Re: [Geotools-devel] [Geoserver-devel] GetCapabilities JSON format

2023-11-27 Thread Andrea Aime
Hi Peter, yes, in general the OGC service allow alternative formats for outputs, although normally they are found for data requests such as GetFeature/GetCoverage/GetMap. The capabilities document must be supported in the mandated XML variant, and a standard client will look for that format: there

[Geotools-devel] GetCapabilities JSON format

2023-11-27 Thread Peter Smythe
Hi Devs I notice from https://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/services/wms/reference.html#getcapabilities and https://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/services/wms/vendor.html#getcapabilities-request that XML is the only response format option for the GetCapabilities call, and I wonder why that