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<DESCRIBE-FEATURE-TYPE>

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The <DESCRIBE-FEATURE-TYPE> element defines the communication settings for getting information about the attributes and geometry of a WFS layer.

Frequency	Parent Elements (this element is valid within):
P0S1	<WFS-SERVICE>

Attributes	Description
href	The URL used for making WFS DescribeFeatureType requests. The request arguments will be added to the value when making the requests, so only include the base URL as specified in the capabilities file. Note that if your URL contains ampersands, they must be escaped like "&" in the XML. Required.
request-method	The HTTP communication type for the request, either "POST" or "GET". Optional, defaults to "POST".

Frequency	Description (in this context)
P0S1	The <DESCRIBE-FEATURE-TYPE> element is optional and may appear only once in the <WFS-SERVICE> element in the specified sequence.

Example:

<DESCRIBE-FEATURE-TYPE href="http://www.moximedia.com:8080/wfs/DescribeFeatureType"/>