World Meteorological Organization Wis2 Discovery Metadata API
WIS2 discovery metadata
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
contact:
name: GDC provider name
url: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather.html
x-ogc-serviceContact:
addresses:
- administrativeArea: Canada
city: Fredericton
deliveryPoint:
- 77 Westmorland Street, Suite 260
contactInstructions: During hours of service
emails:
- value: tomkralidis@gmail.com
hoursOfService: host
links:
- href: https://weather.gc.ca/mainmenu/contact_us_e.html
type: text/html
name: Tom Kralidis
phones:
- type: main
value: None
- type: fax
value: +01-416-802-5741
position: ${WIS2_GDC_METADATA_CONTACT_POSITION:Position name}
description: Meteorological Service of Canada Global Discovery Catalogue (GDC)
license:
name: WMO Unified Data Policy
url: https://library.wmo.int/idurl/4/58009
termsOfService: https://eccc-msc.github.io/open-data/usage-policy/readme_en
title: Meteorological Service of Canada Global Discovery Catalogue…
version: 0.23.3
x-keywords:
- wmo
- wis2
- gdc
servers:
- description: Meteorological Service of Canada Global Discovery Catalogue (GDC)
url: https://wis2-gdc.weather.gc.ca
tags:
- description: WIS2 discovery metadata
name: wis2-discovery-metadata
paths:
/collections/wis2-discovery-metadata:
get:
description: WIS2 discovery metadata
operationId: describeWis2-discovery-metadataCollection
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/f'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/lang'
responses:
'200':
$ref: https://schemas.opengis.net/ogcapi/features/part1/1.0/openapi/ogcapi-features-1.yaml#/components/responses/Collection
'400':
$ref: https://schemas.opengis.net/ogcapi/features/part1/1.0/openapi/ogcapi-features-1.yaml#/components/responses/InvalidParameter
'404':
$ref: https://schemas.opengis.net/ogcapi/features/part1/1.0/openapi/ogcapi-features-1.yaml#/components/responses/NotFound
'500':
$ref: https://schemas.opengis.net/ogcapi/features/part1/1.0/openapi/ogcapi-features-1.yaml#/components/responses/ServerError
summary: Get WIS2 discovery metadata metadata
tags:
- wis2-discovery-metadata
/collections/wis2-discovery-metadata/items:
get:
description: WIS2 discovery metadata
operationId: getWis2-discovery-metadataFeatures
parameters:
- description: The optional f parameter indicates the output format which the server shall provide as part of the response document. The default format is GeoJSON.
explode: false
in: query
name: f
required: false
schema:
default: json
enum:
- json
- html
- jsonld
- csv
type: string
style: form
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/lang'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/bbox'
- description: The optional limit parameter limits the number of items that are presented in the response document (maximum=1000, default=100).
explode: false
in: query
name: limit
required: false
schema:
default: 100
maximum: 1000
minimum: 1
type: integer
style: form
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/crs'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/bbox-crs'
- description: The properties that should be included. The parameter value is a comma-separated list of property names.
explode: false
in: query
name: properties
required: false
schema:
items:
enum:
- centre-id
- contacts.addresses.administrativeArea
- contacts.addresses.city
- contacts.addresses.country
- contacts.addresses.deliveryPoint
- contacts.addresses.name
- contacts.addresses.postalCode
- contacts.contactInstructions
- contacts.emails.value
- contacts.hoursOfService
- contacts.identifier
- contacts.name
- contacts.organization
- contacts.phones.value
- contacts.position
- contacts.roles
- created
- description
- formats.name
- keywords
- language
- rights
- status.description
- status.id
- status.title
- themes.concepts.description
- themes.concepts.id
- themes.concepts.title
- themes.scheme
- title
- type
- updated
- wmo:dataPolicy
- time.resolution
type: string
type: array
style: form
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/vendorSpecificParameters'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/skipGeometry'
- $ref: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/opengeospatial/ogcapi-records/master/core/openapi/parameters/sortby.yaml
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
- $ref: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/opengeospatial/ogcapi-records/master/core/openapi/parameters/q.yaml
- $ref: https://schemas.opengis.net/ogcapi/features/part1/1.0/openapi/ogcapi-features-1.yaml#/components/parameters/datetime
- explode: false
in: query
name: centre-id
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: contacts.addresses.administrativeArea
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: contacts.addresses.city
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: contacts.addresses.country
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: contacts.addresses.deliveryPoint
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: contacts.addresses.name
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: contacts.addresses.postalCode
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: contacts.contactInstructions
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: contacts.emails.value
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: contacts.hoursOfService
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: contacts.identifier
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: contacts.name
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: contacts.organization
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: contacts.phones.value
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: contacts.position
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: contacts.roles
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: created
required: false
schema:
format: date
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: description
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: formats.name
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: keywords
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: language
required: false
schema:
type: object
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: rights
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: status.description
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: status.id
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: status.title
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: themes.concepts.description
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: themes.concepts.id
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: themes.concepts.title
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: themes.scheme
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: title
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: type
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: updated
required: false
schema:
format: date
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: wmo:dataPolicy
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
- explode: false
in: query
name: time.resolution
required: false
schema:
type: string
style: form
responses:
'200':
$ref: https://schemas.opengis.net/ogcapi/features/part1/1.0/openapi/ogcapi-features-1.yaml#/components/responses/Features
'400':
$ref: https://schemas.opengis.net/ogcapi/features/part1/1.0/openapi/ogcapi-features-1.yaml#/components/responses/InvalidParameter
'404':
$ref: https://schemas.opengis.net/ogcapi/features/part1/1.0/openapi/ogcapi-features-1.yaml#/components/responses/NotFound
'500':
$ref: https://schemas.opengis.net/ogcapi/features/part1/1.0/openapi/ogcapi-features-1.yaml#/components/responses/ServerError
summary: Get WIS2 discovery metadata items
tags:
- wis2-discovery-metadata
options:
description: WIS2 discovery metadata
operationId: optionsWis2-discovery-metadataFeatures
responses:
'200':
description: options response
summary: Options for WIS2 discovery metadata items
tags:
- wis2-discovery-metadata
post:
description: WIS2 discovery metadata
operationId: getCQL2Wis2-discovery-metadataFeatures
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: https://schemas.opengis.net/cql2/1.0/cql2.json
description: Get items with CQL2
required: true
responses:
'200':
$ref: https://schemas.opengis.net/ogcapi/features/part1/1.0/openapi/ogcapi-features-1.yaml#/components/responses/Features
'400':
$ref: https://schemas.opengis.net/ogcapi/features/part1/1.0/openapi/ogcapi-features-1.yaml#/components/responses/InvalidParameter
'500':
$ref: https://schemas.opengis.net/ogcapi/features/part1/1.0/openapi/ogcapi-features-1.yaml#/components/responses/ServerError
summary: Get WIS2 discovery metadata items with CQL2
tags:
- wis2-discovery-metadata
/collections/wis2-discovery-metadata/items/{featureId}:
get:
description: WIS2 discovery metadata
operationId: getWis2-discovery-metadataFeature
parameters:
- $ref: https://schemas.opengis.net/ogcapi/features/part1/1.0/openapi/ogcapi-features-1.yaml#/components/parameters/featureId
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/crs'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/f'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/lang'
responses:
'200':
$ref: https://schemas.opengis.net/ogcapi/features/part1/1.0/openapi/ogcapi-features-1.yaml#/components/responses/Feature
'400':
$ref: https://schemas.opengis.net/ogcapi/features/part1/1.0/openapi/ogcapi-features-1.yaml#/components/responses/InvalidParameter
'404':
$ref: https://schemas.opengis.net/ogcapi/features/part1/1.0/openapi/ogcapi-features-1.yaml#/components/responses/NotFound
'500':
$ref: https://schemas.opengis.net/ogcapi/features/part1/1.0/openapi/ogcapi-features-1.yaml#/components/responses/ServerError
summary: Get WIS2 discovery metadata item by id
tags:
- wis2-discovery-metadata
options:
description: WIS2 discovery metadata
operationId: optionsWis2-discovery-metadataFeature
parameters:
- $ref: https://schemas.opengis.net/ogcapi/features/part1/1.0/openapi/ogcapi-features-1.yaml#/components/parameters/featureId
responses:
'200':
description: options response
summary: Options for WIS2 discovery metadata item by id
tags:
- wis2-discovery-metadata
/collections/wis2-discovery-metadata/queryables:
get:
description: WIS2 discovery metadata
operationId: getWis2-discovery-metadataQueryables
parameters:
- description: The properties that should be included. The parameter value is a comma-separated list of property names.
explode: false
in: query
name: properties
required: false
schema:
items:
enum:
- centre-id
- contacts.addresses.administrativeArea
- contacts.addresses.city
- contacts.addresses.country
- contacts.addresses.deliveryPoint
- contacts.addresses.name
- contacts.addresses.postalCode
- contacts.contactInstructions
- contacts.emails.value
- contacts.hoursOfService
- contacts.identifier
- contacts.name
- contacts.organization
- contacts.phones.value
- contacts.position
- contacts.roles
- created
- description
- formats.name
- keywords
- language
- rights
- status.description
- status.id
- status.title
- themes.concepts.description
- themes.concepts.id
- themes.concepts.title
- themes.scheme
- title
- type
- updated
- wmo:dataPolicy
- time.resolution
type: string
type: array
style: form
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/f'
- description: The profile to be applied to a given request
explode: false
in: query
name: profile
required: false
schema:
enum:
- actual-domain
- valid-domain
type: string
style: form
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/lang'
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Queryables'
'400':
$ref: https://schemas.opengis.net/ogcapi/features/part1/1.0/openapi/ogcapi-features-1.yaml#/components/responses/InvalidParameter
'404':
$ref: https://schemas.opengis.net/ogcapi/features/part1/1.0/openapi/ogcapi-features-1.yaml#/components/responses/NotFound
'500':
$ref: https://schemas.opengis.net/ogcapi/features/part1/1.0/openapi/ogcapi-features-1.yaml#/components/responses/ServerError
summary: Get WIS2 discovery metadata queryables
tags:
- wis2-discovery-metadata
/collections/wis2-discovery-metadata/schema:
get:
description: WIS2 discovery metadata
operationId: getWis2-discovery-metadataSchema
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/f'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/lang'
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Queryables'
'400':
$ref: https://schemas.opengis.net/ogcapi/features/part1/1.0/openapi/ogcapi-features-1.yaml#/components/responses/InvalidParameter
'404':
$ref: https://schemas.opengis.net/ogcapi/features/part1/1.0/openapi/ogcapi-features-1.yaml#/components/responses/NotFound
'500':
$ref: https://schemas.opengis.net/ogcapi/features/part1/1.0/openapi/ogcapi-features-1.yaml#/components/responses/ServerError
summary: Get WIS2 discovery metadata schema
tags:
- wis2-discovery-metadata
components:
parameters:
f:
description: The optional f parameter indicates the output format which the server shall provide as part of the response document. The default format is GeoJSON.
explode: false
in: query
name: f
required: false
schema:
default: json
enum:
- json
- html
- jsonld
type: string
style: form
offset:
description: The optional offset parameter indicates the index within the result set from which the server shall begin presenting results in the response document. The first element has an index of 0 (default).
explode: false
in: query
name: offset
required: false
schema:
default: 0
minimum: 0
type: integer
style: form
lang:
description: The optional lang parameter instructs the server return a response in a certain language, if supported. If the language is not among the available values, the Accept-Language header language will be used if it is supported. If the header is missing, the default server language is used. Note that providers may only support a single language (or often no language at all), that can be different from the server language. Language strings can be written in a complex (e.g. "fr-CA,fr;q=0.9,en-US;q=0.8,en;q=0.7"), simple (e.g. "de") or locale-like (e.g. "de-CH" or "fr_BE") fashion.
in: query
name: lang
required: false
schema:
default: en-US
enum:
- en-US
type: string
skipGeometry:
description: This option can be used to skip response geometries for each feature.
explode: false
in: query
name: skipGeometry
required: false
schema:
default: false
type: boolean
style: form
vendorSpecificParameters:
description: Additional "free-form" parameters that are not explicitly defined
in: query
name: vendorSpecificParameters
schema:
additionalProperties: true
type: object
style: form
crs:
description: Indicates the coordinate reference system for the results.
explode: false
in: query
name: crs
required: false
schema:
format: uri
type: string
style: form
bbox:
description: Only features that have a geometry that intersects the bounding box are selected.The bounding box is provided as four or six numbers, depending on whether the coordinate reference system includes a vertical axis (height or depth).
explode: false
in: query
name: bbox
required: false
schema:
items:
type: number
maxItems: 6
minItems: 4
type: array
style: form
bbox-crs:
description: Indicates the coordinate reference system for the given bbox coordinates.
explode: false
in: query
name: bbox-crs
required: false
schema:
format: uri
type: string
style: form
schemas:
queryable:
properties:
description:
description: a human-readable narrative describing the queryable
type: string
language:
default: en
description: the language used for the title and description
type: string
queryable:
description: the token that may be used in a CQL predicate
type: string
title:
description: a human readable title for the queryable
type: string
type:
description: the data type of the queryable
type: string
type-ref:
description: a reference to the formal definition of the type
format: url
type: string
required:
- queryable
- type
type: object
queryables:
properties:
queryables:
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/queryable'
type: array
required:
- queryables
type: object
responses:
Queryables:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/queryables'
description: successful queryables operation