View source for OpenGIS Styled Layer Descriptor Profile of the Web Map Service Implementation Specification

==Overview==
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| Full name
| [http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/sld OpenGIS Styled Layer Descriptor Profile of the Web Map Service Implementation Specification]
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| Version
| V1.1
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| Amendments
| None
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| Corrigenda
| None
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| Published by
| OGC
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| Languages
| English
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| Online overview
| http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/sld
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| Type of standard
| ISO International Standard and OpenGIS Implementation Specification<br/>Application level
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| Related standard(s)
| [http://wiki.icaci.org/index.php?title=Portrayal ISO 19117:2012, Geographic information -- Portrayal] <br/>[http://wiki.icaci.org/index.php?title=Services ISO 19119:2005, Geographic information – Services] <br/>[http://wiki.icaci.org/index.php?title=Web_Map_Server_interface ISO 19128:2005, Geographic information – Web Map Server interface] <br/>[http://wiki.icaci.org/index.php?title=Filter_encoding ISO 19143:2010, Geographic information – Filter encoding] <br/>[http://wiki.icaci.org/index.php?title=Symbology_Encoding OpenGIS Symbology Encoding Implementation Specification]
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| Application
| SLD is an XML schema that defines the structure of a layer style. SLD defines styles that <br/>can be used for publishing raster and vector data available through a WMS. Basically, <br/>SLD is what makes the map more colourful and user-friendly and it is responsible for <br/>telling the server how to render the map.
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| Conformance classes
| Integrated SLD-WMS <br/>Component SLD-WMS <br/>Feature Portrayal Service <br/>Coverage Portrayal Service
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| Implementation benefits
| SLD allows users to define their own styles. With SLD users can develop style sheets that can be used for specific maps, such as topographic maps. This provides consistency and is an effective method for generating maps. The SLD style sheets are reusable and interoperable.
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| Products
| Commonly, SLD is implemented in conjunction with a WMS. A number of these implementations also provide extensions on the standard SLD. An example of an SLD implementation is GeoServer 2.5.2.
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