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OX-Framework
The OX-Framework (abbr. for OWS Access Framework) is a generic software framework which addresses the needs of application developers. It offers developers a customizable and extendable system which supplies a reusable design.
The OX-Framework can be used as a basis for the development of various application types. This might be a thin, a thick or a mobile client application or even a new server application. Example applications already developed upon the OX-Framework are described here. How to implement SWE applications with the OX-Framework is also described in this paper.
The primary aim of the OX-Framework is to provide an architecture which is flexible and extendable enough so that all kinds of OGC Web Services (OWS) can be accessed and the queried data can be visualized. The connection to the OWS is realized by a so-called service-connector component. These components can be implemented for any type of OGC Web Service. New service-connectors can be added to the system as plug-ins. Thus developers are able to dynamically customize and extend the framework. Below, you find a list of the currently available service-connector implementations and their capabilities.
Currently available Service-Connectors
- WMS-Connector:
Supported specification versions: 1.0.0, 1.1.0 and 1.1.1
- WCS-Connector:
Supported specification versions: 1.0.0 and 1.1.1
- SOS-Connector:
Supported service versions: 1.0.0
The sensor data has to be encoded in the format specified in the Observations & Measurements specification (version 1.0 and 0.0.0 are supported).
By the means of this connector different visualizations of sensor data can be generated; e.g.:
- Standalone time series charts
- Standalone scatterplot charts
- Small charts in a map
- Map interpolations
- Temporal animations of map visualizations
- SAS-Connector
Supported specification versions: 0.9.0 (current version which is in RFC process)
Currently available Applications
