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Web Feature Service

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Web Feature Service

Summary

Web Feature Service is a technical standard[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Web Feature Service's instance of is recorded as technical standard[3].
  • Web Feature Service's developer is recorded as Open Geospatial Consortium[4].
  • Web Feature Service is a type of communication protocol[5].
  • Web Feature Service's official website is recorded as http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wfs[6].
  • Web Feature Service's standards body is recorded as Open Geospatial Consortium[7].
  • Web Feature Service's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/web-feature-service[8].
  • Web Feature Service's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'WFS'}[9].

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Designation and Status

Web Feature Service's instance of is recorded as technical standard[3].

Why It Matters

Web Feature Service has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Web Feature Service. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/web-feature-service
MLA “Web Feature Service.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/web-feature-service.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_web-feature-service_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Web Feature Service}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/web-feature-service}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 4d ago · CuratorOfThePast · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → communication protocol
    Instance of → —
    Website → —
    Official website → http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wfs
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q1502841]]"
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