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The Dataset response is an XML document that contains | The Dataset response is an XML document that contains both the 'syntactic' (structural) and 'semantic' metadata for the dataset. | ||
[[DAP4:_Responses#Dataset_Response | DAP4: Dataset Response]] | [[DAP4:_Responses#Dataset_Response | DAP4: Dataset Response]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:16, 29 March 2012
Overview
The Dataset Service provides a metadata description for a dataset.
Request
The Dataset Service is invoked by appending the suffix .xml to the file part of the dataset's referent (aka base) URL and then dereferencing the new URL. The dataset service accepts a query string (constraint expression).
Response
The Dataset response is an XML document that contains both the 'syntactic' (structural) and 'semantic' metadata for the dataset.
