DDI 3.1 XML Schema Documentation (2009-10-18)
© DDI Alliance 2009 - licensed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
simpleType "GeographicDescriptionCodeType"
Namespace:
Defined:
globally in reusable.xsd, see XML source
Used:
Simple Content Model
enumeration of xs:NMTOKEN
Simple Content Restrictions:
Enumeration:
"Point"
 - 
Single geographical point (e.g., an address).
"Polygon"
 - 
Geographic area described with a set of three or more points.
"Line"
 - 
Set of points describing a line.
"LinearRing"
 - 
An area with a defined radius (e.g., area within x miles of a specific point.)

All Direct / Indirect Based Elements (1):
All Direct / Indirect Based Attributes (1):
Known Usage Locations
Annotation
Indicates the most discrete level identifed for a single case. Note that data can be collected at a geographic point (address) and reported as such in a protected file, and then aggregated to a polygon for a public file.
Type Definition Detail
Type Derivation Tree
xs:NMTOKEN
  GeographicDescriptionCodeType (restriction)
Derivation:
restriction of xs:NMTOKEN
Facets:
enumeration:
"Point"
 - 
Single geographical point (e.g., an address).
"Polygon"
 - 
Geographic area described with a set of three or more points.
"Line"
 - 
Set of points describing a line.
"LinearRing"
 - 
An area with a defined radius (e.g., area within x miles of a specific point.)
XML Source (w/o annotations (5); see within schema source)
<xs:simpleType name="GeographicDescriptionCodeType">
<xs:restriction base="xs:NMTOKEN">
<xs:enumeration value="Point"/>
<xs:enumeration value="Polygon"/>
<xs:enumeration value="Line"/>
<xs:enumeration value="LinearRing"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>

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