A layer can have a single or a few feature(s) in it, and sometimes it would be developer-friendly to not have to specify the projection via a map-meta element, or even as is sometimes seen (MapServer?) via the text/mapml MIME type projection parameter. It would be developer friendly to allow that layer to just assume that the projection is compatible with the <mapml-viewer projection="value"...> and try that. If it renders, that's good, otherwise it might become a disabled (inert) layer until DOM changes occur that make it not disabled.
Edit: it might not work, but it's worth a try.
A layer can have a single or a few feature(s) in it, and sometimes it would be developer-friendly to not have to specify the projection via a map-meta element, or even as is sometimes seen (MapServer?) via the text/mapml MIME type
projectionparameter. It would be developer friendly to allow that layer to just assume that the projection is compatible with the<mapml-viewer projection="value"...>and try that. If it renders, that's good, otherwise it might become a disabled (inert) layer until DOM changes occur that make it not disabled.Edit: it might not work, but it's worth a try.