Module Documentation: eml-spatialVector
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The eml-spatialVector module allows for the description of spatial vectors in a GIS system. Specific attributes of a spatial vector can be documented here including the vector's geometry type, count and topology level.

Element Definitions:

spatialVector
Content of this field: Description of this field:
Type: SpatialVectorType
Attributes: Required?: Default Value:

Description:
Description of a spatial data entity based on features represented by vectors
Example:
geometry
Content of this field: Description of this field:
Type: GeometryType
Attributes: Required?: Default Value:

Description:
Geometric feature classification is based on an enumeration of simple feature classes defined by the OpenGIS consortium and implemented in Geographic Markup Language as simple feature types.
Example:
geometricObjectCount
Content of this field: Description of this field:
Type: xs:string
Attributes: Required?: Default Value:

Description:
Total number of the point or vector objects occurring in the dataset.
Example:
topologyLevel
Content of this field: Description of this field:
Type: TopologyLevel
Attributes: Required?: Default Value:

Description:
This element describes the relative complexity of the geometric information in the data file.
Example:
spatialReference
Content of this field: Description of this field:
Type: spref:SpatialReferenceType
Attributes: Required?: Default Value:
horizonalAccuracy
Content of this field: Description of this field:
Type: DataQuality
Attributes: Required?: Default Value:
verticalAccuracy
Content of this field: Description of this field:
Type: DataQuality
Attributes: Required?: Default Value:
references
Content of this field: Description of this field:
Type: xs:string
Attributes: Required?: Default Value:
accuracyReport
Content of this field: Description of this field:
Type: xs:string
Attributes: Required?: Default Value:
quantitativeAccuracyReport
Content of this field: Description of this field:
Elements: Required?: How many:
A sequence of (
quantitativeAccuracyValueOptionalMultiple Times
quantitativeAccuracyMethodOptionalMultiple Times
)
Attributes: Required?: Default Value:
quantitativeAccuracyValue
Content of this field: Description of this field:
Type: xs:string
Attributes: Required?: Default Value:
quantitativeAccuracyMethod
Content of this field: Description of this field:
Type: xs:string
Attributes: Required?: Default Value:

Attribute Definitions:

id

Type: xs:string

Use: optional

system

Type: xs:string

Use: optional

scope

Type: res:ScopeType

Use: optional

Complex Type Definitions:

SpatialVectorType
Content of this field: Description of this field:
Elements: Required?: How many:
A choice of (
A sequence of (
geometryOptionalMultiple Times
geometricObjectCountOptionalMultiple Times
topologyLevelOptionalMultiple Times
spatialReferenceOptionalMultiple Times
horizonalAccuracyOptionalMultiple Times
verticalAccuracyOptionalMultiple Times
)
OR
referencesOptionalMultiple Times
)
Attributes: Required?: Default Value:
idoptional
systemoptional
scopeoptional
DataQuality
Content of this field: Description of this field:
Elements: Required?: How many:
A sequence of (
accuracyReportOptionalMultiple Times
quantitativeAccuracyReportOptionalMultiple Times
)
Attributes: Required?: Default Value:

Simple Type Definitions:

GeometryType

Derived from: xs:string (by xs:restriction)

Allowed values:

  • Point
  • LineString
  • LinearRing
  • Polygon
  • MultiPoint
  • MultiLineString
  • MultiPolygon
  • MultiGeometry

TopologyLevel

Derived from: xs:string (by xs:restriction)

Allowed values:

  • geometryOnly
  • nonPlanarGraph
  • planarLineGraph
  • fullPlanarGraph
  • surfaceGraph
  • fullTopology3D

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