---+ Current Open Issues

The list of open issues being discussed right now. There are plenty of more things to discuss, but these are the ones being worked on right now.


 1 FilterEncoding. How do we represent filters in the protocol?
      * see discussion about FilterOperators
      * add SpatialOperators to work with coordinates?

   * ProtocolHeader. Do we need to address resources in the protocol? What is an AccessPoint?

   * RequestMethods. What kind of requests are needed?
      * PingRequest: do a simple 'ping' to see whether a resource is online.
      * CapabilitiesRequest: list capabilities of the respective (provider)software...
      * MetadataRequest: give human readable metadata about a provider/resource
      * SearchRequest: search is subtyped?
      * InventoryRequest: select distinct values or value arrays...
      * CountRequest: count is a seperate request or just a flag?

   * ConceptualBinding. How do we address a concept of a ConceptualSchema?

   * ResponseStructure: How to define the structure of the returned records?

   * RecordDefinition: Do we need to define a "record" for a concetpual schema? Do we need a 'root' table? 

   * ErrorCodes: Do we need to define a standard set of error codes?

   * An alternative ThirdProposal based on the SoapProtocol ?