This document summarizes MapServer's support for various OGC web services standards including WMS, WFS, WCS, SLD, SOS, WMC and Filter Encoding. It provides details on the versions and specifications supported, initial implementation dates, key operations and limitations. Ongoing work includes pursuing official OGC compliance and supporting new releases of specifications.

1. Summary of OGC Web Services in MapServer Jeff McKenna Gateway Geomatics

2. MapServer Supports: WMS (server/client)

3. SLD

4. WFS (server/client)

5. GML

6. Filter Encoding

7. WCS (server)

8. WMC

9. SOS (server)

10. OGC Compliance Passed tests for WMS 1.1.1 and 1.3.0 Certification pending, for 5.6.0 release Ongoing testing for WFS 1.0.0 and 1.1.0*

11. WCS 1.0.0* and 1.1.0*

12. SOS 1.0.0

13. WMC 1.1.0 Track our progress in the Trac Wiki at http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/wiki/MapServerOGCCITECompliance

14. MapServer Support Notes: Requires a regular MapServer .map file, with additional simple metadata

15. Since v4.4 (2004), "ows_*" metadata can be used for common metadata items shared by multiple OGC interfaces (e.g. ows_title vs wms_title + wfs title)

16. WMS Provides images of map data

17. 2001: Initial implementation, thanks to funding from NRCan's Canadian Forest Service (CFS)