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@---+ Capabilities Response, Proposal I

---+++++ General Idea

We could add more information to this capabilities request. Everything related to machine readable data describing the capabilities, abilities of a providers resource like the limit to the number of returned records. Also every concept should include a flag indicating whether it is searchable.

Information we would like to add to the capabilities:
   * provider configuration parameters affecting the response:
      * minQueryTermLength
      * maxSearchResponseRecords
      * maxInventoryResponseRecords
   * type & version of the protocols supported by a software
   * type of FilterOperators supported by a software
      * logical
      * comparative
      * functions
     * min, max
     * len
      * SpatialOperators
   * type of operations or RequestMethods supported
   * is ContentCompression supported ?
   * ConceptualSchemas and their "mapped" concepts supported (see above)
   * a slot for security related information
      * access restriction
      * encryption mechanisms

---+++++ Example
<verbatim>
<capabilities>
   <configurations>
      <minQueryTermLength>3</minQueryTermLength>
      <maxSearchResponseRecords>100</maxSearchResponseRecords>
      <maxInventoryResponseRecords>1000</maxInventoryResponseRecords>
   </configurations>
   <protocols>
      <protocol schema="http://www.altova.com" name="String"/> *
   </protocols>
   <filter>
      <comparative>
         <operator name="String" type="String"/> *
      </comparative>
      <logical>
         <operator name="String" type="String"/> *
      </logical>
      <function>
         <operator name="String" type="String"/> *
      </function>
      <spatial>
         <operator name="String" type="String"/> *
      </spatial>
   </filter>
   <operations>
      <operation requesttype="String"/> *
   </operations>
   <compression>
      <method name="zip"/> *
   </compression>
   <conceptualSchemas>
      <schema namespace="http://www.altova.com"> *
         <concept searchable="1" path="/abcd/efg/@@h"/> *
      </schema>
   </conceptualSchemas>
   <security>Text</security>
</capabilities>

with* indicating repeatable elements
</verbatim>
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  <conceptualSchemas> *
    <schema namespace="http://xx" location="http://xx"> *
      <mappedConcept>String</mappedConcept> * 
      <mappedConcept>String</mappedConcept>
      <mappedConcept>String</mappedConcept> 
    </schema>
  </conceptualSchemas>
  <requestMethods>
    <method>String</method> *
    <method>String</method>
  </requestMethods>
  <localConfigurations>
    <configuration name="String">Value</configuration> *
    <configuration name="String">Value</configuration>
    <configuration name="String">Value</configuration>
  </localConfigurations>
  <protocols>
    <protocol name="String"> *
      <version>String</version> *
      <version>String</version>
    </protocol>
  </protocols>
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      <concept>String</concept> * 
      <concept>String</concept>
      <concept>String</concept> 
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  <conceptualSchema namespace="http://xx" location="http://xx"> *
    <concept>String</concept> * 
    <concept>String</concept>
    <concept>String</concept> 
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