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The optional outputFormat parameter may be used to request the response in a specific format. The default value is applicationogc-as+xml see 8.3.5. Other output format
values are allowed e.g. a JSON response to which this engineering report does not assign any meaning.
8.4.3 KVP-encoding
The following table defines the KVP-encoding for the GetAssociations operation.
Table 4 – GetAssociations KVP encoding
URL Component OMa
Description
REQUEST M
Fixed value of GetAssociations SERVICE
M Identifier for the service invoking the operation
VERSION M
Fixed value of 1.0.0 CONTENTS
O A comma separated list of service-specific resource
identifiers for which the known associations will be returned in the response. If the parameter is omitted then
all known associations are returned in the response.
OUTPUTFORMAT O
The response format of the operation. The default values is applicationogc-as+xml.
a O = Optional, M = Mandatory
8.4.4 XML-encoding
The following XML Schema fragment defines the XML-encoding for the GetAssociations operation.
xsd:element name=GetAssociations type=as:GetAssociationsType xsd:complexType name=GetAssociationsType
xsd:sequence xsd:element name=Content type=as:StringOrQName
minOccurs=0 maxOccurs=unbounded xsd:sequence
xsd:attribute name=service type=ows:ServiceType use=required
xsd:attribute name=version type=xsd:string use=required fixed=1.0.0
xsd:attribute name=outputFormat type=xsd:string default=applicationas+xml
xsd:complexType xsd:simpleType name=StringOrQName
xsd:union memberTypes=xsd:string xsd:QName xsd:simpleType
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8.4.5 Response
The response to a GetAssociations operation, when the output format is the default value applicationogc-as+xml, shall be a set of associations encoded as an XML document that
validates against the schema describe is clause 8.2.4.
8.4.6 Example
In response to the following request:
?xml version=1.0? as:GetAssociations
service=WMS version=1.0.0
outputFormat=applicationogc-as+xml xmlns:as=http:www.opengis.netas1.0
xmlns:xsi=http:www.w3.org2001XMLSchema-instance xsi:schemaLocation=http:www.opengis.netas1.0 association.xsd
as:GetAssociations
an OGC web map service might generate the following response:
?xml version=1.0? Associations xmlns=http:www.opengis.netas1.0
xmlns:xlink=http:www.w3.org1999xlink xmlns:xsi=http:www.w3.org2001XMLSchema-instance
xsi:schemaLocation=http:www.opengis.netas1.0 ..owsGetAssociations.xsd
version=1.0.0 Association
rel=http:www.opengis.netdefassociationType0cascades Source type=http:www.opengis.netdefobjectTypeogc0wms
xlink:href=https:onestop.somecorp.comsomecorpsrvr Target type=http:www.opengis.netdefobjectTypeogc0wms
xlink:href=https:demo.somecorp.comsrvr Association
Association rel=http:www.opengis.netdefassociationType0cascades
Source type=http:www.opengis.netdefobjectTypeogc0wmslayer
xlink:href=https:onestop.somecorp.comsrvr IdentifierDemo.Foundation.aerofacp_1mIdentifier
Source Target
type=http:www.opengis.netdefobjectTypeogc0wmslayer xlink:href=https:demo.somecorp.comsrvr
IdentifierFoundation.aerofacp_1mIdentifier Target
Association Association
rel=http:www.opengis.netdefassociationType0tiledBy Source
type=http:www.opengis.netdefobjectTypeogc0wmslayer xlink:href=https:onestop.somecorp.comsrvr
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Source Target
type=http:www.opengis.netdefobjectTypeogc0wmtslayer xlink:href=https:demo.somecorp.comsomecorpsrvr
IdentifierFoundation.aerofacp_1mIdentifier Target
Association Association
rel=http:www.opengis.netdefassociationType0renders Source
type=http:www.opengis.netdefobjectTypeogc0wmslayer xlink:href=https:onestop.somecorp.comsrvr
IdentifierDemo.Foundation.aerofacp_1mIdentifier Source
Target type=http:www.opengis.netdefobjectTypeogc0wfsfeatureType
xlink:href=https:demo.somecorp.comsrvr?DATASTORE=Foundation Identifier
namespace=http:www.somecorp.comnsaerofacp_1mIdentifier Target
Association Association
rel=http:www.opengis.netdefassociationType0renders Source
type=http:www.opengis.netdefobjectTypeogc0wmslayer xlink:href=https:onestop.somecorp.comsrvr
IdentifierDemo.Foundation.etopo2Identifier Source
Target type=http:www.opengis.netdefobjectTypeogcwcscoverage
xlink:href=https:demo.somecorp.comsrvr?DATASTORE=Foundation Identifieretopo2Identifier
Target Association
Associations
9 Catalogue extensions
9.1 Introduction
