Contents 1 General structure 2 Detailed description 2.1 view 2.2 rights 2.3 id 2.4 group 2.5 map 2.6 edit 2.7 document 2.8 association 2.9 table 2.10 attribute 2.10.1 example: Primaray key 2.10.2 example: Selection list 2.10.3 example: Date 2.10.4 example: Link 2.10.5 example: Dependency 2.11 join

General structure

The XML definition will be used to automatically create all views on the dataset (overview, detailed view, search view, edit/new view) and all SQL queries in the background. All attribute elements with given position (group and order) will be displayed except of no-matching cond-condition attributes.

Detailed description

view

• basedir: set to : ".."
• name: not in use
• title: not in use (Headline in old Layout)
• template (true|false): Enable function to save content as template
• parent: Parent XML-file (will be used to manipulate log entries)

Example:

<view basedir=".." name="variable" title="c_person_headline" parent="c_person_org" template="true">

rights

Controls the actions executed on the XML-file

• read (true|false): view activities
• write (true|false): write activities
• delete (true|false): delete activities

<rights read="true" write="true" delete="true"/>

id

• name: Identifier of the dataset. "md_metadata_id" should be used if available.

<id name="geodata.md_metadata_id"/>

group

• name: Internal name of the group (g + number). The number defines also the order of display.
• title: Group name (headline of group) replaced by translation id.

<group name="g0" title="geodata_g0"/>
<group name="g1" title="geodata_g1"/>
<group name="g2" title="geodata_g2"/>

map

The map-section describes if and how geometry information or displayed and linked to maps.

• layer
  • id: Identification ID (should be equal to view -> id)
  • layer_type (station|map): type of given geometry (station = point; map = bounding box)

<layer id="dsstation.md_metadata_id" link_type="station"/>

At least there is one section necessary to describe in which columns the geometry is located and to add rules to which layer the dataset should be linked to (RBISmap)

• layer
  • name: name of target layer (RBISmap)
  • title (station|map): not used
  • id: Identification ID (must equal to view -> id)
    • geometry:
      • type (point|bounding_box): Type of geometry
      • spat_ref_sys: Database field with SRID
        • source:
          • contains: Database field (part of geometry)
          • ref: Refers to part of geometry
    • metadata:
      • column
      • contains: Database field with datase name
    • conditions:
      • sql: SQL statement to define association rules

Example 1 (bounding box):

    <map>
        <layer id="geodata.md_metadata_id" link_type="map"/>
        <display_link title="geodata_display_link"/>
          <layer name="bounding_box" title="Teststation" id="dsstation.md_metadata_id">
            <geometry type="bbox" spat_ref_sys="map_srid.srid">
                <source contains="geobndbox.westbl" ref="west"/>
                <source contains="geobndbox.eastbl" ref="east"/>
                <source contains="geobndbox.southbl" ref="south"/>
                <source contains="geobndbox.northbl" ref="north"/>
            </geometry>
        </layer>        
    </map>

Example 2 (station coordinates with association rules):

    <map>
        <layer id="dsstation.md_metadata_id" link_type="station"/>
        <layer name="station_precip" title="Teststation" id="dsstation.md_metadata_id">
            <geometry type="point" spat_ref_sys="map_srid.srid">
                <source contains="dsstation.latutm" ref="lat"/>
                <source contains="dsstation.longutm" ref="long"/>
                <source sql=""/>
                <source file=""/>
            </geometry>
            <metadata>
                <column name="statname" contains="dsstation.statname"/>
                <column name="fp_featpar" sql="SELECT featpar FROM ds_otherpar left join fp_featpar ON ds_otherpar.fp_featpar_id=fp_featpar.fp_featpar_id WHERE dsstation_id = ".$result["dsstation.dsstation_id"].""/>
            </metadata>
            <conditions sql="dsstation.dsstation_id IN (SELECT dsstation_id FROM ds_otherpar WHERE dsstation_id = ".$result["dsstation.dsstation_id"]." and fp_featpar_id=12027014) "/>
        </layer>
    </map>

edit

• title: Headline (e.g. Edit dataset:)
• ref_id: Identifier (e.g. metadata.md_metadata_id)

• change (true|false): Display link
• change_view : Reference view for action.
• change_ov (true|false): Display link in overview
• change_title: Title replaced by translation id (e.g. Edit).

• delete (true|false): Display link
• delete_view : Reference view for action.
• delete_ov (true|false): Display link in overview
• delete_title: Title replaced by translation id (e.g. Delete).

• add (true|false): Display link
• add_view : Reference view for action.
• add_ov (true|false): Display link in overview
• add_title: Title replaced by translation id (e.g. Add).

Example 1:

<edit title="c_person_edit_title" 
ref_id="respparty.ci_respparty_id" 
change="true" 
change_ov="false" change_title="c_person_edit_change_title" delete="true" 
delete_ov="false" delete_title="c_person_edit_delete_title"/>

Example 2 (with "add" & reference view):

<edit title="adm_select_dropdown_edit_title"
ref_id="app_view_dropdown_ids.app_view_dropdown_ids_id" 
change="true" 
change_ov="false" 
change_title="adm_select_dropdown_edit_change_title" 
change_view="adm_select_dropdown_edit" 
delete="true" 
delete_ov="false" 
delete_title="adm_select_dropdown_edit_delete_title"
delete_view="adm_select_dropdown_edit" 
add="true" 
add_ov="false" 
add_title="adm_select_dropdown_edit_add_title"/>

document

Activate the possibility to add files to a dataset (only possible if the dataset has a global identifier (md_metadata_id))

• title: not used (Title in old Layout)
• ref_id: Identifier to associate Documents
• ref_view_name: Reference view name if not identical with XML name

Example 1:

    <document title="geodata_document" ref_id="metadata.md_metadata_id"/>
 

Example 2 (XML only for search):

    <document title="station_search_document" ref_id="dsstation.md_metadata_id" ref_view_name="station_meta"/>
 

association

• edit:
• overview:

table

• name: table name in the database

<table name="metadata">

• cond: name of condition (if the name is not set in the config.php, the table will be ignored. The cond-attribute must be also set in the attribute and join element.)

config.php: $conditions["workgroup"] = 1;

<table name="fp_featpar_all2" cond="workgroup">

Example:

<table name="metadata">
</table>

attribute

• cond: name of condition (if the name is not set in the config.php, the attribute will be ignored. The cond-attribute can/must be also set in the table and join element.)

<attribute cond="workgroup" name="featpar" title="geo.... />

• pk
• type
  • text: limited by the length given under size. Input field will be a text field or textarea according to the given maximal length.
  • email: input will be checked against the structure of an email adress.
  • float|integer: only checked by "is_numeric()"
  • date: dateformat is described under dateformat
  • timestamp: date is stored as UNIX-timestamp
  • bool: Boolean values; a selection list with "true/fals" will be created
  • serialized: content(array) is stored with "serialize()" and shown with "unserialized()" as array
  • password: md5 encryption
  • id: foreign key field
  • hidden: field is not displayed, but value is send
• default: default value (text or ID)
• dateformat: Dateformat ( e.g. "Y-m-d")
• check:
• multi_lang(true):multilingual field in the database

• link_id: Specifies the ID used for the link
• link_view: Specifies the target view
• link_target: Define the target php-file. The default target is view.php

• size: text field -> number for max length; selection field -> name of predefined list
• sort:

• depend_on:
• depend_on_rule_table:

• required:
• update:

• filter: true -> display selection list on overview column

• group:
• order:
• overview:

example: Primaray key

example: Selection list

example: Date

example: Link

link_id="int_method_set.int_method_set_id" link_view="int_method_set_list" link_target="overview.php"

example: Dependency

<attribute name="unit" title="ts_timeseriesfeature_uomunits_all_unit" default="" type="text" size="measured_group" group="g0" order="3" update="dropdown" required="mandatory" overview="3" depend_on="fp_featpar_all.featpar" depend_on_rule_table="app_depend_featpar_uom"/>

join

• cond: name of condition (if the name is not set in the config.php, the table will be ignored. The cond-attribute must be also set in the table and attribute element.)

<join cond="workgroup" from_table="geodata" ... />