Request Timer - discussion

[cmheazel]

WFS 3.0 does not require a timeout on a request. How should a compliance test respond if a request takes an exceptionally long time to respond, or doesn't respond at all? One option would be to provide a user configurable timer. The timer would start whenever a request is issued. It would be stopped when the response is received. If the timer expires, then the service took too long to respond and that information would be recorded in the test report.