Fig. 5

WCS trimming (left) and slicing (right) (source: OGC). Specifically on datacubes (and point clouds) the WCS Core establishes simple (rectangular) subsetting, classified into trimming (left side – leaves dimension of the result unchanged over the object addressed) and slicing (right side – reduces dimension of the result). This WCS Core, therefore, defines the minimal WCS implementation. WCS extensions add further, optional functionality in a modular way