ows:ContactType

Information required to enable contact with the responsible person and/or organization. 

For OWS use in the service metadata document, the optional hoursOfService and contactInstructions elements were retained, as possibly being useful in the ServiceProvider section. 

Complex type information

Content

• Sequence [1..1]
  1. ows:Phone [0..1]    Telephone numbers at which the organization or individual may be contacted.
  2. ows:Address [0..1]    Physical and email address at which the organization or individual may be contacted.
  3. ows:OnlineResource [0..1]    On-line information that can be used to contact the individual or organization. OWS specifics: The xlink:href attribute in the xlink:simpleLink attribute group shall be used to reference this resource. Whenever practical, the xlink:href attribute with type anyURI should be a URL from which more contact information can be electronically retrieved. The xlink:title attribute with type "string" can be used to name this set of information. The other attributes in the xlink:simpleLink attribute group should not be used.
  4. ows:HoursOfService [0..1]    Time period (including time zone) when individuals can contact the organization or individual.
  5. ows:ContactInstructions [0..1]    Supplemental instructions on how or when to contact the individual or organization.

Attributes

None

Used by

• Element ows:ContactInfo