Service Result

The return value of a valid Service request shall correspond to the type requested in the FORMAT parameter. In an HTTP environment, the Content-type header of the response shall be exactly the MIME type given in the request.

Several OGC-specific MIME types have been defined in Table 3 for various XML document types (all of which would traditionally be labeled "text/xml"). To be compliant with this Specification a server shall return the appropriate OGC MIME type if defined, and the client shall be able to accept it, but it is recommended that the client also be prepared to accept the MIME type "text/xml" and deduce the specific content type through other means.