A client can get information about the server’s capabilities.

A capabilities document is generated by the CSW server in response to a GetCapabilities request. The capabilities document contains information extracted from CSW metadata stored in an Oracle database, including a record type and the type of operations supported.

The client can use HTTP GET, POST, and SOAP protocols to access this capabilities document. The following example uses the HTTP protocol:

http:///<machine-name:port>/oraclespatial/csw?request=GetCapabilities&service=CSW&acceptversion=2.0.0&outputFormat=text/xml

In the preceding formats:

• machine-name is the name of the system where the application server is running.

• port is the port number where the application server is running.

• oraclespatial is the web application context root where the Oracle Spatial web services application is mounted.