ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 19128 First edition 2005-12-01 Geographic information Web map server interface Information géographique Interface de carte du serveur web Reference number ISO 19128:2005(E) @ ISO 2005 Copyright International Organization for Standardization itted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 19128:2005(E) PDF disclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by IsO member bodies. In the unlikely event that a problem relating to it is found, please inform the Central Secretariat at the address given below. @ISO2005 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, IsO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 . CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ......- Copyightinteratinal organization for Standardization @ ISO 2005 - All rights reserved ted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 19128:2005(E) Contents Page Foreword. iv Introduction 1 Scope 2 Conformance 2.1 Conformance classes and requirements 2.2 Basic WMS.. 2.3 Queryable wMS.... 3 Normative references .. 4 Terms and definitions. 5 Abbreviated terms .... 6 Basic service elements 6.1 Introduction... 6.2 Version numbering and negotiation 6.3 General HTTP request rules ... 6.4 General HTTP response rules 6.5 Numeric and Boolean values. 6.6 Output formats ... 6.7 Coordinate systems.... 8 6.8 Requestparameterrules 12 6.9 Common request parameters. 13 6.10 Service result 6.11 Service exceptions 14 7 Web Map Service operations.... 14 7.1 Introduction... 14 7.2 GetCapabilities (mandatory) 14 7.3 GetMap (mandatory).... 25 7.4 GetFeaturelnfo(optional). 31 Annex A (normative) Conformance tests ... Annex B (normative) CRS Definitions.. Annex C (normative) Handling multi-dimensional data .. .44 Annex D (normative) Web Map Service profile of Iso 8601, Annex E (normative) XML Schemas... Annex F (normative) UML model.... Annex G (informative) Web Mapping Examples. Annex H (informative) XML examples . Bibliography .... Copyrght International Organizainsadardizaonghtsreserved ii Not for Resale ISO 19128:2005(E) Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 2 The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. IsO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ISO 19128 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 211, Geographic information/Geomatics, from a base document supplied by the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. @ Iso 2005- All rights reserved ISO 19128:2005(E) Introduction A Web Map Service (WMS) produces maps of spatially referenced data dynamically from geographic information. This International Standard defines a “map" to