XML Quick Facts

About Quick Facts Tables

Format Type Identifier

XML

Reader/Writer

Reader/Writer

Dependencies

None

Dataset Type

File

Feature Type Varies: the feature type depends on the xfMap document.

Typical File Extensions

.xml

Automated Translation Support

Yes, if an xfMap for a particular XML format already exists.

User-Defined Attributes

Yes

Coordinate System Support

Yes

Generic Color Support

Yes, but it depends on the xfMap document.

Spatial Index

Never

Schema Required

No

Transaction Support

No

Geometry Type

xml_type

XML Geometry Support

Geometry

Supported?

aggregate

yes

circles

yes

circular arc

yes

clothoid yes

donut polygon

yes

elliptical arc

yes

ellipses

yes

line

yes

none

yes

point

yes

polygon

yes

raster

no

solid

yes (reader only)

surface

yes (reader only)

text

yes

z values

yes