In order to consume an OGC WFS Service (only version 1.1.0 is supported!), you have to do the following configuration steps:

 

Enter SynAdmin and navigate to the Map Services Tab. Press the Query WFS Metadata button at the bottom of the page.

 

Query WFS metadata in SynAdmin map services tab

Query WFS metadata in SynAdmin map services tab

 

Enter the OGC WFS URL (parameters like &service=wfs are not needed), password and user name. If the service is served by an ArcGIS Server you have access to, you can copy the URL from the Capabilities tab of the Service Editor dialog.

 

If WFS service is served by an ArcGIS Server you have access to, copy URL from capabilities tab of the Service Editor

If WFS service is served by an ArcGIS Server you have access to, copy URL from capabilities tab of the Service Editor

 

Enter WFS URL in SynAdmin map services tab

Enter WFS URL in SynAdmin map services tab

 

After you pressed the Send button, you will retrieve a schema file (schema.xsd) which will be stored automatically to your C:\Tomcat\webapps\<WebOffice application>\WEB-INF\work folder. The exact location of the schema file is displayed in SynAdmin.

 

Path to downloaded schema file for WFS

Path to downloaded schema file for WFS

 

Create an element WFS Services in the project structure overall of WebOffice author.

 

WFS services configuration in WebOffice author

WFS services configuration in WebOffice author

 

Open the schema file with a XML or at least UTF-8 conform text editor. See the following chapters where to enter which information brought by the schema file.

 

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See chapters XML Namespace, WFS Service and WFS Feature Type for detailed explanation of the configuration necessary in WebOffice author.