DescribeRecord Request

Request Parameters
Request Sample

Request Parameters

The DescribeRecord operation obeys the HTTP protocol. The client sends request to the server. The main request parameters are shown as follows:

Table 1 Parameters in DescribeRecord operation request

Request Parameters	O/M	Description
SERVICE=CSW	Mandatory	Service type. Request the CSW service, and the request type is "CSW".
REQUEST=DescribeRecord	Mandatory	The request operation name. Request DescribeRecord operation. Shall be "DescribeRecord".
VERSION=version	Mandatory	Supported version. The version is 2.0.2.
NAMESPACE=nameSpace	Optional	Specify the address for the namespace.
SCHEMALANGUAGE=schemaLanguage	Optional	Default is XMLSCHEMA.
OUTPUTFORMAT=outputFormat	Optional	The output format. Control the output format, and default is application/xml.
TYPENAME=typeName	Optional	Query the information model object. For example, the <csw:Record>model of csw ogc.

Note:The case of parameters is not mandatory, and request parameters can be arranged in an arbitrary order.

GET request

Get request methods of the DescribeRecord operation are as follows:

<ServiceRoot>?SERVICE=CSW&REQUEST=DescribeRecord&VERSION=2.0.2

ServiceRoot is the service URI root directory. Please see Setting the Service URI.

The DescribeRecord operation obeys the HTTP protocol. For example, after the local SuperMap iServer CSW 2.0.2 service is started successfully, the URI of accessing the DescribeRecord operation by Get is: http://localhost:8090/iserver/services.csw?SERVICE=CSW&REQUEST=DescribeRecord&VERSION=2.0.2。

POST request

Post request methods of the DescribeRecord operation are as follows:

DescribeRecord obeys HTTP protocol. The client uses POST encoding to send request. e.g., after the local SuperMap iServer CSW 2.0.2 service is started successfully, the URI of accessing the DescribeRecord operation by POST is: http://localhost:8090/iserver/services.csw?SERVICE=CSW&REQUEST=DescribeRecord&VERSION=2.0.2.

The request sample is shown as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <DescribeRecord service="CSW" version="2.0.2" outputFormat="application/xml" schemaLanguage="http://www.w3.org/XML/Schema" xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2" xmlns:csw="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://schemas.opengis.net/csw/2.0.2 /CSW-discovery.xsd"> <TypeName>csw:Record</TypeName> </DescribeRecord>

Please refer to Response.