VESTA-GIS/NatureSDIPlus workshop VESTA-GIS Module on Web Services Anders Östman University of Gävle, Sweden
VESTA-GIS/NatureSDIPlus workshop
3 What is a web service? A web page is written in a standardised language (html), but its content is not standardised. It is made for visual reading, not for automatic processing A web service provide the client with standardised files. These files can be used by other web services (chained)
VESTA-GIS/NatureSDIPlus workshop Content What are web services Web service standards Some OGC specifications –Web Map Service –Web Feature Service –Web Processing Service
VESTA-GIS/NatureSDIPlus workshop Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) – The OSE model Database services Integrating concepts (TCP/IP, SOAP, WSDL, UDDI) Generic services Business logic Human interface
VESTA-GIS/NatureSDIPlus workshop Course outline Lecture 1: Basic concepts of web services (4 files). Reading (for details, see literature list) –Wikipedia, Web Services –W3Schools, Web Service Tutorial –W3C, Web Service Architecture (not mandatory reading) –W3Schools, Web Glossary – always as reference (not mandatory reading) Lecture 2: Web Processing Services (1 file). Reading –OGC, Web Processing Services (not mandatory reading) Self test
VESTA-GIS/NatureSDIPlus workshop VESTA-GIS e-learning platform Login credentials required –Procedure for this will be published soon at the VESTA-GIS and NatureSDIPlus project web sites