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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 section.

The geometry of an FME XML feature 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 or an aggregate of point features.

xml_line

Linear feature or an aggregate of linear features.

xml_area

Areal feature; may be a donut, or an aggregate of areal features.

xml_text

Text feature.

xml_surface

Surface feature, may contain gaps.

xml_solid

Solid feature, may contain voids.

xml_aggregate

A feature whose geometry is a possibly heterogenous aggregate.

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