GetCapabilities exceptions GetCapabilities operation response
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NOTE 1 The first three parameters listed below are largely copied from Table 26 in Subclause 9.2.1 of
[OGC 06-121r3]. The Identifier parameter is partially copied from Table 31 in Subclause 10.6.1 of that document.
Table 13 — Parameters in DescribeProcess operation request
Name
a
Definition Data type and value
Multiplicity and use
service Service type identifier
Character String type Value is ―WPS‖
One mandatory request
Operation name Character String type
Value is ―DescribeProcess‖ One mandatory
version Specification version
for operation Character String type, not empty
Value is specified by each WPS Implementation Specification and
Schemas version One mandatory
language Language identifier
Character string type, RFC4646 language code of the
human readable text. Must be a language listed in the Capabilities
Languages element. Zero or one optional
Identifier Identifier
Process identifier Character String type, not empty
Value is process Identifier defined in ProcessOfferings section of service
metadata Capabilities document One or more mandatory
One for each desired Process, unordered list
a The name capitalization rules being used here are specified in Subclause 11.6.2 of [OGC 06-121r3].
NOTE 2 The data type of many parameters is specified as ―Character String type, not empty‖. In the
XML Schema Documents specified herein, these parameters are encoded with the xsd:string type, which does NOT require that these strings not be empty.
NOTE 3 The UML class diagrams contained in Subclause C.5 provides a graphical view of the contents
of the DescribeProcess operation request listed in Table 13.