ows:OperationsMetadata

Metadata about the operations and related abilities specified by this service and implemented by this server, including the URLs for operation requests. The basic contents of this section shall be the same for all OWS types, but individual services can add elements and/or change the optionality of optional elements. 

Element information

Content

• Sequence [1..1]
  1. ows:Operation [2..*]    Metadata for unordered list of all the (requests for) operations that this server interface implements. The list of required and optional operations implemented shall be specified in the Implementation Specification for this service.
  2. ows:Parameter [0..*]    Optional unordered list of parameter valid domains that each apply to one or more operations which this server interface implements. The list of required and optional parameter domain limitations shall be specified in the Implementation Specification for this service.
  3. ows:Constraint [0..*]    Optional unordered list of valid domain constraints on non-parameter quantities that each apply to this server. The list of required and optional constraints shall be specified in the Implementation Specification for this service.
  4. ows:ExtendedCapabilities [0..1]    Individual software vendors and servers can use this element to provide metadata about any additional server abilities.

Attributes

None

Used in

• Type ows:CapabilitiesBaseType
• Type wfs:WFS_CapabilitiesType via extension of ows:CapabilitiesBaseType (Element wfs:WFS_Capabilities)

Sample instance

<ows:OperationsMetadata>
   <ows:Operation name="string">
      <ows:DCP>
         <ows:HTTP>...
         </ows:HTTP>
      </ows:DCP>
      <ows:Parameter name="string">
         <ows:Value>string</ows:Value>
         <ows:Metadata>...
         </ows:Metadata>
      </ows:Parameter>
      <ows:Constraint name="string">
         <ows:Value>string</ows:Value>
         <ows:Metadata>...
         </ows:Metadata>
      </ows:Constraint>
      <ows:Metadata>
         <ows:AbstractMetaData>any content</ows:AbstractMetaData>
      </ows:Metadata>
   </ows:Operation>
   <ows:Parameter name="string">
      <ows:Value>string</ows:Value>
      <ows:Metadata>
         <ows:AbstractMetaData>any content</ows:AbstractMetaData>
      </ows:Metadata>
   </ows:Parameter>
   <ows:Constraint name="string">
      <ows:Value>string</ows:Value>
      <ows:Metadata>
         <ows:AbstractMetaData>any content</ows:AbstractMetaData>
      </ows:Metadata>
   </ows:Constraint>
   <ows:ExtendedCapabilities>any content</ows:ExtendedCapabilities>
</ows:OperationsMetadata>