Writer Directives

The directives processed by the AIXM writer are listed below.

The suffixes shown will be prefixed by the current <WriterKeyword> in a mapping file. By default, the <WriterKeyword> for the AIXM writer is AIXM.

DATASET

Required/Optional: Required

The value for this keyword is the path of the output AIXM file. A typical mapping file fragment specifying an output AIXM file looks like:

AIXM_DATASET /usr/data/aixm.xml

Workbench Parameter: Destination Aeronautical Information Exchange Model (AIXM) File

WRITE_MODE

Required/Optional: Optional

The value for this keyword determines the type of AIXM file, either an AIXM Snapshot or AIXM Update, produced by the writer. Valid values are UPDATE and SNAPSHOT. The default value is UPDATE:

AIXM_WRITE_MODE UPDATE

Workbench Parameter: AIXM writer mode

ORIGIN

Required/Optional: Optional

The value for this keyword is a string that determines the originator of the AIXM message:

AIXM_ORIGIN ABC

Workbench Parameter: Origin

CREATED

Required/Optional: Optional

The value for this keyword determines the date and time that the AIXM message was created. The string should be a valid XML dateTime string:

AIXM_CREATED 2002-10-10

Workbench Parameter: Created

EFFECTIVE

Required/Optional: Optional

The value for this keyword determines the date and time that the AIXM message becomes effective. The string should be a valid XML dateTime string:

AIXM_CREATED 2002-10-10

Workbench Parameter: Effective

USE_CHG

Required/Optional: Optional

The value for this keyword determines whether the ‘chg’ XML attributes will be added to each XML element written by the writer. Valid values are YES and NO. If the value is YES, then XML elements whose names appear in the aixm_update_changed format specific attribute will have an XML attribute named ‘chg’ with a value of ‘1’ inserted.

The default value for this keyword is YES:

AIXM_USE_CHG YES

Workbench Parameter: Add 'chg' attributes