ogc - WMTS: declare "GetTile" operation for statically hosted tiles?

Supposedly, one can turn a collection of static tiles, hosted according to the ZXY schema also used by OpenStreetMap tiles and Google Maps tiles, into a standard-conformant OGC WMTS by accompanying it by an (also static) WMTSCapabilities.xml file for satisfying the GetCapabilities WMTS operation. (See also question GET encoding for static WMTSCapabilities.xml.)

Amongst others, that XML document should describe how tiles can be obtained with parametrized URLs. If the tiles are only available at URLs like (say) https://example.com/map/1/2/3.png (this one being for zoomlevel 1, tile column 2, tile row 3) but not at any URLs like

https://example.com/map.cgi?service=WMTS&request=GetTile&version=1.0.0&layer=example&style=default&format=image/png&TileMatrixSet=WholeWorld_CRS_84&TileMatrix=1&TileRow=2&TileCol=3

then should the ows:OperationsMetadata have an entry for the GetTile operation like

   
   
      
         
            
               
                  
                     KVP
                  

               
            
         
      
   

or should only the ResourceURL elements of the respective Layer elements specify how to obtain tiles? The latter looks like

   

      My Map
      mymap
      
         -180 -85.051128779807
         180 85.051128779807
      
      
      image/png

      
         SOSM standard
      
      
   
   

, so template="https://example.com/map/{TileMatrix}/{TileCol}/{TileRow}.png" specifies where to find the tile, anyway.

Answer

If your GetTile operation includes

    KVP

then you have to respond correctly to a KVP GET request or you are violating the standard.

If you plan on being a REST-only WMTS, then you should not offer a GetTile or GetFeatureInfo request in your capabilities.