Technical Features

Transforming WFS

Share your data with a wide community and conform to community schemas using the unique translating capabilities of GO Publisher WFS. Translate your data into an existing schema or use GO Publisher to create a new schema based on your database model.

• Graphical translation configuration - set up translations without scripting or complex configuration files
• Translation to XML, KML or GML 2.2, 3.1.1, 3.2.1 application schemas
• On the fly coordinate transformation support all coordinate systems within the EPSG database
• Comprehensive translation functionality including:
• Map column values into XML attributes and elements
• Map relational table joins into complex XML structures
• Group numerous column values into complex XML structures
• Concatenate column values into XML content
• Create XML content from user defined constants
• Map database geometries to GML geometries
• Map X, Y columns into GML point structures
• Map database keys to XML ids or generate XML ids on the fly
• Create xlinks from table joins
• Bespoke and complex transformation using XSLT, Java or inline database functions
• Full plugin API to create your own Java transformers

Interoperability

GO Publisher WFS guarantees you interoperability.

• Implements OGC WFS 2.0 / ISO 19142:2010, OWS FES 2.0 / ISO 19143
• OGC compliant WFS 1.0, 1.1
• Supports GML 2.2, 3.1.1, 3.2.1 application schemas
• Proven to publish INSPIRE Annex 1,2,3 data
• Supports 'on the fly' coordinate transformation for data and query
• Publishes to KML for visualisation
• Stored queries to improve scalability and security
• Temporal Queries enabling 4-Dimensional spatio-temporal data queries
• Comprehensive Filter Encoding Specification support. FES 1.0 & 1.1 plus FES 2.0 temporal operators. Includes:
  • Geometry Operands: Envelope, Point, LineString, Polygon, Arc, Circle
  • Spatial Operators: BBOX, Equals, Disjoint, Intersects, Touches, Crosses, Within, Contains, Overlaps, Beyond, DWithin
  • Logical Operators: LessThan, GreaterThan, LessThanEqualTo, GreaterThanEqualTo, EqualTo, NotEqualTo, Like, Betweeen, NullCheck
  • Temporal Operators: After, Before, Begins, BegunBy, TContains, During, TEquals, TOverlaps, Meets, OverlappedBy, MetBy, Ends, EndedBy
  • Plus any combination of the above, capable of 4D queries

30 Second and Scalable Deployment

No depencies on third party software and no complex prior setup required. One click deployment direct into your choosen application server. WFS deploys in less than 30 seconds from a clean install.

If you need deploy 100's - 1000's of WFS services, all you need is an extra click! Our new two stage deployment in GO Publisher 2.0 enable 1000's of WFS instances to be managed from a single common installation enabling scalable deployment and greatly simplified maintenance.

Security

Support for secured SOAP deployment including:

• https
• Encryption
• LDAP / Active Directory Authentication
• Digital signatures
• WS-Security configured using Spring framework

User interface

Configuration not customisation via an intuitive GUI frees up costly developer resource.

• Preview output XML and the XML schema in a syntax coloured panel
• Preview Validation reports and clickable error highlighting
• Graphic xml schema viewer
• War file set-up and generation
• WFS capabilities configuration

Multi database support

GO Publisher WFS works with your existing infrastructure.

• Deliver GML and KML from Oracle with GO Publisher Desktop, Agent or WFS
• GO Publisher Desktop and Agent can also generate non-spatial XML formats from any JDBC compliant database including: Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, MySQL, MS Access, MS Excel
• Connect direct to tables or database views
• Apply free form SQL to filter source data

Hardware / Software platforms

GO Publisher WFS is 100% pure Java and works with any Java supporting operating system.

• Supports numerous platforms including: Win 7 (inc 64bit), Vista, XP, Windows 2003/2008 Server, Linux, Solaris, MacOSX (Beta)