Feature Representation

In addition to the generic FME feature attributes that FME Workbench adds to all features (see About Feature Attributes), this format adds the format-specific attributes described in this topic.

The geometry of FME GML features may be identified by its xml_type attribute. The valid values for this attribute are:

xml_type

Description

xml_no_geom

FME Feature with no geometry.

xml_point

Point feature.

xml_line

Linear feature.

xml_area

Areal feature, may be a donut.

xml_text

Text feature.

Other attributes, including the feature’s feature type, are dependent on the mappings that are in an xfMap document.

No Geometry

xml_type: xml_no_geom

Features having their xml_type attribute set to xml_no_geom do not contain any geometry data.

Points

xml_type: xml_point

Features having their xml_type set to xml_point are single coordinate features.

Lines

xml_type: xml_line

Features having their xml_type set to xml_line are polyline features and have at least two coordinates.

Area

xml_type: xml_area

Features having their xml_type set to xml_area are either a single closed polyline feature (simple closed polygon), a donut, or an aggregate of donuts (and/or simple polygons). A simple closed polygon contains at least four coordinates, with the first and last coordinate being equal.

Text

xml_type: xml_text

These are annotation features.