16 Web Feature Service (WFS) Support
Oracle Spatial includes Web Feature Service (WFS) support.
Note:
- See Deploying and Configuring Spatial Web Services for the installation instructions of Web Feature Service server.
- If you have data from a previous release that was indexed using one or more SYS.XMLTABLEINDEX indexes, then you must drop the associated indexes before the upgrade and re-create the indexes after the upgrade as described in Index Maintenance Before and After an Upgrade (WFS and CSW).
- WFS Engine
This topic describes the Web Feature Service engine, including its relationship to clients and to the database server. - Configuring the WFS Engine
This topic focuses on the WFS-specific configuration and deployment actions. - Managing Feature Types
WFS supports feature types with both spatial and nonspatial attributes. - Capabilities Documents (WFS)
A capabilities document is generated by the WFS server in response to a GetCapabilities request. It shows published feature types (such as roads or rivers) and the operations supported (such as insert and delete). - WFS Operations: Requests and Responses with XML Examples
This topic presents some feature requests to the WFS engine, and the response to each request, for each of the following operations. - WFS Administration Console
The WFS administration console uses your WebLogic Server credentials. - Diagnosing WFS Issues
The WFS log files provide diagnostic information. - Using WFS with Oracle Workspace Manager
You can use Oracle Workspace Manager to version-enable a WFS table with relational features. - Dropping WFS Support (Release 21c or Later Only)
(This topic applies only to release 21c or later; it does not apply to release 19c or earlier.) - Updating a WFS Instance from an Oracle Database for a Release Before 21c to Release 21c or Later
(This topic applies only to release 21c or later; it does not apply to release 19c or earlier.)
Parent topic: Spatial Web Services