Class <<FeatureType>> GeologicFeature

<xs:element xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" abstract="true" name="GeologicFeature" substitutionGroup="gml:AbstractFeature" type="gsml:GeologicFeatureType">

    <xs:annotation>

        <xs:documentation>The abstract GeologicFeature class represents a conceptual feature that is hypothesized to exist coherently in the world.

   * this corresponds with a "legend item" from a traditional geologic map

   * while the bounding coordinates of a Geologic Feature may be described, its shape is not.



The implemented Geologic Feature instance acts as the "description package"



    * the description package is classified according to its purpose as an Instance, TypicalNorm, or DefiningNorm.</xs:documentation>

    </xs:annotation>

</xs:element>

<xs:complexType xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" abstract="true" name="GeologicFeatureType">

    <xs:complexContent>

        <xs:extension base="gml:AbstractFeatureType">

            <xs:sequence>

                <xs:element name="observationMethod" nillable="true" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="1">

                    <xs:annotation>

                        <xs:documentation>Feature ObservationMethod specifies the approach to acquiring the collection of attribute values that constitute an individual feature instance (e.g. point count, brunton compass on site, air photo interpretation,  field observation, hand specimen,  laboratory, aerial photography, creative imagination). ObservationMethod is a convenience property that provides a quick and dirty approach to observation metadata when data are reported using a feature view (as opposed to observation view). For a borehole, the GeologicFeature observation method specifies how the geologic properties were determined (eg, visual observation, or standard AzGS logging procedure (described in detail somewhere else)).  This property corresponds (loosely) to ISO19115 Lineage.</xs:documentation>

                    </xs:annotation>

                    <xs:complexType>

                        <xs:complexContent>

                            <xs:extension base="swe:CategoryPropertyType">

                                <xs:attribute name="nilReason" type="gml:NilReasonType"/>

                            </xs:extension>

                        </xs:complexContent>

                    </xs:complexType>

                </xs:element>

                <xs:element name="purpose" type="gsml:DescriptionPurposeType">

                    <xs:annotation>

                        <xs:documentation>Specification of the intended purpose/level of abstraction for a given feature or object instance. Scoped name because intention is asserted by author of the data instance. Values are: instance, typicalNorm, definingNorm.</xs:documentation>

                    </xs:annotation>

                </xs:element>

                <xs:element maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0" name="occurrence" type="gsml:MappedFeaturePropertyType">

                    <xs:annotation>

                        <xs:documentation>Points to any number of mapped features which are occurrences of the geologic feature.  Mapped features may all be from a single map or from several maps.</xs:documentation>

                    </xs:annotation>

                </xs:element>

                <xs:element maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="1" name="relatedFeature" nillable="true" type="gsml:GeologicFeatureRelationPropertyType">

                    <xs:annotation>

                        <xs:documentation>Any geologic feature may be related to another geologic feature. For example, one geologic unit may "overlie" another geologic unit; a geologic unit may be "intersected by" a fault.</xs:documentation>

                    </xs:annotation>

                </xs:element>

                <xs:element name="classifier" type="gml:ReferenceType" nillable="true">

                    <xs:annotation>

                        <xs:documentation>A standard description or definition of the feature type (eg; the definition of a particular Geologic Unit in a stratigraphic lexicon)</xs:documentation>

                        <xs:appinfo>

                            <gml:targetElement xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml/3.2">gvoc:ControlledConcept</gml:targetElement>

                        </xs:appinfo>

                    </xs:annotation>

                </xs:element>

                <xs:element name="metadata" nillable="true" type="gmd:MD_Metadata_PropertyType"/>

            </xs:sequence>

        </xs:extension>

    </xs:complexContent>

</xs:complexType>

<xs:complexType xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" name="GeologicFeaturePropertyType">

    <xs:sequence minOccurs="0">

        <xs:element ref="gsml:GeologicFeature"/>

    </xs:sequence>

    <xs:attributeGroup ref="gml:AssociationAttributeGroup"/>

    <xs:attributeGroup ref="gml:OwnershipAttributeGroup"/>

</xs:complexType>