AFOD provides a query interface by means of the standardized OGC Web Feature Service (WFS) returning existing data according to the applied filters. When temporal filters are used, AFOD provides a temporal query interface (based on a Temporal Extension (WFS-TE)) returning the requested data in accordance with the AIXM 5.1 temporality.
Real World Effect
AFOD query web feature service, inspired by WFS 3.0, exposes functionalities that allow more refined filtering capabilities for querying AIXM 5.1 features, based on feature types, feature identification, specific property values. It includes temporal and geographic filtering capabilities.