DDXXMLBase

Description

Implemented in DAP 3.2

Based on this recommendation: http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlbase/#syntax

Add the attribute xml:base to the dap:Dataset element.

The namespace associated with the xml prefix is: http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace and the prefix MUST be declared in the dap:Dataset element:

<Dataset 
   xmlns="http://xml.opendap.org/ns/DAP/3.2#"
   xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"
   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://xml.opendap.org/ns/DAP/3.2#  http://xml.opendap.org/dap/dap3.2.xsd"
   name="200803061600_HFRadar_USEGC_6km_rtv_SIO.nc" 
   xml:base="http://dev1.opendap.org:8080/opendap/netcdf/examples/200803061600_HFRadar_USEGC_6km_rtv_SIO.nc.ddx"
>

Hyrax Implementation

To cause the BES to pass the xml:base to libdap for inclusion in the DDX we need to Implement a new context for setContext:

   <setContext name="xml:base">valueOf(xml:base)</setContext>

Thus, when asking for a DDX the OLFS woudl send:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
<request xmlns="http://xml.opendap.org/ns/bes/1.0#" reqID="###">
    <setContext name="xdap_accept">3.2</setContext>
    <setContext name="dap_explicit_containers">no</setContext>
    <setContext name="errors">dap2</setContext>
    <setContext name="xml:base">http://localhost:8080/opendap/bears.nc.ddx</setContext>
    <setContainer name="catalogContainer" space="catalog">/bears.nc</setContainer>
    <define name="d1" space="default">
        <container name="catalogContainer" />
    </define>
    <get type="ddx" definition="d1" />
</request>

And although the html_form response also needs a request URL, it wants the request URL sans request suffix. So an html_form request remains unchanged:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<request xmlns="http://xml.opendap.org/ns/bes/1.0#" reqID="###">
    <setContext name="xdap_accept">2.0</setContext>
    <setContext name="dap_explicit_containers">no</setContext>
    <setContext name="errors">xml</setContext>
    <setContainer name="catalogContainer" space="catalog">/bears.nc</setContainer>
    <define name="d1" space="default">
        <container name="catalogContainer" />
    </define>
    <get type="html_form" definition="d1" url="http://localhost:8080/opendap/bears.nc" />
</request>