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1.. _services-zcfg:
2   
3ZCFG : the ZOO Service Configuration File
4========================================= 
5
6:Authors: Nicolas Bozon, Gérald Fenoy, Jeff McKenna
7:Last Updated: $Date: 2014-04-01 22:24:10 +0000 (Tue, 01 Apr 2014) $
8
9.. contents:: Table of Contents
10    :depth: 3
11    :backlinks: top
12
13The ZOO Service configuration file (.zcfg) describes the service and will be parsed by
14the ZOO Kernel. We will describe here what such a file contains.
15You can also take a look at the existing examples of ZCFG files in the ``cgi-env`` directory
16of each services available in the `ZOO-Project SVN source tree <http://zoo-project.org/trac/browser/trunk/zoo-services>`__.
17
18A ZOO Configuration file is divided into three distinct sections :
19
201. Main Metadata information
212. List of Inputs metadata information
223. List of Outputs metadata information
23
24.. Note:: The ZOO Service Configuration File is case sensitive.
25
26Main Metadata Information
27-------------------------
28
29The fist part in a ZOO Configuration file contains the metadata information relative to the service.
30Note that the "name of your service" between brackets on the first line has to be the exact same name
31as the function you defined in your services provider code. In most cases, this name is also the name
32of the ZCFG file without the "``.zcfg``" extension.
33
34You can see below a description of the main metadata information:
35
36.. code-block:: none
37   :linenos:
38
39   [Name of your service]
40   Title = Title of your service
41   Abstract = Description of your service
42   processVersion = Version number of your service
43   storeSupported = true/false
44   statusSupported = true/false
45   serviceType = the programming language used to implement the service (C/Fortran/Python/Java/PHP/Javascript)
46   serviceProvider = name of your services provider (shared library/Python Module/Java Class/PHP Script/JavaScript script)
47   <MetaData>
48     title = Metadata title of your service
49   </MetaData>
50
51List of Inputs
52--------------
53
54The list of inputs contains metadata information of each supported input, and they are grouped using a ``<DataInputs>`` node.
55
56Each input is defined as :
57
58-  a name (between brackets as for the name of the service before)
59- various medata properties (``Title``, ``Abstract``, ``minOccurs`` and ``maxOccurs``)
60- a Type Of Data node (:ref:`description <typeDataNodes>`)
61
62A typical list of inputs (``<DataInputs>``) look like the following:
63
64.. code-block:: none
65   :linenos:
66   
67   <DataInputs>
68     [Name of the first input]
69       Title = Title of the first input
70       Abstract = Abstract describing the first input
71       minOccurs = Minimum occurence of the first input
72       maxOccurs = Maximum occurence of the first input
73       <Type Of Data Node />
74     [Name of the second input]
75       Title = Title of the second input
76       Abstract = Abstract describing the second input
77       minOccurs = Minimum occurence of the second input
78       maxOccurs = Maximum occurence of the second input
79       <Type Of Data Node />
80   </DataInputs>
81   
82.. Note:: you can add ``<MetaData>`` node as in the main metadata information.
83
84List of Outputs
85---------------
86
87The list of outputs is very similar to a list of inputs except it is specified as a ``<DataOutputs>`` node.
88
89A typical ``<DataOutputs>`` node looks like the following:
90
91.. code-block:: none
92   :linenos:
93   
94   <DataOutputs>
95     [Name of the output]
96       Title = Title of the output
97       Abstract = Description of the output
98       <Type Of Data Node />
99   </DataOutputs>
100
101.. _typeDataNodes:
102
103Type Of Data Nodes
104------------------
105
106In the beginning of this ZCFG introduction, we spoke about "Type Of Data Nodes" to describe the data type of inputs and outputs.
107
108You can define your data as:
109
110- :ref:`LiteralData <LiteralData>`
111- :ref:`BoundingBoxData <BoundingBoxData>`
112- :ref:`ComplexData <ComplexData>`
113
114Except for ``LiteralData``, each *Type Of Data* node must have at least one ``<Default>`` and one ``<Supported>`` node. Even
115if one of those are empty, it **has to be present** with an opening and closing tag on two different lines. So, something
116like the following:
117
118.. code-block:: guess
119   :linenos:
120
121   <Default>
122   </Default>
123
124Otherwise, ZOO-Kernel won't be able to parse your ZCFG and will fail to process requests.
125
126.. _LiteralData:
127
128LiteralData node
129****************
130
131A ``<LiteralData>`` node contains:
132
133- one (optional) ``AllowedValues`` key containing all value allowed for this input
134- one (optional) ``rangeMin`` (``rangeMax``) properties containing the minimum (maximum) value of this range
135- one (optional) ``rangeSpacing`` properties containing the regular distance or spacing between value in this range
136- one (optional) ``rangeClosure`` properties containing the closure type (``c``, ``o``, ``oc``, ``co``)
137- one ``<Default>`` node,
138- zero or more ``<Supported>`` nodes depending on the existence or the number of supported Units Of Measure (UOM), and
139- a ``dataType`` property. The ``dataType`` property defines the type of literal data, such as a string, an interger and so on
140  (consult `the complete list <http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#built-in-datatypes>`__ of supported data types).
141
142``<Default>`` and ``<Supported>`` nodes can contain the ``uom`` property to define which UOM has to be used for
143this input value.
144
145For input ``<LiteralData>`` nodes, you can add the ``value`` property to the ``<Default>`` node to define a default
146value for this input. This means that, when your Service will be run, even if the input wasn't defined, this default
147value will be set as the current value for this input.
148
149A typical ``<LiteralData>`` node, defining a ``float`` data type using meters or degrees for its UOM, looks like the
150following:
151
152.. code-block:: guess
153   :linenos:
154   
155   <LiteralData>
156     dataType = float
157     <Default>
158       uom = meters
159     </Default>
160     <Supported>
161       uom = feet
162     </Supported>
163   </LiteralData>
164
165
166A typical ``<LiteralData>`` node, defining a ``float`` data type which
167should take values contained in ``[0.0,100.0]``, looks like the following:
168
169.. code-block:: guess
170   :linenos:
171   
172   <LiteralData>
173     dataType = float
174     rangeMin = 0.0
175     rangeMax = 100.0
176     rangeClosure = c
177     <Default />
178   </LiteralData>
179
180A typical ``<LiteralData>`` node, defining a ``string`` data type which
181support values ``hillshade``, ``slope``, ``aspect``, ``TRI``, ``TPI``
182and ``roughness``, looks like the following:
183
184.. code-block:: guess
185   :linenos:
186   
187   <LiteralData>
188     dataType = float
189     AllowedValues = hillshade,slope,aspect,TRI,TPI,roughness
190     <Default />
191   </LiteralData>
192
193Properties ``AllowedValues`` and ``range*`` can be conbined with both ``<Default>`` and
194``<Supported>`` nodes in the same ``<LiteralData>`` node.
195
196.. _BoundingBoxData:
197
198BoundingBoxData node
199********************
200
201A ``<BoundingBoxData>`` node contains:
202
203- one ``<Default>`` node with a CRS property defining the default Coordinate Reference Systems (CRS), and
204- one or more ``<Supported>`` nodes depending on the number of CRS your service supports (note that you can
205  alternatively use a single ``<Supported>`` node with a comma-separated list of supported CRS).
206
207A 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>`__
208and `EPSG:3785 <http://www.epsg-registry.org/indicio/query?request=GetRepositoryItem&id=urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3785>`__),
209looks like the following:
210
211.. code-block:: guess
212   :linenos:
213   
214   <BoundingBoxData>
215     <Default>
216       CRS = urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG:6.6:4326
217     </Default>
218     <Supported>
219       CRS = urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG:6.6:4326
220     </Supported>
221     <Supported>
222       CRS = urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG:6.6:3785
223     </Supported>
224   </BoundingBoxData>
225
226.. _ComplexData:
227
228ComplexData node
229****************
230
231A ComplexData node contains:
232
233- a ``<Default>`` node and
234- one or more ``<Supported>`` nodes depending on the number of supported formats. A format is made up of this
235  set of properties : ``mimeType``, ``encoding`` and optionaly ``schema``.
236
237For output ComplexData nodes, you can add the ``extension`` property to define what extension to use to name
238the file when storing the result is required. Obviously, you'll have to add the ``extension`` property to each
239supported format (for the ``<Default>`` and ``<Supported>`` nodes).
240
241You can also add the ``asReference`` property to the ``<Default>`` node to define if the output should be
242stored on server side per default.
243
244.. Note:: the client can always modify this behavior by setting ``asReference`` attribute to ``true`` or ``false``
245          for this output in the request ``ResponseDocument`` parameter.
246
247You can see below a sample ComplexData node for default ``application/json`` and ``text/xml`` (encoded in UTF-8
248or base64) mimeTypes support:
249
250.. code-block:: guess
251   :linenos:
252   
253   <ComplexData>
254     <Default>
255       mimeType = application/json
256       encoding = UTF-8
257     </Default>
258     <Supported>
259       mimeType = text/xml
260       encoding = base64
261       schema = http://fooa/gml/3.1.0/polygon.xsd
262     </Supported>
263     <Supported>
264       mimeType = text/xml
265       encoding = UTF-8
266       schema = http://fooa/gml/3.1.0/polygon.xsd
267     </Supported>
268   </ComplexData>
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