mention). You are encouraged to ask other users for >> their experience. I alway have trouble with MapServer WFS; due to >> configuration - not due to the application. >> >> Regards, >> Jody >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
