Extending server capabilities
When we introduced the concept of a cascaded service and the use of GeoServer as a proxy, we discussed a number of scenarios. One of these scenarios was the use of cascaded services to provide a server with increased capabilities. For example, within your environment, you might have a highly specialized or configured WFS server whose sole purpose is to deliver vector data using transactional WFS and WFS-T. An implementation of TinyOWS (http://mapserver.org/tinyows) will be a good example of this. For example, your specialized WFS server might be in place in order to make a legacy data store available to your enterprise in an open standard.
While there is nothing wrong with having a specialized WFS server within your ...
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