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[Backport branch-8-6] INSPIRE view service: add section on conformance testing #1081

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add section on INSPIRE conformance testing; correct OGC schema reposi…
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INSPIRE default schemas location will be fixed in MapServer > 8.6.3
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36 changes: 35 additions & 1 deletion en/ogc/inspire.txt
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Expand Up @@ -342,13 +342,47 @@ in msautotest::
+--- TN.RailTransportNetwork.RailwayLink
+--- TN.AirTransportNetwork.AirLink

Conformance Testing
===================

`INSPIRE Validator`_ is the standard testing tool for INSPIRE web services.
While it can be used as a standalone product, other testing frameworks like
`GDI-DE Testsuite`_ in Germany build on it and extend it.

The `INSPIRE Validator`_ contains a 'Conformance Class: View Service - WMS' test suite
for testing WMS compliance.
In order to make these tests pass and enforce strict compliance, you will need to
add some extra configuration settings to the `WEB.METADATA` section::

WEB
METADATA
"ows_inspire_capabilities" "url|embed" # make this an INSPIRE service
"ows_compliance_mode" "true" # Enable strict OGC compliance
...
END
END

.. tip::
In MapServer <= 8.6.3, you also need to override the
INSPIRE schema repository location, because INSPIRE
validator will throw an error on the default::

WEB
METADATA
...
"inspire_schemas_location" "https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/schemas"
...
END
END

.. #### rST Link Section ####

.. _`European directive`: https://knowledge-base.inspire.ec.europa.eu/index_en
.. _`GDI-DE Testsuite`: https://testsuite.gdi-de.org
.. _`INSPIRE Technical Guidance document`: https://inspire-mif.github.io/technical-guidelines/services/view-wms/

.. _`INSPIRE schemas`: https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/schemas/inspire_vs/1.0/inspire_vs.xsd
.. _`INSPIRE Validator`: https://github.com/INSPIRE-MIF/helpdesk-validator/
.. _`http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/schemas`: https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/schemas
.. _`WMS INSPIRE tester`: https://github.com/neogeo-technologies/inspire_tester
.. _document: https://web.archive.org/web/20121110042846/http://www.neogeo-online.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/MAPSERVER_INSPIRE.pdf
.. _`INSPIRE Metadata Implementing Rules`: https://knowledge-base.inspire.ec.europa.eu/publications/inspire-metadata-implementing-rules-technical-guidelines-based-en-iso-19115-and-en-iso-19119_en
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Expand Up @@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ Web Object Metadata
metadata) Root of the web tree where the family of OGC WMS XMLSchema
files are located. This must be a valid URL where the actual .xsd
files are located if you want your WMS output to validate in a
validating XML parser. Default is `https://schemas.opengis.net`_.
validating XML parser. Default is `http://schemas.opengis.net`_.


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.. _`Symbology Encoding Implementation Specification`: https://portal.ogc.org/files/?artifact_id=16700
.. _`The EPSG web page`: https://epsg.org/
.. _`https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/wms?SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetCapabilities`: https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/wms?SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetCapabilities
.. _`https://schemas.opengis.net`: https://schemas.opengis.net
.. _`http://schemas.opengis.net`: https://schemas.opengis.net
.. _`https://proj.org/`: https://proj.org/
.. _`http://www.maptools.org/dl/proj4-epsg.zip`: http://www.maptools.org/dl/proj4-epsg.zip