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Welcome to the PyWPS |release| documentation!
=============================================

PyWPS is a server side implementation of the `OGC Web Processing Service
(OGC WPS) standard <http://opengeospatial.org/standards/wps>`_, using the
`Python <http://python.org>`_ programming language. PyWPS is currently
supporting WPS 1.0.0. Support for the version 2.0.0. of OGC WPS standard is
presently being planned.

Like the bicycle in the logo, PyWPS is:

* simple to maintain
* fast to drive
* able to carry a lot
* easy to hack

**Mount your bike and setup your PyWPS instance!**

.. todo::
    * request queue management (probably linked from documentation)
    * inputs and outputs IOhandler class description (file, stream, ...)

Contents:
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.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 3

   wps
   pywps
   install
   configuration
   process
   deployment
   migration
   external-tools
   extensions
   api
   contributing
   exceptions



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Indices and tables
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* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`modindex`
* :ref:`search`
