Configuring Catalogs Using XML Files

The catalog configuration (catalogs.xml) file is used to configure the catalogs that are published via Express Server. Specifically it is used to define the following:

• Catalogs
• Catalog properties
• Thumbspecs

In addition, it specifies which of these catalogs are spatially indexed and thus available via the OGC Web Map Server (WMS) interface. For more information about modifying the catalog configuration file for WMS see Configuring the WMS API Using XML Files.

This section includes a sample catalog configuration file and describes each of its editable elements. Special catalog properties are described in the Reference section (for more information see Special Catalog Properties).

The following elements of the catalogs.xml file are available for editing. Click any link for more information:

• The Catalog element
• The Path element
• The BufferMergeRule element
• The Watermark element
• The SizeConstraint element
• The Thumbspec element
• The Bands element
• The MaxWaveletSourceMP element
• The BrowseIndexOnly element
• The AllowItemDownload element
• The SpatialIndex element
• The Property element
• The MultiCatalog element
• The SubCatalog element
• The Globals element
• The CatalogProps and ItemProps elements
• The JPIPRoot element
• The ResponseHostPort element
• The WMSCapabilitiesMime element
• The Gradient element
• The AvgPointsPerPixel element
• The VoidFillWindow element
• The ElevationRange element
• The DynamicRange element