Create the INSPIRE View Service
Create the INSPIRE View Service
After you've followed steps to prepare a map document with INSPIRE data, the map document can be published as an INSPIRE View Service through ArcGIS for Server. This topic will discuss details about the steps to publish.
Note:With version 10.1 of ArcGIS for INSPIRE, the service creation workflow is a two-step process as the final configuration of the service instance requires the service to be running.
Open the Share as Service Interface
(Optional) A user can enable the INSPIRE View Service to act as a Web Map Tile Service (WMTS). To do this the "WMS uses TileCache (WMTS available)" checkbox has to be enabled. As the WMTS functionality relies on a prerendered and cached map tiles, a user has to enable Tile Caching for the map service first before turning on the WMTS option .
- In ArcMap choose File > Share As > Service .
- From the opened dialog choose "Publish a service".
- Select an existing connection to ArcGIS for Server. If you don't have a connection yet, you can create one by choosing the appropriate menu entry.
- Enter a service name and choose the folder where the service should be published.
- In the Service Editor > Capabilities interface, select the types WMS and also INSPIRE View Service.
- After making these selections, you will keep the wizard open and configure the service properties as described in the next section.
Configure Properties and Start the Service
The properties window supports different languages and allows the user to specify a default language for the service. In ArcMap it is found in the Service Editor interface on the wizard.
- Check that the "WMS uses layer names from map document" checkbox is to be set appropriate to the setting of the WMS Extension. The INSPIRE View Service and WMS capabilities share some information and for this reason the layer names must be consistent between the two. It is recommended to leave the default values (i.e. not mark this checkbox) but if you enable it, make sure you also marked the equivalent option for the WMS capabilities.
- (Optional) A user can enable the INSPIRE View Service to act as a Web Map Tile Service (WMTS). To do this the "WMS uses TileCache (WMTS available)" checkbox has to be enabled. As the WMTS functionality relies on prerendered and cached map tiles, a user has to enable Tile Caching for the map service first before turning on the WMTS option .Note:
Each INSPIRE layer needs its own map tile cache. If you have more INSPIRE layers a map cache has to be created for each layer to have them available via WMTS.
- ArcGIS for INSPIRE supports the INSPIRE specifications of providing multilingual services. The supported languages of a service instance can be configured via the service properties interface. To display the language checkboxes, click into the text field titled "Supported languages" and a list of languages under the geographical limits of INSPIRE is displayed. Activate a language for the service by clicking on the desired language. The default language for a service needs to be assigned by the user. Please keep in mind that the adding of additional language(s) requires configuration using localization files.
- If you set additional languages for the service, you must provide additional properties. Click the "Advanced Properties". These properties are given for the supported language(s). For detailed information on how to enter Advanced Properties, see the Advanced Properties section below.
- After the Advanced Properties of a service have been set, click "Close" to close the Edit Properties dialog box. Then click "Save" to save the properties.
- After setting the properties, you can complete the wizard.
- Starting and managing the INSPIRE View Service is done the same way as starting and managing other ArcGIS for Server services; there are no further customizations needed.
Advanced Properties
Note:While in the publish service workflow, not all parts of the Advanced Properties section are available (i.e. the layer specific configuration). This part becomes available in the edit/configure service workflow while the service is running.
With version 3.0 of the Technical Guidance to INSPIRE View Service, the service provider can choose how to provide metadata about the service using the INSPIRE related capabilities extension element. Thus, there are two choices provided at the top of the INSPIRE View service properties form. These are described below:
- Enter a url referencing the INSPIRE metadata record describing this INSPIRE View service: The service provider enters a URL that references a metadata record in a INSPIRE Discovery Service describing this INSPIRE View Service instance.
- Enter all INSPIRE metadata element values, these will be exposed directly in the service capabilities document: The service provider can edit all the metadata elements using the INSPIRE View service properties configuration page.
Parameters for the each of these sections of the interface are described below. 
Properties of the service
Properties of the service pertain to the service as a whole. The table below describes each field and pertinent information related to that field.
Property item | Description and notes |
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Title | A title that describes the resource. |
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Abstract | Short summary for the content of a resource. |
Common keywords | Terms that capture the essence of the topic (e.g. Words, Expressions or formalized terms, in this case the terms are in respect to INSPIRE terms). Click here for the official INSPIRE Keywords. It is recommended to use infoMapAccessService and INSPIRE as keywords for the INSPIRE View Service. This field can also be used to enter keywords that do not belong to a specific keyword vocabulary. |
Access constraints | Describes if an access restriction exists that would protect the privacy or the intellectual property. Also provides a special restriction for accessing resources or metadata. Default-Value: None |
Fees | Describes costs for access and use. Default-Value: No conditions apply. |
Online resource | The URL under which the service is available, prepopulated. Changing this is important if you run the service behind a reverse proxy. |
External GetFeatureInfo URL | Setting the external GetFeatureInfo URL replaces the URL used in the capabilities document with the one defined here. Additionally this affects this View Service instance as the internal Feature Server backend will not be started. |
Authority Name | Name of the responsible authority for the View Service. |
Authority URL | URL of the responsible authority for the View Service. |
Metadata URL | Access to metadata provided by an INSPIRE Discovery Service describing this service instance, such as: http://[host]/ /geoportal/csw?service=CSW&request=GetRecordById&version=2.0.2&ID={identifier_of_the_metadata} See the option to select a URL at the top of the form. |
Metadata published at (YYYY-MM-DD) | Publication date of the metadata which describes the View Service. |
Metadata contact organization | INSPIRE is more demanding than ISO 19115 by mandating both the name of the organisation, and a contact e-mail address. The role of the responsible party serving as a metadata point of contact is out of scope of the Metadata Regulation, but - according to INSPIRE View Service TG 3.0 - this property is mandated by ISO 19115. |
Metadata contact mail | See above. |
Service created at (YYYY-MM-DD) | To be compliant with the INSPIRE Metadata Regulation and with ISO 19115, one of following dates shall be used: date of publication, date of last revision, or the date of creation. Date of last revision is preferred. Per INSPIRE View Service TG 3.0, the date shall be expressed in conformity with the INSPIRE Metadata Regulation. |
Service last revised at (YYYY-MM-DD) | See above. |
Service published at (YYYY-MM-DD) | See above. |
Begin of temporal extent covered by the service | INSPIRE also allows the use of a Temporal Extent as Temporal Reference. |
End of temporal extent covered by the service | See above. |
Degree of conformity | Choose "conformant" or "not conformant" when the conformity to the cited Specification has been evaluated. In that case, if the evaluation has passed, the degree is confomant, otherwise it is not conformant. Choose "not evaluated" when the conformity to the cited Specification has not been. Note that in the INSPIRE Metadata Technical Guidance (INSPIRE View Service TG 3.0), the absence of ISO 19115 metadata related to the conformity to an INSPIRE specification implies that the conformity has not been evaluated. |
GEMET Keywords
Additional keywords can be defined using the INSPIRE GEMET vocabulary. The keywords chosen here will be added to the WMS KeywordList element and to the ExtendedCapabilities element, which is specific to INSPIRE View Service. The language encoding of the GEMET keywords in the capabilities document corresponds the requested language.
Contact metadata of the service
With the INSPIRE View Service, the responsible authority can be provided under the Contact metadata of the service section. The properties interface provides default placeholder values that you should update accordingly.
Properties of the top most layer node
This is a root layer, and as previously noted, the default name is 'Layer'. The root-layer properties consist of the attributes Title, Abstract, and Keywords, and follow the conventions described in the table below.
Property item | Description and notes |
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Title | A title that describes the resource. |
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Abstract | Short summary for the content of a resource. |
Keywords | Terms that capture the essence of the topic (e.g. Words, Expressions or formalized terms, in this case the terms are in respect to INSPIRE terms). Click here for the official INSPIRE Keywords. |
Properties of the INSPIRE Layer
There may be many INSPIRE Layer sections in the properties interface, as there should be a section for each INSPIRE layer in the View Service. Each of these INSPIRE Layer sections will have the properties described in the table below. Nonetheless, the configuration page also gains access to non-INSPIRE layers. If a layer has been recognized, the INSPIRE layer name from the relevant INSPIRE Data Specification will be printed out in brackets in the headline of the section.
Property item | Description and notes |
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Title | A title that describes the resource; if this is an INSPIRE layer the title defined in the relevant INSPIRE Data Specification will be used. |
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Abstract | Short summary for the content of a resource. |
Keywords | Terms that capture the essence of the topic (e.g. Words, Expressions or formalized terms, in this case the terms are in respect to INSPIRE terms). Click here for the official INSPIRE Keywords. It is recommended to use infoMapAccessService and INSPIRE as keywords for the INSPIRE View Service. |
Metadata URL | Access to data metadata record provided by an INSPIRE Discovery Service. |
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Data URL | Access to the source data of this layer via INSPIRE Feature Download Service. |
Authority Layer ID | Unique ID of the layer as specified by the responsible authority. (see authority definition in Properties of the service). |