The catalogue control file links dictionaries and profiles to related products. The default file, cataloguecontrol.xml, is located in...\\CARIS\<version>\System.
The structure of the file is shown here.
The file must contain the following header information:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<CatalogueControlFactory Version="1.0">
Products are listed with their corresponding dictionaries and profiles. An entry for Digital Nautical Charts (DNC) is shown below.
<CatalogueControlFactory Version="1.0"> |
... |
<Product Name="VPF DNC" Id="1000" Version="1.0"> |
<Profile Type="XML" Name="%VPFConfig%\system\vpfDNCProfile.xml"/> |
<Dictionary Type="XML" Name="%VPFConfig%\system\vpfDNCPool.xml"/> |
</Product> |
... |
</CatalogueControlFactory> |
When a DNC file is opened in CARIS, chart features and attributes are defined through vpfDNCPool.xml and vpfDNCProfile.xml.
Below is a Contour Layer Bathymetry (CLB) AML 3.0 product specification.
<CatalogueControlFactory Version="1.0"> |
... |
<Product Name="S-57 CLB 3.0" Id="57" Version="3.0" ProductSpecDescription="CLB"> |
<Profile Type="XML" Name="%S57Config%\system\AML_3_0_CLB_Profile.xml"/> |
<Dictionary Type="XML" Name="%S57Config%\system\s5731Pool.xml"/> |
<Dictionary Type="XML" Name="%S57Config%\system\AML_3_0_ExtensionDict.xml"/> |
</Product> |
... |
</CatalogueControlFactory> |
Two dictionaries are used to define an AML 3.0 CLB chart (s5731Pool.xml and AML_3_0_ExtensionDict.xml). The chart is further defined by the ProductSpecDescription (product specification description or PSDN) attribute.1
This table lists the tags and associated attributes in a catalogue control file.
Tags | Description |
|---|---|
<CatalogueControlFactory> | Root element for all other tags in this file. Attributes:
Example: <CatalogueControlFactory Version="1.1" |
<Catalogue> | Parent tag for the products that are combined in a compound catalogue. |
<Product> | Parent tag for the product profile and dictionary tags. When a product or external file is opened, the metadata from the file is compared to the Name, ID, Version or (if necessary) Product Specification Description attributes. Attributes:
Example: <Product Name="S-57 ENC 3.1" Id="1" Version="2.0"> |
<Profile> | Path and name for the product profile. Attributes:
Example: <Profile Type="XML" Name="%S57Config%\system\enc31Profile.xml"/> |
<Dictionary> | Tag that contains the path and name of the product dictionary. Attributes:
Example: <Dictionary Type="XML" Name="%S57Config%\system\s5731Pool.xml" /> |
<Schema> | Path and name of the schema definition file for S-100 dictionaries. Example: <Schema>%S100Config%\system\S100FC.xsd</Schema> |
1 Product Specification Description is used only for AML 3.0 products.