Hi Tanya, You have a couple of options here depending on whether you want the individual layer metadata to be visible in the capabilities file or not.
The first option is to assign no NAME attribute to the individual layers but have a GROUP attribute. This would allow the individual layers to be seen in the capabilities file, with all their associated metadata (metadata which the group layer would not have), but they would not be queryable in an OGC request. Option 2 is to use the "ows_hidden_layer" "true" attribute and code. This is slightly different in that you use this with the REQUIRES attribute to 'tie' layers together. This has the downside that no group layer is created as such, just a kind of 'master' layer that all other layers are tied to, so that if the 'master' layer is requested all other layers tied to it are automatically requested.That probably made no sense so an example: LAYER NAME "master" ..... ..... END LAYER NAME "sublayer1" ....... REQUIRES "[master]" METADATA "ows_hidden_layer" "true" END END LAYER NAME "sublayer2" ..... REQUIRES "[master]" METADATA "ows_hidden_layer" "true" END END In this example, "sublayer1" and "sublayer2" will not be seen in a capabilities file and cannot be queried. However, they are 'tied' to the "master" layer so that if this layer is requested, "sublayer1" and "sublayer2" are also requested. Hope this might help a bit!! To be honest we're not that happy with the options available for hiding layers and the control over nested layers, especially as the current options don't fulfill our needs over here in Europe with regards the INSPIRE specifications. So we've written an RFC if you're interested with regards container layers that would give you a lot more control over layer behaviour, we're still hoping someone is interested enough to make the, not insignificant, coding changes! http://osgeo-org.1803224.n2.nabble.com/INSPIRE-compliancy-A-request-for-comments-on-a-possible-RFC-td5661761.html#a5661761 ' http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/3608 Cheers Tom -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1803224.n2.nabble.com/Fwd-Hiding-Layers-in-OGC-Web-Services-tp5840585p5841309.html Sent from the Mapserver - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users