Many publishers on the Geospatial Commons deliver data resources both in "downloadable" form and "service" form. If, as a publisher, you are considering delivering a service as part of your resource, be sure to consider the Naming Convention as well as enabling the following capabilities:

• Mapping, including Operations of:
  
  • Map: “display” or export map image (GetMap in WMS terms)
  • Query: “identify” by geometry (GetFeatureInfo in WMS terms)
  • Data: “find” or select by attributes (GetFeature in WFS terms)
• Description (GetCapabilities in WMS terms)

For more details on the guidance for service capabilities, see the Commons Resource Services Guidance.