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The following FME mapping file reads from an Esri Shapefile and translates into XML using the XML Writer.
READER_TYPE SHAPE
WRITER_TYPE XML
SHAPE_DATASET C:\work\data\shape\MEXICO
XML_DATASET C:\tmp\out.xml
XML_WRAP_TABLES yes
XML_TABLE_WRAPPER_PREFIX prefix-
XML_TABLE_WRAPPER_SUFFIX -suffix
XML_TARGET_NS_PREFIX xf
XML_GENERATE_ROW_ID yes
XML_ROW_ID_ATTR_NAME myid
XML_ROW_ID_PREFIX someid
XML_TABLES_SEQUENCE "states cities"
XML_APPLY_STYLESHEET C:\tmp\stylesheet.xsl
XML_DEF cities \
NAME xml_char(51) \
CAPITAL xml_char(1) \
STATE_NAME xml_char(25) \
POPULATION xml_decimal(11,0)
XML_DEF rivers \
NAME xml_char(40) \
SYSTEM xml_char(40)
XML_DEF roads \
LENGTH xml_decimal(16,3) \
TYPE xml_char(40) \
ADMN_CLASS xml_char(20) \
TOLL_RD xml_char(1) \
RTE_NUM1 xml_char(3) \
RTE_NUM2 xml_char(3) \
ROUTE xml_char(40)
XML_DEF states \
AREA xml_decimal(16,3) \
CODE xml_char(4) \
NAME xml_char(25) \
POP1990 xml_decimal(11,0) \
POP90_SQMI xml_decimal(20,6) \
P_URBAN90 xml_decimal(20,6) \
P_ING_LANG xml_decimal(20,6) \
P_EMPL_SEC xml_decimal(20,6) \
HSE_UNIT90 xml_decimal(11,0)
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
SHAPE cities \
NAME %NAME \
CAPITAL %CAPITAL \
STATE_NAME %STATE_NAME \
POPULATION %POPULATION
XML cities \
xml_type xml_point \
NAME %NAME \
CAPITAL %CAPITAL \
STATE_NAME %STATE_NAME \
POPULATION %POPULATION
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
SHAPE rivers \
NAME %NAME \
SYSTEM %SYSTEM
XML rivers \
xml_type xml_line \
NAME %NAME \
SYSTEM %SYSTEM
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
SHAPE roads \
LENGTH %LENGTH \
TYPE %TYPE \
ADMN_CLASS %ADMN_CLASS \
TOLL_RD %TOLL_RD \
RTE_NUM1 %RTE_NUM1 \
RTE_NUM2 %RTE_NUM2 \
ROUTE %ROUTE
XML roads \
xml_type xml_line \
LENGTH %LENGTH \
TYPE %TYPE \
ADMN_CLASS %ADMN_CLASS \
TOLL_RD %TOLL_RD \
RTE_NUM1 %RTE_NUM1 \
RTE_NUM2 %RTE_NUM2 \
ROUTE %ROUTE
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
SHAPE states \
AREA %AREA \
CODE %CODE \
NAME %NAME \
POP1990 %POP1990 \
POP90_SQMI %POP90_SQMI \
P_URBAN90 %P_URBAN90 \
P_ING_LANG %P_ING_LANG \
P_EMPL_SEC %P_EMPL_SEC \
HSE_UNIT90 %HSE_UNIT90
XML states \
xml_type xml_area \
AREA %AREA \
CODE %CODE \
NAME %NAME \
POP1990 %POP1990 \
POP90_SQMI %POP90_SQMI \
P_URBAN90 %P_URBAN90 \
P_ING_LANG %P_ING_LANG \
P_EMPL_SEC %P_EMPL_SEC \
HSE_UNIT90 %HSE_UNIT90