geo:PointOfInterest

Something with a fixed position that may be used as a reference point or a target in an OpenLS service. A POI is the primary output from an OpenLS Directory Service.

Element information

Namespace: http://niem.gov/niem/geospatial/2.0

Schema document: geospatial/2.0/geospatial.xsd

Type: geo:PointOfInterestType

Properties: Global, Qualified, Nillable

NIEM properties:

Base: geo:Location

Content

xls:POI [1..*] The POI ADT. Primarily generated in the responses from Directory Services. Can also be used as a filter in the request to a Directory Service for nearest/within distance conditions.

Attributes

Name	Occ	Type	Notes
s:id	[0..1]	xsd:ID	from type s:ComplexObjectType
s:metadata	[0..1]	xsd:IDREFS	from type s:ComplexObjectType
s:linkMetadata	[0..1]	xsd:IDREFS	from type s:ComplexObjectType

Used in

Type geo:LocationPropertyType
Type geo:RelativeLocationType (Element geo:RelativeLocation)
Type geo:GeospatialPropertyType (Elements geo:GeospatialProperty, geo:LocationProperty)

Substitution hierarchy

geo:Geospatial
- can be substituted with geo:Location
  - can be substituted with geo:PointOfInterest

Sample instance

<geo:PointOfInterest>
   <xls:POI ID="string">
      <xls:POIAttributeList>
         <xls:ReferenceSystem>...
         </xls:ReferenceSystem>
         <xls:POIInfoList>...
         </xls:POIInfoList>
      </xls:POIAttributeList>
      <gml:Point>
         <gml:metaDataProperty>...
         </gml:metaDataProperty>
         <gml:description>string</gml:description>
         <gml:name>string</gml:name>
         <gml:pos>1.0 1.0</gml:pos>
      </gml:Point>
      <xls:Address countryCode="string">
         <xls:freeFormAddress>string</xls:freeFormAddress>
      </xls:Address>
   </xls:POI>
</geo:PointOfInterest>