GetCapabilities Response

Response introduction
Response example

Response introduction

GetCapabilities operation returns the service metadata from a WPS server and brief descriptions XML document of GIS processing functions.

Table 1 Elements of general service metadata

Element name	O/M /Optional	Description
Service	O/M	The service type. The brief description of service and it needs to contain "WPS".
Version	O/M	Service version. Now WPS has only one version, the value is 1.0.0.
updateSequence	Optional	The service metadata version. The version number of metadata document. This is a increment and every change will add a value.
lang	O/M	Language identification.
ServiceIdentification	O/M	Service identifier information.
ServiceProvider	O/M	Service provider. About service provider.
OperationsMetadata	O/M	The operated metadata. The operated metadata specified by service, including request URL.
ProcessOfferings	O/M	The brief description of GIS processing functions (spatial analysis) provided by WPS.
Languages	O/M	The languages supported by service.
WSDL	Optional	The WSDL document position for describing all the operations and processing supported by service.

The GetCapabilities returned document is composed of three parts:

Table 2 The returned contents of GetCapabilities

Element name	Description
ServiceIdentification	Service identifier information.
ServiceProvider	Service provider. About service provider.
OperationsMetadata	Metadata about the operation. Describes the operations the server provides. The three are required operations according to the WPS standard.
ProcessOfferings	The supported spatial analysis operations .

ProcessOfferings node mainly describe the spatial analysis operation supported by Execute. It contains the following parts:

Table 3 ProcessOffering elements

Element name

Description

Format

Process

Describe the GIS processing function, not containing input and output.

Each GIS processing function supported by service has corresponding description. The GIS processing functions can have one or nultiple.

ProcessBrief format, table 4

ProcessBrief is main composed of the following elements:

Table 4 The main contents of ProcessBrief

Element name	O/M /Optional	Description
Identifier	O/M	The clear identifier or name of GIS processing function. It is unique in a service.
Title	O/M	Service title.
Abstract	Optional	Service abstracts. It provides the brief description of relative server informations.
Metadata	Optional	More metadata of GIS processing function.
Profile	Optional	The identifier of application brief.
WSDL	Optional	The reference address of WSDL.
process Version	Optional	The release version of GIS processing function.

Response Example

The example usage of response contents of GetCapabilities Request exampleis as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <wps:Capabilities xmlns:ows="http://www.opengis.net/ows/1.1" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:wps="http://www.opengis.net/wps/1.0.0" xml:lang="en-US" service="WPS" updateSequence="1" version="1.0.0"> <ows:ServiceIdentification> <ows:Title>SuperMap WPS</ows:Title> <ows:Abstract>This is SuperMap Web Processing Service.</ows:Abstract> <ows:Keywords> <ows:Keyword>SuperMap</ows:Keyword> <ows:Keyword>iServer</ows:Keyword> <ows:Keyword>WPS</ows:Keyword> <ows:Keyword>geospatial</ows:Keyword> <ows:Keyword>geoprocessing</ows:Keyword> </ows:Keywords> <ows:ServiceType>WPS</ows:ServiceType> <ows:ServiceTypeVersion>1.0.0</ows:ServiceTypeVersion> </ows:ServiceIdentification> <ows:ServiceProvider> <ows:ProviderName>SuperMap Software Co., Ltd.</ows:ProviderName> <ows:ProviderSite xlink:href="http://www.supermap.com"/> <ows:ServiceContact> <ows:IndividualName>Contact Name;</ows:IndividualName> <ows:PositionName>SuperMap Software Co., Ltd.</ows:PositionName> <ows:ContactInfo> <ows:Phone> <ows:Voice>+86-10-59896655</ows:Voice> <ows:Facsimile>86-10-59896666</ows:Facsimile> </ows:Phone> <ows:Address> <ows:DeliveryPoint>3/F Unit E, Building 201, No. A10, Jiuxianqiao North Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, CHINA</ows:DeliveryPoint> <ows:City>Beijing</ows:City> <ows:AdministrativeArea>Beijing</ows:AdministrativeArea> <ows:PostalCode>100015</ows:PostalCode> <ows:Country>China</ows:Country> <ows:ElectronicMailAddress>support@supermap.com</ows:ElectronicMailAddress> </ows:Address> </ows:ContactInfo> </ows:ServiceContact> </ows:ServiceProvider> <ows:OperationsMetadata> <ows:Operation name="GetCapabilities"> <ows:DCP> <ows:HTTP> <ows:Get xlink:href="http://localhost:8090/iserver/services/spatialanalyst-changchun/wps100?REQUEST=GetCapabilities"/> </ows:HTTP> </ows:DCP> </ows:Operation> <ows:Operation name="DescribeProcess"> <ows:DCP> <ows:HTTP> <ows:Get xlink:href="http://localhost:8090/iserver/services/spatialanalyst-changchun/wps100?REQUEST=DescribeProcess"/> </ows:HTTP> </ows:DCP> </ows:Operation> <ows:Operation name="Execute"> <ows:DCP> <ows:HTTP> <ows:Get xlink:href="http://localhost:8090/iserver/services/spatialanalyst-changchun/wps100?REQUEST=Execute"/> <ows:Post xlink:href="http://localhost:8090/iserver/services/spatialanalyst-changchun/wps100?REQUEST=Execute"/> </ows:HTTP> </ows:DCP> </ows:Operation> </ows:OperationsMetadata> <wps:ProcessOfferings> <wps:Process wps:processVersion="1.0.0"> <ows:Identifier>Buffer</ows:Identifier> <ows:Title>Buffer a polygon feature</ows:Title> <ows:Abstract>Buffer the polygon coordinates found in one GML stream by a given buffer distance, and output the results in GML.</ows:Abstract> <ows:Metadata xlink:title="buffer"/> <ows:Metadata xlink:title="polygon"/> </wps:Process> <wps:Process wps:processVersion="1.0.0"> <ows:Identifier>Clip</ows:Identifier> <ows:Title>Clip a polygon feature</ows:Title> <ows:Abstract>Clip the polygon coordinates found in one GML stream by a given polygon, and output the results in GML.</ows:Abstract> <ows:Metadata xlink:title="clip"/> <ows:Metadata xlink:title="polygon"/> </wps:Process> <wps:Process wps:processVersion="1.0.0"> <ows:Identifier>Intersect</ows:Identifier> <ows:Title>Get intersect polygon feature</ows:Title> <ows:Abstract>Get the intersect polygon coordinates found in one GML stream by two given polygons, and output the results in GML.</ows:Abstract> <ows:Metadata xlink:title="intersect"/> <ows:Metadata xlink:title="polygon"/> </wps:Process> <wps:Process wps:processVersion="1.0.0"> <ows:Identifier>Erase</ows:Identifier> <ows:Title>Get erase polygon feature</ows:Title> <ows:Abstract>Get the erase polygon coordinates found in one GML stream by two given polygons, and output the results in GML.</ows:Abstract> <ows:Metadata xlink:title="erase"/> <ows:Metadata xlink:title="polygon"/> </wps:Process> <wps:Process wps:processVersion="1.0.0"> <ows:Identifier>Identity</ows:Identifier> <ows:Title>Get identity polygon feature</ows:Title> <ows:Abstract>Get the identity polygon coordinates found in one GML stream by two given polygons, and output the results in GML.</ows:Abstract> <ows:Metadata xlink:title="identity"/> <ows:Metadata xlink:title="polygon"/> </wps:Process> <wps:Process wps:processVersion="1.0.0"> <ows:Identifier>Union</ows:Identifier> <ows:Title>Get union polygon feature</ows:Title> <ows:Abstract>Get the union polygon coordinates found in one GML stream by two given polygons, and output the results in GML.</ows:Abstract> <ows:Metadata xlink:title="union"/> <ows:Metadata xlink:title="polygon"/> </wps:Process> <wps:Process wps:processVersion="1.0.0"> <ows:Identifier>Update</ows:Identifier> <ows:Title>Get update polygon feature</ows:Title> <ows:Abstract>Get the update polygon coordinates found in one GML stream by two given polygons, and output the results in GML.</ows:Abstract> <ows:Metadata xlink:title="update"/> <ows:Metadata xlink:title="polygon"/> </wps:Process> <wps:Process wps:processVersion="1.0.0"> <ows:Identifier>Xor</ows:Identifier> <ows:Title>Get xor polygon feature</ows:Title> <ows:Abstract>Get the xor polygon coordinates found in one GML stream by two given polygons, and output the results in GML.</ows:Abstract> <ows:Metadata xlink:title="xor"/> <ows:Metadata xlink:title="polygon"/> </wps:Process> </wps:ProcessOfferings> <wps:Languages> <wps:Default> <ows:Language>en-US</ows:Language> </wps:Default> <wps:Supported> <ows:Language>en-US</ows:Language> <ows:Language>zh-CN</ows:Language> </wps:Supported> </wps:Languages> </wps:Capabilities>