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.)