WFS and validation problems related to namespaces

[CristinaMSL]

We are trying to validate WFS services and we have recurring validation problems related to namespaces. Our service has an INSPIRE namespace with URI http://inspire.company.es. This information is specified in the GetCapabitilies document:

During the execution of several validation tests of the WFS 2.0 Conformance section, the validator builds URLs specifying a fictitious namespace that we do not know how it calculates.

Example: error validation when requesting a feature that does not exist, the validator sends the request on an unknown namespace that we do not know where it gets it from (ns11 in this example):

service=WFS&version=2.0.0&request=DescribeFeatureType&typename=ns11:Unknown1.Type&namespaces=xmlns(xml,http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace),xmlns(ns11,http://example.org),xmlns(wfs,http://www.opengis.net/wfs/2.0)

And our WFS server returns error as there is no such namespace:

This error is different from what it would return if the request were pointed to the correct namespace:

service=WFS&version=2.0.0&request=DescribeFeatureType&typename=INSPIRE:Unknown1.Type&namespaces=xmlns(xml,http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace),xmlns(**INSPIRE**,http://inspire.company.es),xmlns(wfs,http://www.opengis.net/wfs/2.0)

How does the validator calculate that namespace and what information should go in the GetCapabitilies document to make everything correct?

Test run on 10_41 - 04.10.2024 with test suite Conformance Class Direct WFS.html
Test run on 10_41 - 04.10.2024 with test suite Conformance Class Direct WFS.zip (I add the test in zip format in case you can't open the url of the test)

http://inspire.[company.es](http://inspire.company.es./)./

Thank you very much in advance.

[fabiovinci]

Dear @CristinaMSL,

the request is sent by purpose with a wrong value and the exception should be 'InvalidParameterValue'.

Your service replies with a different message:

You need to review your service and make the necessary corrections.