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<h1>GMLAS - Mapping examples</h1>

<p>This page gives a few examples of how XML constructs are mapped to OGR layers
and fields by the <a href="drv_gmlas.html">GMLAS</a> driver.</p>

<table>

<tr><th>Schema</th><th>Document</th><th>OGR layers</th><th>Comments</th></tr>
<tr><td>
<pre>
&lt;schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"&gt;
&lt;element name="MyFeature"&gt;
  &lt;complexType&gt;
    &lt;sequence&gt;
        &lt;element name="name" type="string"/&gt;
    &lt;/sequence&gt;
    &lt;attribute name="id" type="ID" use="required"/&gt;
    &lt;attribute name="attr" type="string"/&gt;
  &lt;/complexType&gt;
&lt;/element&gt;
&lt;/schema&gt;
</pre>
</td>
<td>
<pre>
&lt;MyFeature id="my_id" attr="attr_value"&gt;
    &lt;name&gt;my_name&lt;/name&gt;
&lt;/MyFeature&gt;
</pre>
</td>
<td>
<pre>
Layer name: MyFeature
Geometry: None
id: String (0.0) NOT NULL
attr: String (0.0)
name: String (0.0) NOT NULL
OGRFeature(MyFeature):1
  id (String) = my_id
  attr (String) = attr_value
  name (String) = my_name
</pre>
</td>
<td>Element with attributes and sub-elements of simple type and maximum cardinality
of 1.</td>
</tr>

<tr><td>
<pre>
&lt;schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"&gt;
&lt;element name="MyFeature"&gt;
  &lt;complexType&gt;
    &lt;sequence&gt;
        &lt;element name="str_array" type="string"
                 maxOccurs="2"/&gt;
        &lt;element name="dt_array" type="dateTime"
                 maxOccurs="unbounded"/&gt;
    &lt;/sequence&gt;
    &lt;attribute name="id" type="ID" use="required"/&gt;
  &lt;/complexType&gt;
&lt;/element&gt;
&lt;/schema&gt;
</pre>
</td>
<td>
<pre>
&lt;MyFeature id="my_id"&gt;
    &lt;str_array&gt;first string&lt;/str_array&gt;
    &lt;str_array&gt;second string&lt;/str_array&gt;
    &lt;dt_array&gt;2016-09-24T15:31:00Z&lt;/dt_array&gt;
    &lt;dt_array&gt;2016-09-24T15:32:00Z&lt;/dt_array&gt;
&lt;/MyFeature&gt;
</pre>
</td>
<td>
<pre>
Layer name: MyFeature
Geometry: None
id: String (0.0) NOT NULL
str_array: StringList (0.0) NOT NULL
OGRFeature(MyFeature):1
  id (String) = my_id
  str_array (StringList) = 
    (2:first string,second string)

Layer name: MyFeature_dt_array
Geometry: None
ogr_pkid: String (0.0) NOT NULL
parent_id: String (0.0) NOT NULL
value: DateTime (0.0)
OGRFeature(MyFeature_dt_array):1
  ogr_pkid (String) = my_id_dt_array_1
  parent_id (String) = my_id
  value (DateTime) = 2016/09/24 15:31:00+00

OGRFeature(MyFeature_dt_array):2
  ogr_pkid (String) = my_id_dt_array_2
  parent_id (String) = my_id
  value (DateTime) = 2016/09/24 15:32:00+00
</pre>
</td>
<td>Case of array and child layer</td>
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<td>
<pre>
&lt;schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"&gt;
&lt;element name="MyFeature"&gt;
  &lt;complexType&gt;
    &lt;sequence&gt;
      &lt;element name="identifier"&gt;
        &lt;complexType&gt;
          &lt;sequence&gt;
            &lt;element name="name"&gt;
              &lt;complexType&gt;
                &lt;simpleContent&gt;
                  &lt;extension base="string"&gt;
                    &lt;attribute name="lang"
                               type="string"/&gt;
                  &lt;/extension&gt;
                &lt;/simpleContent&gt;
              &lt;/complexType&gt;
            &lt;/element&gt;
            &lt;element name="namespace" type="string"
                     minOccurs="0"/&gt;
          &lt;/sequence&gt;
        &lt;/complexType&gt;
      &lt;/element&gt;
    &lt;/sequence&gt;
    &lt;attribute name="id" type="ID" use="required"/&gt;
  &lt;/complexType&gt;
&lt;/element&gt;
&lt;/schema&gt;
</pre>
</td>
<td>
<pre>
&lt;MyFeature id="my_id"&gt;
    &lt;identifier&gt;
        &lt;name lang="en"&gt;my_name&lt;/name&gt;
        &lt;namespace&gt;baz&lt;/namespace&gt;
    &lt;/identifier&gt;
&lt;/MyFeature&gt;
</pre>
</td>
<td>
<pre>
Layer name: MyFeature
Geometry: None
id: String (0.0) NOT NULL
identifier_name_lang: String (0.0)
identifier_name: String (0.0)
identifier_namespace: String (0.0)
OGRFeature(MyFeature):1
  id (String) = my_id
  identifier_name_lang (String) = en
  identifier_name (String) = my_name
  identifier_namespace (String) = baz
</pre>
</td>
<td>Case of nested element, that can be folded into main layer. Use of
an attribute on a sub-element.</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>
<pre>
&lt;schema xmlns:myns="http://myns"
        targetNamespace="http://myns"
        elementFormDefault="qualified"
        xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"&gt;

&lt;element name="AbstractFeature" abstract="true"/&gt;

&lt;element name="FeatureCollection"&gt;
  &lt;complexType&gt;&lt;sequence&gt;
      &lt;element ref="myns:AbstractFeature" maxOccurs="unbounded"/&gt;
  &lt;/sequence&gt;&lt;/complexType&gt;
&lt;/element&gt;

&lt;complexType name="namesType"&gt;
  &lt;sequence&gt;
    &lt;element ref="myns:name" maxOccurs="unbounded"/&gt;
  &lt;/sequence&gt;
&lt;/complexType&gt;

&lt;element name="MyFeature" substitutionGroup="myns:AbstractFeature"&gt;
  &lt;complexType&gt;&lt;sequence&gt;
      &lt;element name="names" type="myns:namesType"/&gt;
    &lt;/sequence&gt;
    &lt;attribute name="id" type="ID" use="required"/&gt;
  &lt;/complexType&gt;
&lt;/element&gt;

&lt;element name="MyFeature2" substitutionGroup="myns:AbstractFeature"&gt;
  &lt;complexType&gt;&lt;sequence&gt;
      &lt;element name="names" type="myns:namesType"/&gt;
    &lt;/sequence&gt;
    &lt;attribute name="id" type="ID" use="required"/&gt;
  &lt;/complexType&gt;
&lt;/element&gt;

&lt;element name="name"&gt;
  &lt;complexType&gt;&lt;sequence&gt;
      &lt;element name="name" type="string"/&gt;
      &lt;element name="lang" type="string"/&gt;
  &lt;/sequence&gt;&lt;/complexType&gt;
&lt;/element&gt;

&lt;/schema&gt;
</pre>
</td>
<td>
<pre>
&lt;FeatureCollection xmlns="http://myns"&gt;
  &lt;MyFeature id="my_id"&gt;
    &lt;names&gt;
        &lt;name&gt;
          &lt;name&gt;name&lt;/name&gt;
          &lt;lang&gt;en&lt;/lang&gt;
        &lt;/name&gt;
        &lt;name&gt;
          &lt;name&gt;nom&lt;/name&gt;
          &lt;lang&gt;fr&lt;/lang&gt;
        &lt;/name&gt;
    &lt;/names&gt;
  &lt;/MyFeature&gt;
  &lt;MyFeature2 id="my_id2"&gt;
    &lt;names&gt;
        &lt;name&gt;
          &lt;name&gt;nom2&lt;/name&gt;
          &lt;lang&gt;fr&lt;/lang&gt;
        &lt;/name&gt;
    &lt;/names&gt;
  &lt;/MyFeature2&gt;
&lt;/FeatureCollection&gt;
</pre>
</td>
<td>
<pre>
Layer name: name
OGRFeature(name):1
  ogr_pkid (String) = _name_1
  name (String) = name
  lang (String) = en

OGRFeature(name):2
  ogr_pkid (String) = _name_2
  name (String) = nom
  lang (String) = fr

OGRFeature(name):3
  ogr_pkid (String) = _name_3
  name (String) = nom2
  lang (String) = fr

Layer name: MyFeature
OGRFeature(MyFeature):1
  id (String) = my_id

Layer name: MyFeature2
OGRFeature(MyFeature2):1
  id (String) = my_id2

Layer name: MyFeature_names_name_name
OGRFeature(MyFeature_names_name_name):1
  occurrence (Integer) = 1
  parent_pkid (String) = my_id
  child_pkid (String) = _name_1

OGRFeature(MyFeature_names_name_name):2
  occurrence (Integer) = 2
  parent_pkid (String) = my_id
  child_pkid (String) = _name_2

Layer name: MyFeature2_names_name_name
OGRFeature(MyFeature2_names_name_name):1
  occurrence (Integer) = 1
  parent_pkid (String) = my_id2
  child_pkid (String) = _name_3

</pre>
</td>
<td>Case of a common element "name" referenced by 2 layers "MyFeature" and
"MyFeature1". The links are established through the junction layers
"MyFeature_names_name_name" and "MyFeature2_names_name_name".
</td>
</tr>

</table>

<h2>swe:DataArray</h2>

The following snippet

<pre>
    &lt;swe:DataArray&gt;
        &lt;swe:elementCount&gt;
            &lt;swe:Count&gt;
                    &lt;swe:value&gt;2&lt;/swe:value&gt;
            &lt;/swe:Count&gt;
        &lt;/swe:elementCount&gt;
        &lt;swe:elementType name="Components"&gt;
            &lt;swe:DataRecord&gt;
                    &lt;swe:field name="myTime"&gt;
                        &lt;swe:Time definition="http://www.opengis.net/def/property/OGC/0/SamplingTime"&gt;
                                &lt;swe:uom xlink:href="http://www.opengis.net/def/uom/ISO-8601/0/Gregorian"/&gt;
                        &lt;/swe:Time&gt;
                    &lt;/swe:field&gt;
                    &lt;swe:field name="myCategory"&gt;
                        &lt;swe:Category definition="http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/aq/observationverification"/&gt;
                    &lt;/swe:field&gt;
                        &lt;swe:field name="myQuantity"&gt;
                        &lt;swe:Quantity definition="http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/aq/primaryObservation/hour"&gt;
                                &lt;swe:uom xlink:href="http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/uom/concentration/ug.m-3"/&gt;
                        &lt;/swe:Quantity&gt;
                    &lt;/swe:field&gt;
                    &lt;swe:field name="myCount"&gt;
                        &lt;swe:Count definition="http://"/&gt;
                    &lt;/swe:field&gt;
                        &lt;swe:field name="myText"&gt;
                        &lt;swe:Text definition="http://"/&gt;
                    &lt;/swe:field&gt;
                        &lt;swe:field name="myBoolean"&gt;
                        &lt;swe:Boolean definition="http://"/&gt;
                    &lt;/swe:field&gt;
            &lt;/swe:DataRecord&gt;
        &lt;/swe:elementType&gt;
        &lt;swe:encoding&gt;
                &lt;swe:TextEncoding decimalSeparator="." blockSeparator="@@" tokenSeparator=","/&gt;
        &lt;/swe:encoding&gt;
        &lt;swe:values&gt;2016-09-01T00:00:00+01:00,1,2.34,3,foo,true@@2017-09-01T00:00:00,2,3.45&lt;/swe:values&gt;
    &lt;/swe:DataArray&gt;
</pre>

will receive a special processing to be mapped into a dedicated layer:

<pre>

Layer name: dataarray_1_components
Geometry: None
Feature Count: 2
Layer SRS WKT:
(unknown)
parent_ogr_pkid: String (0.0) NOT NULL
mytime: DateTime (0.0)
mycategory: String (0.0)
myquantity: Real (0.0)
mycount: Integer (0.0)
mytext: String (0.0)
myboolean: Integer(Boolean) (0.0)
OGRFeature(dataarray_1_components):1
  parent_ogr_pkid (String) = BAE8440FC4563A80D2AB1860A47AA0A3_DataArray_1
  mytime (DateTime) = 2016/09/01 00:00:00+01
  mycategory (String) = 1
  myquantity (Real) = 2.34
  mycount (Integer) = 3
  mytext (String) = foo
  myboolean (Integer(Boolean)) = 1

OGRFeature(dataarray_1_components):2
  parent_ogr_pkid (String) = BAE8440FC4563A80D2AB1860A47AA0A3_DataArray_1
  mytime (DateTime) = 2017/09/01 00:00:00
  mycategory (String) = 2
  myquantity (Real) = 3.45

</pre>

<ul>
<li> <a href="drv_gmlas.html">GMLAS</a>: main documentation page for GMLAS driver.</li>
</ul>

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