WFS The description of the abstract test suite is not clear in some cases.

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Change Request 181
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Assigned OGC 11-128
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Name: *Panagiotis (Peter) A. Vretanos
Organization: *CubeWerx Inc.
Email: *pvretano@cubewerx.com
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*OpenGIS Web Feature Service 2.0 Interface Standard (also ISO 19142) / 2.0

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*09-025r1


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*The description of the abstract test suite is not clear in some cases.
*schneider@lat-lon.de

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* A (corresponds to a correction in an earlier release)

Reason for *
change:


Having a look at Annex A.1.2 of the WFS 2.0 specification (Basic WFS),
I still wonder if "Verify the following list of conformance
tests: [...] ,A.2.11.2, [...], A.2.20.1,
A.2.20.2, [...]" really implies that the respective
functionality must be available (even if not announced by the
server).
A.2.11.2: Version navigation
A.A.2.20.1, A.2.20.2: Response paging
IMHO, this would imply that every Basic WFS has to implement

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"Response" as well as "Feature versions"
conformance classes!? Or can an implementation still be Basic WFS

compliant even if it does not offer Version navigation/response paging
(and sets the respective conformance classes in the capabilities to
FALSE)?

Summary of *
change:

Revise the description of the ATS to clarify that a Basic WFS does not
need to implement "Response Paging" or "Feature
versions".

Consequences if
not approved:

Clauses affected: *
A.1.2 and others

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Status:

Assigned

Assigned To:

WFS DWG

Disposition:

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Referred and Posted

9/15/11 11:32 PM