WES Catalog Features/Benefits - WES
WES Catalog - Features
WES Catalog provides many features that make it the leading services registry/catalog in the world. It supports many metadata standards that may be used to describe the Web services contained in the database and has no restrictions on the type of services that may be catalogued. From Web Processing Services (WPS) to simple OGC Web Mapping Services (WMS) WES Catalog is your choice for superior service cataloging.
Create and manage resources
Creates and manages a catalog of all geospatial and related Web resources that can be quickly searched through a variety of interfaces.
User authentication
Authenticates users based upon a hierarchal role-based access and user authentication methodology to ensure the right people have access to the right information.
Automatically harvests data
Can automatically harvest metadata from multiple Web services and store this metadata in standards-based formats.
Integration with SensorHub
Integrated with WES Companion product Sensor Hub to provide automated registration of Internet of Things (IoT) networks and sensors.
Enhanced publishing wizard
Delivers an enhanced publishing wizard to easily publish/reference information, products and data into the WES infrastructure.
Web processing cataloging repository
Contains a Web processing cataloging repository that provides the ability to describe how Web processes can be chained or realized when automating the creation of new products.
Compatible with ArcGIS Catalog and Portal
Direct compatibility with Esri ArcGIS Catalog and Portal to initiate the sharing of services.
Augment and update metadata
Provides the ability to augment and update metadata about services when these are not properly described at the originating source.
Unlimited categorization and cataloguing
Contains no limitations on the number and types of Web Services that may be categorized and cataloged within the system.
WES Catalog - Benefits
The WES Catalog benefits are as follows:
Integration
Integrates seamlessly into a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) through a standards-based Web interface.
Time savings
Saves time for implementing Web-enabled, distributed spatial data infrastructures.
Connectivity framework
Provides a framework for connectivity to legacy/heritage systems.
Standards-based connectivity
Provides new standards-based connectivity to geospatial data stores and systems.
Reuse of Web resources
WES Catalog provides a framework for promoting reuse of established organizations Web resources and helps prevent reinvention.
Improves productivity
Improves productivity by reducing development time associated with deploying new combinations of existing Web resources.
Situational awareness improvements
Enables improvements to the situational awareness and decision-making process by having an understanding of what Web resources exist and how they can be used together to meet a situational need.
Invocation of Web resources
WES Catalog delivers an easy-to-use invocation of Web resource interfaces by introducing standards compliance.
Cost effective
Make better use of information and content faster and more efficently.
