[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Documenting GIS Data Models (Again): Using DXF

[Dimitris Kotzinos]

Dear Landon,

I also think that the DXF choice, although I understand the familiarity 
concern, will at the end prove to be rather cumbersome.
 From the e-mails I read I also support the UML case but if you do not 
feel that the OO model is close to what you want to do, you could also 
try either E-R as suggested or I would also suggest, since you also want 
to capture metadata, a look at the semantic modeling ideas. Also it 
might be a good idea to separate some modelling concerns like the 
physical storage and the conceptual part.

I suppose that this is not very helpful as it is too generic but it 
might be a good idea to look into that.

Best,

Dimitris