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*What is "WPS"?*
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The very short answer:
The very short answer
WPS is the acronym for Web Processing Service.

WPS is the acronym for Web Processing Service.
The sligthly longer answer
So, let's say you have a function (maybe written in Python) which might calculate the **"summer days in Finland since 1990"**. Then this function has probably input parameters (region, from-date, to-date, NetCDF files, ...) and an output (or even more ...) which might be just an integer number or a text document or even a nice diagram. Now, you would like to provide this function as a web service, so that other people can call it with just a simple URL like::

The sligthly longer answer:
http://myhost/wps/identifier=summer_days&region=finland&from=1990

So, let's say you have a function (maybe written in Python) which might calculate the "summer days in finland since 1990". Then this function has probably input parameters (region, from-date, to-date, NetCDF files, ...) and an output (or even more ...) which might be just a interger number or a text document or even a diagram. Now, you would like to provide this function as a web service, so that other people can call it with just a simpel URL like http://myhost/wps/identifier=summer_days&region=finland ... ok ... then you should have a deeper look at this WPS thing ...
... ok ... then you should have a deeper look at this :term:`WPS` thing.

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