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1.. _services-zcfg:
2   
3ZOO-Service configuration file
4========================================= 
5
6The ZOO-Service configuration file (.zcfg) describes a
7WPS service. It provides metadata information on a particular WPS
8Service and it is parsed by ZOO-Kernel when *DescribeProcess* and
9*Execute* request are sent.
10
11The ZOO-Service configuration file is divided into three distinct sections :
12
13 * Main Metadata information
14 * List of Inputs metadata information (optional since `rev. 469 <http://zoo-project.org/trac/changeset/469>`__)
15 * List of Outputs metadata information
16
17.. warning:: The ZOO-Service configuration file is case sensitive.
18
19.. note:: There are many example ZCFG files in the ``cgi-env`` directory of the `ZOO-Project svn <http://zoo-project.org/trac/browser/trunk/zoo-project/zoo-services>`__.
20
21
22Main section
23-------------------------
24
25The fist part of the ZOO-Service configuration file is the ``main`` section,
26which contains general metadata information on the related WPS
27Service.
28
29Note that the "name of your service" between brackets on the first line has to be the exact same name
30as the function you defined in your services provider code. In most cases, this name is also the name
31of the ZCFG file without the "``.zcfg``" extension.
32
33An example of the ``main`` section  is given bellow as reference.
34
35.. code-block:: none
36   :linenos:
37
38   [Name of WPS Service]
39   Title = Title of the WPS Service
40   Abstract = Description of the WPS Service
41   processVersion = Version number of the WPS Service
42   storeSupported = true/false
43   statusSupported = true/false
44   serviceType = Pprogramming language used to implement the service (C|Fortran|Python|Java|PHP|Ruby|Javascript)
45   serviceProvider = Name of the Services provider (shared library|Python Module|Java Class|PHP Script|JavaScript Script)
46   <MetaData>
47     title = Metadata title of the WPS Service
48   </MetaData>
49
50.. warning::  'Name of WPS Service' must be the exact same name as the function defined in the WPS Service source code.
51
52.. note:: An ``extend`` parameter may be used for the `Process profile registry <process-profiles.html>`__.
53
54List of Inputs
55--------------
56
57The second part of the ZOO-Service configuration file is the ``<DataInputs>``
58section which lists the supported inputs. Each input is defined as :
59
60 * Name (between brackets as for the name of the service before)
61 * Various medata properties (``Title``, ``Abstract``, ``minOccurs``, ``maxOccurs`` and, in case of ComplexData, the optional ``maximumMegabytes``)
62 * :ref:`Type Of Data Node  <typeDataNodes>`
63
64A typical list of inputs (``<DataInputs>``) looks like the following:
65
66.. code-block:: none
67   :linenos:
68   
69   <DataInputs>
70     [Name of the first input]
71       Title = Title of the first input
72       Abstract = Abstract describing the first input
73       minOccurs = Minimum occurence of the first input
74       maxOccurs = Maximum occurence of the first input
75       <Type Of Data Node />
76     [Name of the second input]
77       Title = Title of the second input
78       Abstract = Abstract describing the second input
79       minOccurs = Minimum occurence of the second input
80       maxOccurs = Maximum occurence of the second input
81       <Type Of Data Node />
82   </DataInputs>
83   
84.. note:: A ``<MetaData>`` node can also be added, as in the main metadata information.
85
86List of Outputs
87---------------
88
89The third part of the ZOO Service configuration file is the ``<DataOutputs>``
90section, which lists the supported outputs and is is very similar to a
91list of inputs.
92
93A typical list of outputs (``<DataOutputs>``) looks like the
94following:
95
96.. code-block:: none
97   :linenos:
98   
99   <DataOutputs>
100     [Name of the output]
101       Title = Title of the output
102       Abstract = Description of the output
103       <Type Of Data Node />
104   </DataOutputs>
105
106.. _typeDataNodes:
107
108Type Of Data Nodes
109------------------
110
111The *Type Of Data Nodes* describes data types for inputs and
112outputs. There are three different types which are described in this
113section.
114 * :ref:`LiteralData <LiteralData>`
115 * :ref:`BoundingBoxData <BoundingBoxData>`
116 * :ref:`ComplexData <ComplexData>`
117
118 .. warning:: Every *BoundingBoxData* and *ComplexData* must have at least one ``<Default>`` node (even empty like ``<Default />``)
119
120.. _LiteralData:
121
122LiteralData node
123****************
124
125A ``<LiteralData>`` node contains:
126
127- one (optional) ``AllowedValues`` key containing all value allowed for this input
128- one (optional) ``range`` properties containing the range (``[``, ``]``)
129- one (optional) ``rangeMin`` (``rangeMax``) properties containing the minimum (maximum) value of this range
130- one (optional) ``rangeSpacing`` properties containing the regular distance or spacing between value in this range
131- one (optional) ``rangeClosure`` properties containing the closure type (``c``, ``o``, ``oc``, ``co``)
132- one ``<Default>`` node,
133- zero or more ``<Supported>`` nodes depending on the existence or the number of supported Units Of Measure (UOM), and
134- a ``dataType`` property. The ``dataType`` property defines the type of literal data, such as a string, an interger and so on
135  (consult `the complete list <http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#built-in-datatypes>`__ of supported data types).
136
137``<Default>`` and ``<Supported>`` nodes can contain the ``uom`` property to define which UOM has to be used for
138this input value.
139
140For input ``<LiteralData>`` nodes, you can add the ``value`` property to the ``<Default>`` node to define a default
141value for this input. This means that, when your Service will be run, even if the input wasn't defined, this default
142value will be set as the current value for this input.
143
144A typical ``<LiteralData>`` node, defining a ``float`` data type using meters or degrees for its UOM, looks like the
145following:
146
147.. code-block:: guess
148   :linenos:
149   
150   <LiteralData>
151     dataType = float
152     <Default>
153       uom = meters
154     </Default>
155     <Supported>
156       uom = feet
157     </Supported>
158   </LiteralData>
159
160
161A typical ``<LiteralData>`` node, defining a ``float`` data type which
162should take values contained in ``[0.0,100.0]``, looks like the following:
163
164.. code-block:: guess
165   :linenos:
166   
167   <LiteralData>
168     dataType = float
169     rangeMin = 0.0
170     rangeMax = 100.0
171     rangeClosure = c
172     <Default />
173   </LiteralData>
174
175Or more simply:
176
177.. code-block:: guess
178   :linenos:
179   
180   <LiteralData>
181     dataType = float
182     range = [0.0,100.0]
183     <Default />
184   </LiteralData>
185
186A typical ``<LiteralData>`` node, defining a ``string`` data type which
187support values ``hillshade``, ``slope``, ``aspect``, ``TRI``, ``TPI``
188and ``roughness``, looks like the following:
189
190.. code-block:: guess
191   :linenos:
192   
193   <LiteralData>
194     dataType = string
195     AllowedValues = hillshade,slope,aspect,TRI,TPI,roughness
196     <Default />
197   </LiteralData>
198
199Properties ``AllowedValues`` and ``range*`` can be conbined with both ``<Default>`` and
200``<Supported>`` nodes in the same was as ``<LiteralData>`` node. For
201instance, the following is supported:
202
203.. code-block:: guess
204   :linenos:
205   
206   <LiteralData>
207     dataType = int
208     <Default>
209       value = 11
210       AllowedValues = -10,-8,-7,-5,-1
211       rangeMin = 0
212       rangeMin = 100
213       rangeClosure = co
214     </Default>
215     <Supported>
216       rangeMin = 200
217       rangeMin = 600
218       rangeClosure = co
219     </Supported>
220     <Supported>
221       rangeMin = 750
222       rangeMin = 990
223       rangeClosure = co
224       rangeSpacing = 10
225     </Supported>
226   </LiteralData>
227
228.. _BoundingBoxData:
229
230BoundingBoxData node
231********************
232
233A ``<BoundingBoxData>`` node contains:
234
235- one ``<Default>`` node with a CRS property defining the default Coordinate Reference Systems (CRS), and
236- one or more ``<Supported>`` nodes depending on the number of CRS your service supports (note that you can
237  alternatively use a single ``<Supported>`` node with a comma-separated list of supported CRS).
238
239A typical ``<BoundingBoxData>`` node, for two supported CRS (`EPSG:4326 <http://www.epsg-registry.org/indicio/query?request=GetRepositoryItem&id=urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326>`__
240and `EPSG:3785 <http://www.epsg-registry.org/indicio/query?request=GetRepositoryItem&id=urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3785>`__),
241looks like the following:
242
243.. code-block:: guess
244   :linenos:
245   
246   <BoundingBoxData>
247     <Default>
248       CRS = urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG:6.6:4326
249     </Default>
250     <Supported>
251       CRS = urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG:6.6:4326
252     </Supported>
253     <Supported>
254       CRS = urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG:6.6:3785
255     </Supported>
256   </BoundingBoxData>
257
258.. _ComplexData:
259
260ComplexData node
261****************
262
263A ComplexData node contains:
264
265- a ``<Default>`` node and
266- one or more ``<Supported>`` nodes depending on the number of supported formats. A format is made up of this
267  set of properties : ``mimeType``, ``encoding`` and optionaly ``schema``.
268
269For output ComplexData nodes, you can add the ``extension`` property to define what extension to use to name
270the file when storing the result is required. Obviously, you'll have to add the ``extension`` property to each
271supported format (for the ``<Default>`` and ``<Supported>`` nodes).
272
273You can also add the ``asReference`` property to the ``<Default>`` node to define if the output should be
274stored on server side per default.
275
276.. Note:: the client can always modify this behavior by setting ``asReference`` attribute to ``true`` or ``false``
277          for this output in the request ``ResponseDocument`` parameter.
278
279You can see below a sample ComplexData node for default ``application/json`` and ``text/xml`` (encoded in UTF-8
280or base64) mimeTypes support:
281
282.. code-block:: guess
283   :linenos:
284   
285   <ComplexData>
286     <Default>
287       mimeType = application/json
288       encoding = UTF-8
289     </Default>
290     <Supported>
291       mimeType = text/xml
292       encoding = base64
293       schema = http://fooa/gml/3.1.0/polygon.xsd
294     </Supported>
295     <Supported>
296       mimeType = text/xml
297       encoding = UTF-8
298       schema = http://fooa/gml/3.1.0/polygon.xsd
299     </Supported>
300   </ComplexData>
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