View Service WMS validation fails schemalocation test, while required schema is mentioned

[thijsbrentjens]

See this Capabilities document https://geodata.nationaalgeoregister.nl/natura2000/wms?&request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS The xsi:schemaLocation contains a reference to the schema for the INSPIRE vS namespace:

http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/schemas/inspire_vs/1.0  http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/schemas/inspire_vs/1.0/inspire_vs.xsd

Note that there are 2 whitespaces in the declaration between the namespace and schema location URI. Maybe this fails the test. I tried to find out if W3C has a required format (e.g. only one whitespace), but didn't find it directly. I think the reference to the schema is okay.

Could the test be changed to account for this?

Even if the declaration in xsi:schemaLocation is not correct, failing this check should not stop the rest of the tests to be ran. The xsi:schemaLocation attribute is a hint according to the W3C. Making it a blocking requirement is too strict in my opinion. Or is there another reason why the tests are stopped?

• [x] a description of the steps to reproduce your issue

  1. go to http://staging-inspire-validator.eu-west-1.elasticbeanstalk.com/etf-webapp/
  2. select View Service - WMS tests
  3. enter this URL: https://geodata.nationaalgeoregister.nl/natura2000/wms?&request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS1. run the test
  4. tests are stopped, because schema validation fails

• [x] the name of the Test that failed or better: change the Level of Detail in the Report by clicking on All Details, then scroll down to the failed test and copy the Link on the right-hand side of the Assertion URI http://staging-inspire-validator.eu-west-1.elasticbeanstalk.com/etf-webapp/v2/TestRuns/EID3a27b99b-c43b-4d6b-84d6-168c75909fb4.html?lang=nl#EID5442dea7-016a-1000-cd84-e63d8f9e40b4

• [x] the URL of your service / the file you have uploaded or referenced (as an attachment). https://geodata.nationaalgeoregister.nl/natura2000/wms?&request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

[inakidiazdecerio]

Dear @thijsbrentjens,

Thank you for your explanations. We have included this issue for discussion during next subgroup meeting.

Regards.

[MarcoMinghini]

Dear @thijsbrentjens, we are investigating the issue to check if the reason why validation stops is actually due to the 2 whitespaces, or if there is another problem (I agree that the validation should not stop).

[danielnavarrogeo]

Dear @thijsbrentjens,

Thank you for your comments. We have solved the error related with the two spaces.

The reason why the test actually stops is because the server answer a 500 http error code when a request is done without the service parameter: https://geodata.nationaalgeoregister.nl/natura2000/wms?&request=GetCapabilities

The correct behaviour shall be to returned an exception like in the following case: http://ovc.catastro.meh.es/cartografia/INSPIRE/spadgcwms.aspx?REQUEST=GetCapabilities

We are working on the best way to handle this situation.

Regards.

[josemasensio]

The two whitespaces issue is solved. The service parameters issue is related to 40. We mark this issue as solved.