Request encoding

This document defines two methods of encoding WFS 2.0.0 requests. The first uses XML as the encoding language. The second method uses keyword-value pairs to encode the various parameters of a request. An example of a keyword value pair is:

"REQUEST=GetCapabilities"

where "REQUEST" is the keyword and "GetCapabilities" is the value.

In both cases, the response to a request or exception reporting must be identical. The table below correlates WFS 2.0.0 operations and their encoding semantics as defined in this specification.

Table 1 Operation Request Encoding