Hi, I agree w/ Bart here. I would prefer to use a default namespace (i.e. xmlns=...), as opposed to explicitly specifying this in the output, for elements not carried by gml: or wfs:. The default namespace would be either what the user defines in wfs_namespace_uri, or, if not specified, would default to "http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/mapserver";.
Having said this, I'm not sure how much of this is in MapServer code vs. the OGR GML code. ..Tom -----Original Message----- From: UMN MapServer Users List on behalf of Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS) Sent: Wed 26-Jul-06 14:39 To: [email protected] Cc: Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] WFS: why not use the default namespace? Hi list, why doesn't Mapserver WFS use the default namespace, i.e.: xmlns="http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/mapserver"; so that it does not have to put ms: in front of all the elements? I am asking this since we have a problem converting Mapserver GML into ESRI Shapefile using ogr2ogr. The attribute names will come out as ms_XXXX which confuses users who are also familiar with the native data. Hope to hear some thoughts on this. Best regards, Bart -- Bart van den Eijnden OSGIS, Open Source GIS http://www.osgis.nl
