What is the ArcIMS OGC WMS 1.0 Connector?
With ArcIMS 3, ESRI has a servlet connector that works within the OGC WMS 1.0.0 specification. This connector allows any OGC WMS compliant “View Client” (any WMS compatible browser or client) the ability to access an ArcIMS MapService. MapServices reside on the ArcIMS Spatial Server which is called the Map Server by the OGC. The connector will accept from a View Client any of the three types of requests defined by the WMS 1.0.0 specification. The three requests defined by the specification are: * Get Capabilities * Get Map * Get FeatureInfo The request in converted into an ArcXML format, the XML communication protocol for ArcIMS 3. In a response, the ArcXML response is converted back to a format understood by an OGC WMS View Client.
