[Chameleon] phpwms.dbf in relation to ISO19119

[Bart van den Eijnden]

Hi list,

in the application we have created with Chameleon we use the "Manage 
Servers" part from Chameleon and also separately an ISO19119 Web Registry 
Server (WRS) which has its own datamodel based on ISO19119. We have 
created a custom widget on the WRS to search using the preliminary OGC 
Catalog specs.

In my opinion there are quite a lot of similiarities between an ISO19119 
datamodel and the phpwms.dbf. You could see the "Manage Servers" part of 
Chameleon as a way to fill your ISO19119 datamodel, ideally through the 
OGC Web Catalog Interface (although I do not know if the interface is 
already (intended to be) transactional, in that case using WFS).

In the current situation, we are faced with duplicate information, where 
Web Map Servers are both stored in phpwms.dbf and our ISO19119 database.

Are there any plans to integrate the phpwms.dbf stuff into a real ISO19119 
registry model? Paul, you once mentioned the Manage Servers part will 
completely be replaced when Maplab 3.0 sees the light, but perhaps the 
back-structure of phpwms.dbf will be kept in place? I for one would be 
interested in helping out, but if nobody likes the idea, then it's a no 
go. I know it is quite a lot of overkill, but it would help in having an 
application based on OGC standards for all parts of the application.

Best regards,
Bart