{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sci-wms/sci-wms/issues/65","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sci-wms/sci-wms/issues/65/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sci-wms/sci-wms/issues/65/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sci-wms/sci-wms/issues/65/events","html_url":"https://github.com/sci-wms/sci-wms/issues/65","id":98235139,"number":65,"title":"Expressing time values in getCapabilities","user":{"login":"rsignell-usgs","id":1872600,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1872600?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/rsignell-usgs","html_url":"https://github.com/rsignell-usgs","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rsignell-usgs/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rsignell-usgs/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rsignell-usgs/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rsignell-usgs/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rsignell-usgs/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rsignell-usgs/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rsignell-usgs/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rsignell-usgs/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rsignell-usgs/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":8,"created_at":"2015-07-30T18:46:09Z","updated_at":"2015-08-04T15:13:46Z","closed_at":null,"body":"For our COAWST forecast model, the NcWMS getCaps \r\nhttp://geoport.whoi.edu/thredds/wms/coawst_4/use/fmrc/coawst_4_use_best.ncd?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities\r\nshow times like this:\r\n\r\n```\r\n<Dimension name=\"time\" units=\"ISO8601\" multipleValues=\"true\" current=\"true\" default=\"2015-07-30T14:00:00.000Z\">\r\n2012-06-25T01:00:00.000Z/2012-06-26T00:00:00.000Z/PT1H,2012-06-27T01:00:00.000Z/2012-06-30T00:00:00.000Z/PT1H,2012-07-02T01:00:00.000Z/2012-07-03T00:00:00.000Z/PT1H,2012-07-05T01:00:00.000Z/2012-07-09T00:00:00.000Z/PT1H,2012-07-10T01:00:00.000Z/2012-07-14T00:00:00.000Z/PT1H,2012-07-17T01:00:00.000Z/2012-07-18T00:00:00.000Z/PT1H,2012-07-19T01:00:00.000Z/2012-08-14T00:00:00.000Z/PT1H,\r\n...\r\n</Dimension>\r\n```\r\nwhile the sci-wms getCaps:\r\nhttp://sci-wms.whoi.edu/wms/datasets/coawst?REQUEST=GetCapabilities\r\ndoesn't seem to show any intervals, and shows only an extent:\r\n```\r\n<Dimension name=\"time\" units=\"ISO8601\" />\r\n<Extent name=\"time\">2012-06-25T01:00:00Z/2015-07-31T00:00:00Z</Extent>\r\n```\r\nShould we be including the intervals, just as ncWMS is doing?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n```\r\n\r\n\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sci-wms/sci-wms/issues/comments/127645556","html_url":"https://github.com/sci-wms/sci-wms/issues/65#issuecomment-127645556","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sci-wms/sci-wms/issues/65","id":127645556,"user":{"login":"acrosby","id":865212,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/865212?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/acrosby","html_url":"https://github.com/acrosby","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/acrosby/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/acrosby/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/acrosby/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/acrosby/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/acrosby/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/acrosby/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/acrosby/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/acrosby/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/acrosby/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-08-04T15:13:46Z","updated_at":"2015-08-04T15:13:46Z","body":"I'd be inclined to keep the \"nearest\" functionality because time has a funny way of getting messed up due to precision...but with that said I think supporting a more descriptive definition of what's available within the GetCaps would be beneficial--particularly, if we can get clients to support the definitions fully."}}