Hi Tom, thanks for your answer, I think your suggestion sounds good. I'm going to create a enhancement ticket for this, so it won't get lost. Discussion can be continued there: http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/3121
Cheers, Michael 2009/9/9 Kralidis,Tom [Ontario] <[email protected]>: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> Michael Schulz >> Sent: Wednesday, 09 September 2009 07:47 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [mapserver-users] Howto: WMS abstract for root layer? >> >> Hi, >> >> how can I define a wms getcapabilities abstract tag for the >> root layer of a service? The root layer of a wms corresponds >> to the map level settings of the mapfile, but the wms >> abstract of the web metadata section is used in the service >> section of the getcapabilities response. Is this missing and >> should I file an enhancement ticket or am I missing some >> configuration options? >> > > True. Root Layer abstract metadata is not supported (note that group > level title/abstract is). > >> If it is missing two possible solutions could be evaluated: >> 1) reusing the abstract of the service section or > > We could, but then again I'm not sure how useful this would be, as it > would be identical to the service abstract. > >>2) adding a >> new metadata keyword, e.g. wms_abstract_rootlayer. >> > > We'd probably want to set a suite of these, i.e.: > > wms_rootlayer_title > wms_rootlayer_abstract > wms_rootlayer_keywordlist > > ...which would exist at the MAP/WEB/METADATA level. Thoughts? > > >> Thanks for any help, >> Michael > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Besuchen Sie uns auf der INTERGEO 2009: 22.09. - 24.09.2009 in Karlsruhe; Halle 1, Stand 1.417 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Aufwind durch Wissen! Qualifizierte Open Source Schulungen bei der http://www.foss-akademie.de/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----------------------------------------------------------- Michael Schulz [email protected] in medias res Gesellschaft für Informationstechnologie mbH +++ Bitte beachten Sie unsere neue Adresse und Durchwahl +++ Schwimmbadstraße 2 D-79100 Freiburg i. Br. Tel: +49 (0)761 705798-102 Tel: +49 (0)761 705798-0 Fax: +49 (0)761 705798-09 +++ Bitte beachten Sie unsere neue Adresse und Durchwahl +++ http://www.webgis.de / http://www.zopecms.de -------------------------------------------------------------- Geschäftsführer: Stefan Giese, Dr. Christof Lindenbeck Eingetragen im Handelsregister HRB 5930 beim Amtsgericht Freiburg _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
