SCHeMA

This page illustrates the DescribeSensor Operation for the SCHeMA SOS Service. This operation allows clients to retrieve information about the SCHeMA sensors/procedures. The DescribeSensor Operation supports HTTP/GET and HTTP/POST request methods. For further info see the list of DescribeSensor parameters for more details.

Request via HTTP/GET

Service

SOS

Request

DescribeSensor

Version

1.0.0

Output Format

text/xml

Procedure

HTTP/GET Request URL:

http://dataportal.schema-ocean.eu/service/wssos.asmx/SOS?service=SOS&request=DescribeSensor&version=1.0.0&outputFormat=text/xml&procedure=urn:ogc:def:procedure:schema::S1_CTD-1

Request via HTTP/POST

Service URL

http://dataportal.schema-ocean.eu/service/wssos.asmx/SOS

Procedure

XML to send via POST

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<DescribeSensor xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/sos/1.0"
                xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
                xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/sos/1.0 http://schemas.opengis.net/sos/1.0.0/sosAll.xsd"
                service="SOS"
                outputFormat="text/xml"
                version="1.0.0">
<procedure>urn:ogc:def:procedure:schema::S1_CTD-1</procedure>
</DescribeSensor>

PARAMETERS DESCRIPTION

Request

The input parameters for DescribeSensor operation include:

Input Name	Description	Mandatory
service	Service name (SOS)	Yes
request	Operation name (DescribeSensor)	Yes
version	Service version (1.0.0)	Yes
outputFormat	Response format (MIME type) for DescribeSensor.	Yes
procedure	Used to query DescribeSensor for sensors (instruments).	Yes

Response

The response to a DescribeSensor request is a Sensor Model Language (SensorML) document that describes the sensor system. A mandatory DescribeSensor response for SCHeMA procedure shall return:

platform identifiers (platformID, name, manufacturer)
platform geographic location
list of observed properties