Response
The response to a GetCapabilities request is an XML encoded document that conforms to the SOS 1.0.0 Implementation Specification [OGC 06-009r6], and illustrates the characteristics of the SOS system by providing a comprehensive information about the SOS server, the organization operating the service, operations implemented and observation offerings available to users
This document lists four sections:
- ows:ServiceIdentification - contains metadata about this specific server, including the title, abstract, keywords, service type and version
- ows:SeriviceProvider - contains metadata about the organization operating this server, including service provider name, site, address, contact information.
- ows:OperationsMetadata - contains metadata about the operations specified by this service and implemented by this server, including the URLs, parameters for operation requests
- Contents - contains information about the observation offerings available, such as procedures, feature of interest and observed properties.