DDI 3.1 XML Schema Documentation (2009-10-18)
© DDI Alliance 2009 - licensed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
complexType "CoverageType"
Namespace:
Content:
complex, 6 elements
Defined:
globally in reusable.xsd, see XML source
Includes:
definitions of 6 elements
Used:
XML Representation Summary
<...>
   
Content: 
(TopicalCoverageReference | TopicalCoverage)?, (SpatialCoverageReference | SpatialCoverage)?, (TemporalCoverageReference | TemporalCoverage)?
</...>
Content Model Elements (6):
All Direct / Indirect Based Elements (1):
Known Usage Locations
Annotation
Describes the temporal, geographic and topical coverage. At the instance level these descriptions should be inclusive of the coverage of all modules in the instance. The element is available within individual modules and can be used to refine the coverage to that of the individual module.
XML Source (w/o annotations (7); see within schema source)
<xs:complexType name="CoverageType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:choice minOccurs="0">
<xs:element ref="TopicalCoverageReference"/>
<xs:element ref="TopicalCoverage"/>
</xs:choice>
<xs:choice minOccurs="0">
<xs:element ref="SpatialCoverageReference"/>
<xs:element ref="SpatialCoverage"/>
</xs:choice>
<xs:choice minOccurs="0">
<xs:element ref="TemporalCoverageReference"/>
<xs:element ref="TemporalCoverage"/>
</xs:choice>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
Content Element Detail (defined in this component only; 6/6)
SpatialCoverage
Type:
GeographicCoverageType, complex content
Description of the geographic coverage of the data described in a particular DDI module.
XML Source (w/o annotations (1); see within schema source)
<xs:element ref="SpatialCoverage"/>

SpatialCoverageReference
Type:
ReferenceType, complex content
Reference to a previously defined spatial coverage.
XML Source (w/o annotations (1); see within schema source)
<xs:element ref="SpatialCoverageReference"/>

TemporalCoverage
Type:
TemporalCoverageType, complex content
Description of the temporal coverage of the data described in a particular DDI module.
XML Source (w/o annotations (1); see within schema source)
<xs:element ref="TemporalCoverage"/>

TemporalCoverageReference
Type:
ReferenceType, complex content
Reference to a previously defined temporal coverage.
XML Source (w/o annotations (1); see within schema source)
<xs:element ref="TemporalCoverageReference"/>

TopicalCoverage
Type:
TopicalCoverageType, complex content
Description of the topical coverage of the data described in a particular DDI module.
XML Source (w/o annotations (1); see within schema source)
<xs:element ref="TopicalCoverage"/>

TopicalCoverageReference
Type:
ReferenceType, complex content
Reference to a previously defined topical coverage.
XML Source (w/o annotations (1); see within schema source)
<xs:element ref="TopicalCoverageReference"/>

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