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Service Status Checker Web Service

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News

New Dashboard Report Available
 Aug 01, 2010
 A new dashboard report is now available to provide a summary of each catalog in a graphical and user friendly format.
New Catalog and Service Reports Released
 Jul 15, 2010
 The Service Status Checker (SSC) reports have been upgraded to a new enhanced version to increase viewing performance and to utilize an optimized source code base.
RSS News Now Available
 Mar 01, 2010
 An RSS feed is now available to describe the latest changes and enhancements to the FGDC Service Status Checker (SSC) system.
The SDI of Catalonia (Spain) integrates the Service Status Checker in its SDI program.
 Feb 01, 2010
 The SDI of Catalonia (Spain) has started to use the Service Status Checker to test the health of its services in its IDEC project.
Web Service Documentation Upgraded
 Jan 01, 2010
 The documentation for the Status Checker web service has been improved.

The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) provides a Service Status Checker (SSC) web service to validate, test and score spatial web services. It returns a set of summary and test diagnostic information about the tests performed on each service.

The web service can and will perform health tests on spatial services that provide access to geospatial metadata and data. The service types include:



Geospatial Services

Service Type Status
WMS Available Now
ESRI ArcIMS Image Available Now
WFS Available Now
Z39.50 Available Now
Web Accessible Folder (WAF) Available Now
CSW Planned
WCS Planned
ESRI ArcIMS Metadata Planned
SOS Planned


How Do I Get Started

The SSC web service can operate in 2 different modes - real time or Archive mode. Each mode is described below:

  • Real Time Testing Mode: Requests can be made to the SSC web service and it will perform real time tests on each service and immediately return the results.

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  • Archive Testing Mode: Catalogs can provide their service lists to the SSC system and have it perform daily batch testing of all services. These results are saved in a database for quick retrieval and usage. Note: The U.S. Geospatial One-Stop (GOS) portal currently implements this method for providing a score for its search results.

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