OGC XML Schemas and FOSS4G Software Distribution
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Background
Discussion on OSGeo-Standards mailing list: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/OGC-XML-schemas-and-FOSS4G-software-distribution-td5186023.html
Problem Statement
FOSS4G software may encounter distribution issues when including OGC Schemas as part of the codebase.
Use of OGC XML Schemas in FOSS4G Implementations
- used to re-publish schemas:
- XML responses cite
xsi:schemaLocationof pointing to locally cached OGC schemas- e.g.
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2 http://HOST/csw/2.0.2/CSW-discovery.xsd">
- e.g.
- XML responses cite
- used to validate XML based HTTP requests