Seabed ML Writer Parameters

This parameter defaults to the SeabedML v1.0 XML Namespace URI http://www.ogp.org.uk/sbml/1.0. This allows the writer to be configured to the SeabedML v1.0 data without explicitly requiring the user to set the .xsd file location with the Application Schema parameter.

Setting this parameter to Other allows you to alternatively provide the SeabedML schema file via the Application Schema parameter. The SeabedML writer will parse the SBML schema and write out features according to the feature types found in the schema. No other feature types, except the ones specified in the schema, will be written. The writer feature type definitions must then match the ones from the schema.

Importing the feature type definitions from the SeabedML reader with the same settings will bring in the valid writer feature type definitions accepted by the writer.

Note: When importing feature type definitions to the writer the SeabedML reader, you can leave the dataset unset.

Specifies the location of the SeabedML .xsd document.

This parameter can overwrite the CRS value that is written in the GML instance’s srsName attributes.

By default, the FME coordinate system name in a feature is transferred directly onto the srsName attribute. Using this parameter allows you to provide your own URN CRS string for the srsName attributes.

This parameter is required in conjunction with the GML srsName parameter. It specifies the axis order for a coordinate tuple in a GML <pos> or <posList> element.

The valid values are

• 1,2
• 2,1
• 1,2,3
• 2,1,3

There is no default value.

For example, if GML srsName is set to urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG:6.6.4326, this parameter should be set to “2,1” so that the coordinates in the GML <pos> and <posList> elements are written in lat-lon order.

Setting this parameter to Yes ensures the output is neatly formatted. This promotes easier reading on screen and in print output.

• Indent Size: Select a value from 0 to 9.
• Replace Tabs with Spaces: By default the Tab character is used to for indentations. Select Yes to substitute the Tab character with a Space.

Note: Enabling this option produces a considerably larger output file due to added whitespace.

The root collection element is influenced by this parameter.

• FeatureCollection – In GML 3.1.1 mode, the default collection element is <gml:FeatureCollection>; the Feature Collection NS URI parameter may be used in conjunction with this parameter to change the collection element to <wfs:FeatureCollection>.

Note: <wfs:FeatureCollection> is not supported when writing in GML v3.2.1 mode.

• target-namespace – Changes the root element to <[target-ns-prefix]:FeatureCollection>, where [target-ns-prefix] is the prefix that is bound to the output document target namespace, e.g., <fme:FeatureCollection>. The output xsd document will also include a custom FeatureCollection declaration and FeatureCollectionType definition.

GML v3.2.1 requires a gml:id on every feature and feature collection.

This parameter allows you to supply a custom gml:id value to replace UUID that is automatically assigned for the feature collection under GML v3.2.1.

This parameter is applicable only when the GML Version parameter is set to Application Schema or 3.1.1. It is used to specify the XML Namespace URI for the element name that is specified as the feature collection in the Feature Collection parameter.

For example, to specify the WFS 2.0 "FeatureCollection", set this parameter to "http://www.opengis.net/wfs/2.0" and Feature Collection to the "FeatureCollection" (as specified above, in Feature Collection when GML Version is Application Schema).

Specifies whether the default and optional GML feature properties, name and description, should be read.

Specify the maximum number of decimal place to write to the GML file when writing coordinates.

To specify an exact number of decimal places to write, use this parameter in conjunction with the Minimum Decimal Places parameter.

Value

An integer greater than or equal to 0.

Default value: 15 decimal places.

Specify the minimum number of decimal place write to the GML file when writing coordinates.

To specify an exact number of decimal places to write, use this parameter in conjunction with the Maximum Decimal Places parameter.

Value

An integer greater than or equal to 0.

Default value: 0 decimal places.

This parameter specifies the encoding for the incoming schema and data feature (for example, UTF-8).

If unspecified, the writer assumes that the schema and data features are encoded with the system’s encoding.

This parameter suppresses the output of the xsi:schemaLocation attribute in the GML instance’s root element. The xsi:schemaLocation in an XML document instance is not a mandatory attribute – it is merely a hint that an XML processor may choose to ignore.

Setting this parameter to Yes suppresses the output of the xsi:schemaLocation attribute in the output GML instance. The default setting is No.

This parameter allows elements in different namespaces, other than the GML and the document target namespace, to be included in the output file.

The valid values for this parameter are whitespace-separated XML namespace declarations, as they would appear in an XML element.

A schema file is not written when this directive is used, that is, the output XSD file is suppressed.

To control the namespace of a particular element, the FME feature type and/or attribute name must carry the corresponding namespace prefixes declared by this parameter. The prefix must be separated by an underscore.

For example, in order to write out a <hy-p:Watercourse> feature type element, the FME feature type and hence the FME feature type definition – the DEF line – must be prefixed with hy-p_. For example:

GML_DEF hy-p_Watercourse

The value will need to include the XML namespace declaration for the hy-p prefix. For example:

xmlns:hy-p=”urn:x-inspire:specification:gmlas:HydroPhysicalWaters:3.0”

Values

One or more whitespace-separated XML namespace declarations of the form xmlns:PREFIX=”URI”, where PREFIX is the namespace prefix and URI is the namespace URI. For example:

xmlns:gml=”http://www.opengis.net/gml/3.2”

This optional parameter performs validation of the output file against the schemas referenced in that file:

Yes:

• If SeabedML Version is set to the SeabedML v1.0 XML Namespace URI, the namespace is used for validation.
• If SeabedML Version is set to Other, the specified Application Schema is used for validation.

No (default):

• Validation is not performed.

Specify the authentication method to use when accessing a password-protected server.

• Basic: (default) Basic access authentication is designed to allow a client to provide credentials to a server on the assumption that the connection between them is trusted and secure. Note that any credentials passed from client to server can be easily intercepted through an insecure connection.
• Digest: Digest authentication is one of the agreed-upon methods a web server can use to negotiate credentials, such as username or password, with a user's web browser.
• NTLM: A challenge-response protocol that is used to provide compatibility with versions of Windows earlier than the Windows 2000 operating systems.
• Web Connection: Web connections provide a convenient and secure way to store and reuse previously established connection parameters. See Web Connection below.
• Single Sign-on: FME will use the credentials of the current user to authenticate the HTTP request. This authentication method currently works only on the Windows operating system.

Note: To access datasets using a proxy server, use the Network tools in FME Options. From the Workbench menu, select Tools > FME Options > Network. For more information, see "Network Proxy" in the FME Workbench Help.

Using Web Connections

FME Options: Web Connections