Type | Acronym | Name | Purpose |
Services | WMS | Web Map Service | Provides maps as dynamic images, which may correspond to the superposition of several spatial layers. |
CSW | Catalog Service | Allows the publication of metadata and search catalogs. | |
WFS | Web Feature Service | Provides vector geographical features (geometry and attributes). | |
WCS | Web Coverage Service | Supports retrieval of geospatial data as “coverages”: information representing space/time-varying phenomena (Raster data, TIN…). | |
WPS | Web Processing Service | For geoprocessing services. | |
Formats | SLD | Style Layer Descriptor | Allows users to define symbology and styles for spatial layers (for WMS or WFS data). |
GML | Geography Markup Language | Exchange format for vector geographical data. | |
KML | Keyhole Markup Language | A format for displaying geospatial data. |