OGC CSW (Catalogue Services for the Web) Quick Facts
                                            
                                            | 
                                                             Format Type Identifier  | 
                                                        
                                                             OGC_CSW  | 
                                                    
| 
                                                             Reader/Writer  | 
                                                        
                                                             Both  | 
                                                    
| 
                                                             Dependencies  | 
                                                        
                                                             None  | 
                                                    
| 
                                                             Dataset Type  | 
                                                        
                                                             URL (Universal Resource Locator)  | 
                                                    
| 
                                                             Feature Type  | 
                                                        
                                                             CSW Records, Other  | 
                                                    
| 
                                                             Typical File Extensions  | 
                                                        
                                                             Not applicable  | 
                                                    
| 
                                                             Automated Translation Support  | 
                                                        
                                                             Yes  | 
                                                    
| 
                                                             User-Defined Attributes  | 
                                                        
                                                             Yes  | 
                                                    
| 
                                                             Coordinate System Support  | 
                                                        
                                                             Yes  | 
                                                    
| 
                                                             Generic Color Support  | 
                                                        
                                                             No  | 
                                                    
| 
                                                             Spatial Index  | 
                                                        
                                                             Not applicable  | 
                                                    
| 
                                                             Schema Required  | 
                                                        
                                                             Optional  | 
                                                    
| 
                                                             Transaction Support  | 
                                                        
                                                             No  | 
                                                    
| 
                                                             Encoding Support  | 
                                                        
                                                             Yes  | 
                                                    
| 
                                                             Geometry Type  | 
                                                        
                                                             ogc_csw_type  | 
                                                    
OGC CSW Geometry Support
| 
                                                             Geometry  | 
                                                        
                                                             Supported?  | 
                                                    
| 
                                                             aggregate  | 
                                                        
                                                             no  | 
                                                    
| 
                                                             circles  | 
                                                        
                                                             no  | 
                                                    
| 
                                                             circular arc  | 
                                                        
                                                             no  | 
                                                    
| 
                                                             donut polygon  | 
                                                        
                                                             no  | 
                                                    
| 
                                                             elliptical arc  | 
                                                        
                                                             no  | 
                                                    
| 
                                                             ellipses  | 
                                                        
                                                             no  | 
                                                    
| 
                                                             line  | 
                                                        
                                                             no  | 
                                                    
| 
                                                             none  | 
                                                        
                                                             yes  | 
                                                    
| 
                                                             point  | 
                                                        
                                                             no  | 
                                                    
| 
                                                             polygon  | 
                                                        
                                                             no  | 
                                                    
| 
                                                             raster  | 
                                                        
                                                             no  | 
                                                    
| 
                                                             solid  | 
                                                        
                                                             no  | 
                                                    
| 
                                                             surface  | 
                                                        
                                                             no  | 
                                                    
| 
                                                             text  | 
                                                        
                                                             no  | 
                                                    
| 
                                                             z values  | 
                                                        
                                                             no  |