<Profile>

Root tag for all other elements in the file.

Attribute:

Version: Version number of profile. The version must always be 1.0

Example:

<Profile version=”1.0”>

<Attributes>

The parent tag for all attribute elements.

<Attribute>

Tag for individual attributes.

Attributes:

subset: The attribute subset value:

• A: defines the individual characteristics of a feature

• B: provides information for the relevant use of data

• C: provides administrative information

value: The six-letter acronym for the attribute.

Example:

<Attribute subset="A" value="AGENCY"/>

or

<Attribute subset="A" value="CATDOC">

   <PermittedValue value="1"/>

   <PermittedValue value="2"/>

</Attribute>

<PermittedValue>

The numeric value for enumerated or list-type attributes. This tag is not used with other attribute types (string, float, etc.).

Attributes:

value: the number value

Example: see above

<AssociatedControl>

The control used for selecting the attribute. For example, if the SORIND control is included, the Populate SORIND dialog box is used to enter SORIND information when the Browse button in the Attributes window is clicked.

There are six AssociatedControl types:

• DateFormat

• DateTime

• EnumLevelList

• PeriodicDate

• YearFormat

• SORINDAttribute

Example:

<Attribute subset="C" value="SORIND">

   <AssociatedControl value="SORINDAttribute"/>

</Attribute>

<SpatialAttribute>

Parent tag for spatial attributes.

Example:

<SpatialAttributes>

   <ConnectedNode/>

      <Global>

         <Attribute value="POSACC"/>

         <Attribute value="QUAPOS"/>

      </Global>

      <Point/>

      <Sounding/>

</SpatialAttributes>

<Area>

Child tag for <SpatialAttribute>.

<ConnectNode>

Child tag for <SpatialAttribute> for nodes.

<Global>

Child tag for <SpatialAttribute>.

<Attribute>

Child tag for <SpatialAttribute>.

Attribute:

value: the spatial attribute acronym.

This tag can be applied to the <Area>, <ConnectNode>, <Global>, <Point>, and <Sounding> tags

<Point>

Child tag for <SpatialAttribute>

<Sounding>

Child tag for <SpatialAttribute>

<Objects>

Parent tag for all feature elements.

<Global>

Parent tag for list of attributes attached to all features in the catalogue.

<Attribute>

Child tag for the global attribute.

Attribute:

value is acronym for the attribute.

Example:

<Attribute value="NINFOM"/>

<Object>

Parent tag for defining features, including the feature’s spatial type, relationship to other features, and associated attributes.

Attribute:

value: the feature acronym.

Example:

<Object value="ASLXIS">

   <Relationships/>

   <Primitives value="L"/>

   <Attribute value="DATEND"/>

   <Attribute value="DATSTA"/>

   <Attribute value="NATION">

      <Mandatory/>

   </Attribute>

   <Attribute value="NOBJNM"/>

   <Attribute value="OBJNAM"/>

   <Attribute value="NTXTDS"/>

   <Attribute value="PICREP"/>

   <Attribute value="SCAMAX"/>

   <Attribute value="SCAMIN"/>

   <Attribute value="TXTDSC"/>

</Object>

<Relationships>

Child tag for listing master-slave associations between features.

Attributes:

entity: The feature that is associated as a master or slave to the feature described in the parent tag.

type: The relationship of the entity feature to feature described in the parent tag (master or slave).

Example:

<Object value="BCNCAR">

   <Relationships>

      <Relationship entity="DAYMAR" type="slave"/>

      <Relationship entity="LIGHTS" type="slave"/>

      <Relationship entity="FOGSIG" type="slave"/>

      <Relationship entity="RADSTA" type="slave"/>

      <Relationship entity="RDOSTA" type="slave"/>

      <Relationship entity="RETRFL" type="slave"/>

      <Relationship entity="RTPBCN" type="slave"/>

      <Relationship entity="SISTAT" type="slave"/>

      <Relationship entity="SISTAW" type="slave"/>

      <Relationship entity="TOPMAR" type="slave"/>

   </Relationships>

...

</Object>

In this example, features such as DAYMAR or LIGHTS are slaves of the cardinal beacon (BCNCAR) feature.

<Primitives/>

A child tag to describe the feature’s geometry type.

Attribute:

value: area (A), line (L), point (P), or sounding (S). Some features can be combinations of types.

Example:

<Primitives value="ALP"/>

<Attribute>

Child tags for listing the attributes associated with the feature.

value attribute is six-letter attribute acronym.

<Mandatory/>

A child tag that sets an attribute as mandatory.

Example:

<Object value="ADMARE">

...

   <Attribute value="JRSDTN">

      <Mandatory/>

   </Attribute>

...

</Object>

<Conditional/>

A child tag sets an attribute as conditional. The value depends on values assigned to other attributes.

Example

<Object value="BRIDGE">

...

   <Attribute value="CATBRG">

      <Conditional/>

   </Attribute>

...

</Object>