What's New in ArcXML 1.1 for ArcIMS 4.0

ArcXML 1.1 has several new elements and attributes. The new or changed features are described below.  New elements were added to support the Metadata and ArcMap Servers.  In addition, some elements were added for supporting some new functionality with raster images. 

New Documents and Examples

Several documents have been added to the ArcXML 1.1 introductory section that provide comprehensive explanations and additional examples on the ArcMap Server: 

• Using GET_IMAGE and IMAGE with ArcMap Image Services
• Using GET_LAYOUT and LAYOUT with ArcMap Image Services
• Using GET_SERVICE_INFO and SERVICEINFO with ArcMap Image Services  

New Elements to support the Metadata Server

The following elements have been added to support the Metadata Server.  For more information on using the Metadata Server, see Creating and Using Metadata Services.

These elements are used to publish metadata documents to the Metadata Server.

• CHANGE_METADATA_ACCESS
• DELETE_METADATA
• DELETE_METADATA_RELATIONSHIP
• GET_UUID
• METADATA_ACTION
• METADATA_CHILD
• METADATA_SIBLING
• METADATA_SOURCE
• PUBLISH_METADATA
• PUT_METADATA
• PUT_METADATA_RELATIONSHIP
• PUT_METADATA_SEMANTIC
• PUT_USER
• RENAME_METADATA
• RESET
• SEMANTIC_PAIR
• THUMBNAIL
• UUID

These elements are used to browse metadata documents that have been published to the Metadata Server.

• ADD_RELEVANCE_FEEDBACK
• COLLECTION_INFO
• CONTENT_INFO
• DOCUMENTINFO
• FULLTEXT
• GET_COLLECTION_INFO
• GET_CONTENT_INFO
• GET_METADATA
• GET_METADATA_DOCUMENT
• GET_ROOT_DATASET
• GET_USER
• METADATA
• METADATA_ACTION
• METADATA_DATASET
• SEARCH_METADATA
• SUBSET
• TAG
• TAGTEXT
• TAGVALUE
• UPDATED
• USER
• WORD
• ENVELOPE has a new attribute spatialoperator to support metadata searches.

These elements are used in metadata configuration files.

• ADMIN_TABLE
• METADATA_CONFIG
• METADATA_CONTENT
• RESPONSE_COLUMN
• TABLE_NAME

New Elements to support the ArcMap Server

The following elements have been added to support the ArcMap Server.  Additional information on using the ArcMap Server elements can be found in the introductory section of this guide.

• DATAFRAME
• DATAFRAMEINFO
• GET_LAYOUT
• LAYOUT
• LAYOUTINFO
• SCALE
• TOC
• TOCCLASS
• TOCGROUP

The following elements have new attributes to support the ArcMap Server.

• GET_FEATURES. 
• dataframe
• GET_IMAGE
• dataframe
• GET_SERVICE_INFO
• dataframe
• toc
• toctype

New Elements to support raster images (Image Server only)

The following elements can be used in map configuration files to classify image pixel values.

• RASTER_EXACT
• RASTER_OTHER
• RASTER_RANGE
• RASTER_RENDERER

The following element can be used to turn off image generalization.

• IMAGEGENERALIZATION

New Elements to support identifying raster pixel values (Image and ArcMap Servers)

The following elements can be used to identify the value of a pixel in an Image or ArcMap Image Service.

• BAND
• BANDS
• GET_RASTER_INFO
• RASTER_INFO

Elements with New Attributes

The following elements have new attributes. Only the new attributes are listed here:

• BUFFER
• project

Elements with New Child Elements

The following element has new child elements. Only the new elements are listed here:

• OBJECT
• POLYLINE, MULTIPOINT, POLYGON
• GRADIENTFILLSYMBOL, HASHLINESYMBOL, RASTERFILLSYMBOL, RASTERMARKERSYMBOL, SIMPLELINESYMBOL, SIMPLEMARKERSYMBOL, SIMPLEPOLYGONSYMBOL, TRUETYPEMARKERSYMBOL

Deprecated Elements

The following elements have been deprecated in ArcIMS 4.0.  You can still use them, but ArcIMS 4 is the last version they will be supported.

• AVIMSWORKSPACE
• MOIMSWORKSPACE