Namespaces

A namespace is a uniquely identifiable grouping of feature types. It is identified by a prefix and a URI.

/namespaces[.<format>]

Controls all namespaces.

Method	Action	Status code	Formats	Default Format
GET	List all namespaces	200	HTML, XML, JSON	HTML
POST	Create a new namespace	201 with Location header	XML, JSON
PUT		405
DELETE		405

/namespaces/<ns>[.<format>]

Controls a particular namespace.

Method	Action	Status code	Formats	Default Format	Parameters
GET	Return namespace ns	200	HTML, XML, JSON	HTML	quietOnNotFound
POST		405
PUT	200	Modify namespace ns	XML, JSON
DELETE	200	Delete namespace ns	XML, JSON

Exceptions

Exception	Status code
GET for a namespace that does not exist	404
PUT that changes prefix of namespace	403
DELETE against a namespace whose corresponding workspace is non-empty	403

Parameters

quietOnNotFound

The quietOnNotFound parameter avoids to log an Exception when the Namespace is not present. Note that 404 status code will be returned anyway.

/namespaces/default[.<format>]

Controls the default namespace.

Method	Action	Status code	Formats	Default Format
GET	Return default namespace	200	HTML, XML, JSON	HTML
POST		405
PUT	200	Set default namespace	XML, JSON
DELETE		405