GetCapabilities

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GetCapabilities is a standard Web Map Service (WMS) request that returns an XML document describing a map server’s available layers, operations, and service metadata.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf OGC web service operation
Web Map Service request
capabilitySectionIncludes request URLs
supported operations
containsSection Capability section
Layer section
Service section
definedBy OGC Web Map Service specification NERFINISHED
describes available layers
available operations
service metadata
hasParameter FORMAT
REQUEST
SERVICE
UPDATESEQUENCE
VERSION
layerSectionIncludes available styles
bounding boxes
coordinate reference systems
layer hierarchy
layer metadata URLs
mayInclude exception formats
inspire_extended_capabilities (in INSPIRE profiles)
mayUseProtocol HTTP POST
namespaceElement WMS_Capabilities
REQUEST GetCapabilities
responseFormat application/xml
text/xml
returns XML document
SERVICE WMS
serviceSectionIncludes contact information
service abstract
service keywords
service title
standardizedBy Open Geospatial Consortium NERFINISHED
supportsDiscoveryOf map layers GENERATED
service constraints GENERATED
supported coordinate reference systems GENERATED
supported formats GENERATED
transportProtocol HTTP GET
updateControl controlled by UPDATESEQUENCE parameter
usedFor client configuration
interoperability between GIS clients and servers
service discovery
usedIn WMS 1.1.1
WMS 1.3.0 NERFINISHED
versionNegotiation controlled by VERSION parameter

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WMS supportsOperation GetCapabilities