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Proposal number : ? Proposal title : GZIP content compression filter to reduce network traffic
| Date | 2008/07/21 |
| Contact(s) | Simon Pigot |
| Last edited | Timestamp |
| Status | draft, being discussed, complete |
| Assigned to release | 2.3.0 |
| Resources | Test implementation is complete |
Overview
Compression reduces the size of HTTP responses and compressed content is now understood by many browsers (its been around since HTTP/1.1) including firefox 1+, IE5+, etc. This can speed up the time it takes for pages with lots of content to refresh and draw. Most developers don't realize this because they usually test using localhost. Responses sent by GN will only grow larger as both the metadata standards and the content they contain grow richer and the user interface becomes more complex (read more JavaScript). As an example, a large iso19139 metadata record with a few sizeable select/pulldown lists took half the time it used to take to render when the compression filter was added.
A GZIP compression filter has been written for general use by the people at jspbook.com - Two servlet filters every web app should have - this filter has been adapted for use in GeoNetwork and some issues that caused trouble in Internet Exploder has been fixed.
Proposal Type
- Type: Servlet configuration, configuration change
- App: GeoNetwork and Intermap
- Module: servlet configuration (web.xml files)
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Voting History
- Not voted on yet.
Motivations
The current configuration is .... A change to ....
Proposal
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Participants
- List of participants and role (if necessary) in current GIP
