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In the GeoServer WMS reference, It is written that the namespace can limit the response to layers. But I didn't find any resources related to the namespace. Can anyone help me to understand what namespace mean? Does it mean workspace?

I have tried to put the value of the namespace as my workspace name and also layer_name. Both tries did not work and I am getting the full WMS capabilities. Is there any way to filter our capabilities response to the specific layer?

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  • What WMS reference do you mean?
    – user30184
    Commented Mar 16, 2022 at 6:22
  • I mean the GeoServer WMS reference document. Sorry I updated the question with the correct document.
    – Tek Kshetri
    Commented Mar 16, 2022 at 6:26

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It means the name of your workspace, so for example:

http://localhost:8080/geoserver/ows?service=wms&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities&namespace=topp

returns only the layers in the topp namespace.

If you are having problems with the size of the capabilities document you may also want to limit the number of SRS that are reported.

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  • Thank you @Ian for the clarification. I found that the namespace filter will not work for the WMS version 1.0.0, 1.1.1 and 1.1.0. These versions will download all the layer information from the entire GeoServer. PS: I am using the GeoServer version 2.17.2`
    – Tek Kshetri
    Commented Mar 16, 2022 at 9:23
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    that sounds like a bug - please report it at osgeo-org.atlassian.net/jira/software/c/projects/GEOS/issues
    – Ian Turton ♦
    Commented Mar 16, 2022 at 9:34
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    Or just use the workspace specific path instead, should work with any version and protocol: localhost:8080/geoserver/topp/…
    – Andrea Aime
    Commented Mar 16, 2022 at 10:11

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