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On Apr 4, 2006, at 09:57, Josh@oklieb wrote:

> What?! I've been awake for hours!
>
> featuretypetag and relationshiptag (and elev, floor, radius) are  
> attributes of georss:where (or georss:point, etc). We / I need to  
> actually post the XML schema / GML profile so that it's clear and  
> put back the examples.
>
> These attributes are not keywords but are intended to sharpen the  
> meaning of georss:where, for example, so I'm not in favor of  
> allowing multiple values. There are other elements in RSS / Atom  
> for descriptive material.

So can you construct Andrew's example properly for our collection,  
please?

        Allan

>
> Josh
>
> On Apr 4, 2006, at 8:51 AM, Allan Doyle wrote:
>
>> featuretype and relationship are in the georss namespace, not the  
>> gml namespace.
>>
>> As far as whether to use a gml:Point or a georss:point, I guess  
>> that's up to you but if you're not using any other GML and you  
>> don't need to have things in other coordinate reference systems,  
>> then you can stick with georss:point.
>>
>> I'm sure when the "real" XML people on this list wake up, they  
>> will either have more to say or can correct me if I'm wrong...
>>
>> I think we need more examples!
>>
>> Allan
>>
>> On Apr 4, 2006, at 07:02, Andrew Turner wrote:
>>
>>> I am adding GeoRSS support to some of my projects and wanted to get
>>> some clarification on some of the other meta data that can be
>>> optionally included in a georss:where node.
>>>
>>> Relationship Tag and Feature Type Tag are two examples not really
>>> specified in the verbage on the site, or in the GML documentation.
>>> Should they be used as such:
>>>
>>> <georss:where>
>>>   <gml:featuretype>location mountaintop alps</gml:featuretype>
>>>   <gml:relationship>is-located-at</gml:relationship>
>>>   <gml:Point>
>>>     <gml:pos>42.366813 11.106217</gml:pos>
>>>   </gml:Point>
>>> </georss:where>
>>>
>>> or
>>>   <gml:featuretypetag>location, mountain top, alps</
>>> gml:featuretypetag>
>>>
>>> Seems worthwhile to specify/suggest a format for multiple values
>>> within the tags for parsers to know how to handle the values.
>>>
>>> Andrew
>>>
>>> --
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