Create new feature type capability for WFS

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Change Request 81
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Assigned OGC 10-105
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Name: *Panagiotis (Peter) Vretanos
Organization: *CubeWerx Inc.
Email: *pvretano@cubewerx.com
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*Geographic Information - Web feature service / 2.0.0

OGC Project
Document:

*09-025

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*Create new feature type capability for WFS
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Category:

* B (Addition of feature)

Reason for *
change:

Dynamic situations, such as disaster relief, require the ability to
create new feature types on-the-fly to reflect the situation on the
ground. Also, collaborative data entry (e.g. crowd-sourcing) require
this capability because it is difficult to a priori anticipate all the

feature types that may be required.

Summary of *
change:

If a WFS is presented with the GML application schema (i.e. a .xsd
file) via an HTTP POST (for example), it should instantiate that
schema in its data store.

Consequences if A significantly reduced capability to support dynamic, collaborative data creation activities.
not approved:

Clauses affected: *
Clause 2 - add a "Create Feature Type" conformance class
Clause 8 - enhance the GetCapabilities response to allow servers that

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they implement this capability
New clause - add a new clause to describe the capability.

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