@@index <toctitle Introduction to the FDO Provider for OWS> A provider is a specific implementation of the FDO API that provides access to data in a particular data store. The Autodesk FDO Provider for OWS provides FDO with access to an OWS-based data store. FDO Provider for OWS (Open Geospatial Consortium Web Services) is ............................\<to be determined\>. Characteristics of the FDO Provider for OWS are as follows: * one * two * three