Andreas, thanks for your response. My comments are below: On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Andreas Neumann <a.neum...@carto.net> wrote:
> Hi, > > Layer title and name are only the same if the title in the metadata is > not set (see metadata tab of a layer). If you set the title in the > metadata tab it will be different from the name in the GetCapabilities > response. > Thanks, I wasn't aware of that. > > Naming the same layer twice: it's just bad practice. Authors should not > do that. Many plugins also rely on the fact that the same layer name > does not appear multiple times (or how would you distinguish layers > (e.g. in a combobox) if the same layer name is used multiple times?) > > I would just tell users: don't do that. It's your own fault if you do it. > > I agree, but it would be fine if QGIS would deny to create layers with same name, rather than to rely on user's decision. > I wouldn't mind if you add the layer id in the GetProjectSettings > command (in addition to layer and title, not instead of), but I don't > think that the layer id's should be exposed in GetCapabilities. > > OK, we are in process of preparing patch which will add multiple new parameters to GetProjectSettings. We will include also layer ID. -- Ivan Minčík ivan.min...@gmail.com GPG: 0x79529A1E http://imincik.github.io/0x79529A1E.key ivan.min...@gista.sk GPG: 0xD714B02C http://imincik.github.io/0xD714B02C.key
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