owsGetCapabilities.xsd This XML Schema Document defines the GetCapabilities operation request and response XML elements and types, which are common to all OWSs. This XML Schema shall be edited by each OWS, for example, to specify a specific value for the "service" attribute. OWS is an OGC Standard. Copyright (c) 2009 Open Geospatial Consortium. To obtain additional rights of use, visit http://www.opengeospatial.org/legal/ . XML encoded GetCapabilities operation response. This document provides clients with service metadata about a specific service instance, usually including metadata about the tightly-coupled data served. If the server does not implement the updateSequence parameter, the server shall always return the complete Capabilities document, without the updateSequence parameter. When the server implements the updateSequence parameter and the GetCapabilities operation request included the updateSequence parameter with the current value, the server shall return this element with only the "version" and "updateSequence" attributes. Otherwise, all optional elements shall be included or not depending on the actual value of the Contents parameter in the GetCapabilities operation request. This base type shall be extended by each specific OWS to include the additional contents needed. The list of languages that this service is able to fully support. That is, if one of the listed languages is requested using the AcceptLanguages parameter in future requests to the server, all text strings contained in the response are guaranteed to be in that language. This list does not necessarily constitute a complete list of all languages that may be (at least partially) supported by the server. It only states the languages that are fully supported. If a server cannot guarantee full support of any particular language, it shall omit it from the list of supported languages in the capabilities document. Service metadata document version, having values that are "increased" whenever any change is made in service metadata document. Values are selected by each server, and are always opaque to clients. When not supported by server, server shall not return this attribute. XML encoded GetCapabilities operation request. This operation allows clients to retrieve service metadata about a specific service instance. In this XML encoding, no "request" parameter is included, since the element name specifies the specific operation. This base type shall be extended by each specific OWS to include the additional required "service" attribute, with the correct value for that OWS. When omitted, server shall return latest supported version. When omitted or not supported by server, server shall return complete service metadata (Capabilities) document. When omitted or not supported by server, server shall return service metadata document using the MIME type "text/xml". Ordered list of languages desired by the client for all human readable text in the response, in order of preference. For every element, the first matching language available from the server shall be present in the response. When omitted or not supported by server, server shall return latest complete service metadata document. Service type identifier, where the string value is the OWS type abbreviation, such as "WMS" or "WFS". Prioritized sequence of one or more specification versions accepted by client, with preferred versions listed first. See Version negotiation subclause for more information. Unordered list of zero or more names of requested sections in complete service metadata document. Each Section value shall contain an allowed section name as specified by each OWS specification. See Sections parameter subclause for more information. Service metadata document version, having values that are "increased" whenever any change is made in service metadata document. Values are selected by each server, and are always opaque to clients. See updateSequence parameter use subclause for more information. Prioritized sequence of zero or more GetCapabilities operation response formats desired by client, with preferred formats listed first. Each response format shall be identified by its MIME type. See AcceptFormats parameter use subclause for more information.