OGC CS-W

Click Add Overlay > OGC > OGC CS-W.

You can either

Select from previously saved connections (or)
Other well-known servers (or)
Type in the server address if you know it.

Option	Description
URL	Type in the address of the server if you know it. The URL can also be copied in from the GeognoSIS WMTS Capabilities Document
User/Password	Enter the credentials if you want to specify any account details.
Save connection in UI settings database (encrypted)	Should SIS store the connection in the UI settings database? The password will be stored in encrypted form for security.

Validate 'Capabilities' XML from server: The WMTS capabilities document tells clients exactly which layers, styles, extents, image formats, etc. a server supports. Check this tickbox if you wish the XML returned by the server in this document to be validated.

Capabilities: Displays the XML capabilities document for the OGC CSW.

TIP: Connect using SAML 2.0 ECP Profile: SAML stands for SecurityAssertion Markup Language (SAML) version 2.0. Check this tickbox to make connection using the OASIS SAML. See http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/v2.0/ for details of (SAML) version 2.0 Profiles.

1. If you select Connect using SAML 2.0 ECP Profile, ensure you enter details about the Shibboleth Federation Metadata.

Click Next.

2. If connecting WITHOUT the SAML 2.0 ECP Profile , you will see this OGC (WMTS) dialog.

Click OK to return to the OGC Catalogue Services for the Web (CS-W) dialog.

Click Next.

The OGC CS-W Filter dialog will be displayed:

Configure the optional OGC CS-W filter as follows:

Server Details

Title

This is a descriptive title returned by the OGC CS-W.

Capabilities...

Click to display the XML capabilities document for the selected OGC CS-W service in the HTML/XML Viewer (see above).

Filter

OGC Service Types:

WMS - Check this tickbox if the OGC-W search is to look for OGC Web Map Services.

WFS - Check this tickbox if the OGC-W search is to look for OGC Web Feature Services.

WCS - Check this tickbox if the OGC-W search is to look for OGC Web Coverage Services.

WMTS - Check this tickbox if the OGC-W search is to look for OGC Web Map Tile Services.

No filter

Check the tickbox to specify no filter to be used.

Simple filter

Select if you want to build a simple filter.

Spatial Filter - Check the tickbox if you want to create a spatial filter. Select the type of spatial filter to apply from the drop-down box

Test to apply - Select the spatial filter operation from the drop-down box.

Invert - Check the tickbox to invert the spatial test.

Property Filter - Check the tickbox if you want to specify a property ("scalar") filter, drop-down boxes as follows:

first drop-down box: Select the required available column.

second drop-down box: Select the scalar filter operation.

third drop-down box: Enter the search expression for the scalar filter.

Specify XML filter

Select if you require an XML filter.

The More... button will display an XML Filter dialog to allow you to specify any filter.

Validate request...

Click to validate the XML returned by the OGC CS-W. Confirmation of successful validation will be displayed:

Click OK.

Expected number of records using current query...

Click to send a request to the OGC CS-W service to determine and display an estimate of the number of results for the current query, for example:

Click OK.

Click Next.

The OGC CS-W Search dialog will be displayed:

Distributed Searching

Pass request onto multiple servers

Check this tickbox if you want to distribute the OGC CS-W search among several connected OGC CS-W service instances.

Limit Number of Hops

This field becomes active if Pass request onto multiple servers is selected. Check the tickbox if you want the number of hops between OGC CS-W services before a distributed search is terminated to be limited.

If Limit Number of Hops is selected use the box to specify the maximum number of message hops allowed between OGC CS-W services before a distributed search is terminated.

Configuration

Limit Number of Records per Page

Check this tickbox if the number of results to return for the OGC CS-W query is to be limited.

If Limit Number of Records is selected use the box to specify the maximum number of results to return for the OGC CS-W query.

Click Expected number of records using current query... to send a request to the OGC CS-W service to determine and display an estimate of the number of results for the current query, for example:

Click OK.

Use HTTP POST requests where possible

Check this tickbox if HTTP POST requests should be favoured over simpler but limited in size, HTTP GET queries.

Click Next

The OGC CS-W Search Results dialog will be displayed:

Address of server

Select the URL of one of the OGC services found by the OGC CS-W search.

OGC Service Type

If SIS cannot determine the type of OGC Service for the selected URL, you can force it to treat it as an OGC Web Map Service, a Web Feature Service, Web Coverage Service or Web Map Tile Service by checking the appropriate radio button.

Validate XML from server

Check this tickbox to validate the XML returned by the OGC CS-W.

Search result details...

Click to display the XML description of the selected Coverage.

Capabilities...

Click to display the XML capabilities document for the selected OGC Service.

Click Next.

The next dialog will depend on the OGC Service Types selection made in the OGC CS-W Filter dialog, WMS, WFS, WCS, WMTS.