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 heterogeneous aggregate.

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