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OGC-to-W3C Services: A Wrapper-Based Solution for Geospatial Metadata Exchange
Giuliana VitielloPasquale Di GiovanniMonica SebilloMichela Bertolottosubject
Web standardsService (systems architecture)computer.internet_protocolComputer scienceServices composition; geospatial metadata; metadata exchange; W3C standards; Open Geospatial ConsortiumInteroperabilitylcsh:QE1-996.5Open Geospatial ConsortiumContext (language use)Service-oriented architecturecomputer.software_genreW3C standardsWorld Wide WebMetadatalcsh:Geologymetadata exchangeGeneral Earth and Planetary SciencesGeospatial metadataservices compositiongeospatial metadataWeb servicecomputerdescription
When trying to compose services that are developed according to different standards, interoperability issues arise that are often faced by developing ad-hoc solutions. A typical example is represented by the composition of W3C and OGC services, which were developed more or less concurrently by independent organizations. In such a context, developing a wrapper that abstracts as much as possible the inner details and logic of a wrapped service well embraces the low-coupled nature of the general Service Oriented Computing paradigm. This paper focuses on the proper management of geospatial metadata into a W3C-based environment and is based on the development of a wrapper that exposes OGC functionality in a W3C-compliant way, thus overcoming the technical differences between the two types of services. To efficiently accomplish this task, a flexible, wrapper-based, and standard-compliant mechanism for metadata retrieval is proposed that avoids the use of third-party entities. The proposal exploits the scalable and adaptable nature of the WS-Metadata (Web Services Metadata) specification.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-22 | Geosciences |