The tools directory offers scripts to create featuretype definitions (GML application schemata) which enable the access of WFS to the data source (databases or files). Im most cases you have to edit these scripts to adapt them to your local system. To do so, just use a text editor. Furthermore there are tools to create an index on shapefiles or to check, wheather deegree supports a certain CRS. 01_create_spatial_database: Script containing the steps to set up a spatial postgis database. 02_shp2pgsql: script to insert shape based data to a postgis datbase. 03_DBtoFeatureTypeDef Script to create a feature type definition from a postgis database table. HSQLDBtoFeatureTypeDef Script to create a feature type definition from a hsql database table. ShapetoFeatureTypeDef Script to create a feature type definition from a hsql database table. create_digitizer_table_postgis Scripts to set up the feature type used for digitizing. IndexShapefiles Script that creates a spatial index on a shape file to increase speed of data access. SupportedSRS_edit_first Script that gives information, whether a certain CRS is supported. Please edit befor executing.