gml:AbstractTimeTopologyPrimitive

gml:TimeTopologyPrimitive acts as the head of a substitution group for topological temporal primitives.
Temporal topology primitives shall imply the ordering information between features or feature properties. The temporal connection of features can be examined if they have temporal topology primitives as values of their properties. Usually, an instantaneous feature associates with a time node, and a static feature associates with a time edge.  A feature with both modes associates with the temporal topology primitive: a supertype of time nodes and time edges.
A topological primitive is always connected to one or more other topological primitives, and is, therefore, always a member of a topological complex. In a GML instance, this will often be indicated by the primitives being described by elements that are descendents of an element describing a complex. However, in order to support the case where a temporal topological primitive is described in another context, the optional complex property is provided, which carries a reference to the parent temporal topological complex.

Element information

Content

• Sequence [1..1]
  from type gml:AbstractGMLType
  from group gml:StandardObjectProperties
  gml:metaDataProperty [0..*]    deprecated
  gml:description [0..1]    The value of this property is a text description of the object. gml:description uses gml:StringOrRefType as its content model, so it may contain a simple text string content, or carry a reference to an external description. The use of gml:description to reference an external description has been deprecated and replaced by the gml:descriptionReference property.
  gml:descriptionReference [0..1]    The value of this property is a remote text description of the object. The xlink:href attribute of the gml:descriptionReference property references the external description.
  gml:identifier [0..1]    Often, a special identifier is assigned to an object by the maintaining authority with the intention that it is used in references to the object For such cases, the codeSpace shall be provided. That identifier is usually unique either globally or within an application domain. gml:identifier is a pre-defined property for such identifiers.
  gml:name [0..*]    The gml:name property provides a label or identifier for the object, commonly a descriptive name. An object may have several names, typically assigned by different authorities. gml:name uses the gml:CodeType content model. The authority for a name is indicated by the value of its (optional) codeSpace attribute. The name may or may not be unique, as determined by the rules of the organization responsible for the codeSpace. In common usage there will be one name per authority, so a processing application may select the name from its preferred codeSpace.
  from type gml:AbstractTimePrimitiveType
  gml:relatedTime [0..*]    
  1. gml:complex [0..1]    

Attributes

Used in

• Group gml:Value
• Type gml:ArrayAssociationType (Element gml:members)
• Type gml:TimePrimitivePropertyType (Element gml:validTime)
• Type gml:TimeTopologyPrimitivePropertyType (Element gml:primitive)
• Type gts:TM_Primitive_PropertyType (Element gmd:extent)
• Type gml:RelatedTimeType via extension of gml:TimePrimitivePropertyType (Element gml:relatedTime)
• Type gml:ValueArrayPropertyType via reference to gml:Value (Element gml:valueComponents)
• Type gml:ValuePropertyType via reference to gml:Value (Elements gml:valueProperty, gml:valueComponent)
• Type gml:DomainSetType (Elements gml:domainSet, gml:multiPointDomain, gml:multiCurveDomain, gml:multiSurfaceDomain, gml:multiSolidDomain, gml:gridDomain, gml:rectifiedGridDomain)

Substitution hierarchy

• gml:AbstractObject
  • can be substituted with gml:AbstractGML
    • can be substituted with gml:AbstractTimeObject
      • can be substituted with gml:AbstractTimePrimitive
        • can be substituted with gml:AbstractTimeTopologyPrimitive
          • can be substituted with gml:TimeNode
          • can be substituted with gml:TimeEdge