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Contents 1 CSW Requirements 1.1 Summary 1.2 Ideas 1.2.1 Abstract Result Object 1.2.2 Administration Interface 1.2.3 Caching

CSW Requirements

Summary

• An easy to use search interface
• that queries abstract services
• which could be CSW, OpenSearch or whatever
• and the result would be an abstract result object
• which could be a layer, a feature etc.

Ideas

Abstract Result Object

• Handle various results returned - that are handled by MB vs the Browser
• basically wms, wfs, features

Administration Interface

• a table for services
• and means to distribute them among applications
• admin should be able to decide which services to offer to various apps
• it should be possible to add this to the current map by a click

Caching

• Harvest periodically and save vs. Querying real time

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