The WMS reference article from the English Wikipedia on 24-Apr-2004 (provided by Fixed Reference: snapshots of Wikipedia from wikipedia.org)

WMS

WMS or Web Map Service is a specification which comprises a definition for Internet Map Servers

• how to describe geographic data to be published on the web
• how to compose and render a map-image to be published on the web

The OGC defines WMS.

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WMS - Warehouse Management System

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