[fdo-commits] r187 - branches/3.2.1/Providers/SHP/Docs/doc_src/group_and_page_definitions

[svn_fdo at osgeo.org]

Author: gregboone
Date: 2007-02-13 19:40:21 -0500 (Tue, 13 Feb 2007)
New Revision: 187

Modified:
   branches/3.2.1/Providers/SHP/Docs/doc_src/group_and_page_definitions/define_pages.h
Log:
FDO4: Update API documentation generation process

Modified: branches/3.2.1/Providers/SHP/Docs/doc_src/group_and_page_definitions/define_pages.h
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--- branches/3.2.1/Providers/SHP/Docs/doc_src/group_and_page_definitions/define_pages.h	2007-02-13 23:03:03 UTC (rev 186)
+++ branches/3.2.1/Providers/SHP/Docs/doc_src/group_and_page_definitions/define_pages.h	2007-02-14 00:40:21 UTC (rev 187)
@@ -1,35 +1,49 @@
 /*! \mainpage Introduction
 <div class="mainpage">
 <!-- This is the index.html page that the user first sees. -->
+
 <p>The Feature Data Objects (FDO) API provides access to data in a 
 data store. A provider is a specific implementation of the FDO API 
 that provides access to data in a particular data store. The FDO 
 Provider for SHP provides FDO with access to a SHP-based data store.
 </p>
-<p>The FDO Provider for SHP uses a standalone file format that
-supports GIS data. The FDO Provider for SHP (Shape) has the 
-following characteristics: 
+
+<p>The standalone ESRI SHP file format supports GIS data using a number of 
+separate files: SHP (shape geometry), SHX (shape index), PRJ (projection 
+information), CPG (code page files), IDX (spatial index), and DBF (shape 
+attributes in dBASE format). You must have either a SHP or DBF file present to 
+connect to data or work with schemas. Otherwise, these files are optional. Files 
+with empty records are created, if they do not exist initially.
 </p>
+
+<p>In AutoCAD Map 3D 2008, the Schema Editor treats each SHP file, and its 
+associated DBF file, as a feature class with a single geometry property and, 
+optionally, data attribute properties. The SHP file format supports a single 
+writer at any time, with multiple readers.
+</p>
+
+<p>SHP files can include only one geometry type per file, but you can stored and 
+copy to multiple SHP files in a folder. You can use a configuration file to 
+support multiple schemas when you establish your connection to a folder 
+containing SHP files.
+</p>
+
+<p>A SHP schema can support the following:
+</p>
 <ul>
-  <li>Read-only access is provided to pre-existing spatial and 
-  attribute data from an Environmental Systems Research Institute 
-  (ESRI) Shape file (SHP).</li>
-  <li>The FDO Provider for SHP can run in a multi-platform environment, 
-  including Windows and Linux.</li>
-  <li>A Shape file consists of three separate files: SHP (shape geometry), 
-  SHX (shape index), and DBF (shape attributes in dBASE format).</li>
-  <li>The FDO Provider for SHP accesses the information in each of the 
-  three separate files, and treats each SHP, and its associated DBF file, 
-  as a feature class with a single geometry property, and optionally, 
-  with data attribute properties.</li>
-  <li>Schema configuration of the data store is provided to the FDO Provider for SHP through an XML file containing the Geographic Markup Language (GML) definition of the schema that maps SHP and DBF data in the data store to feature classes and property mappings in the FDO data model.</li>
-  <li>Although it does not support concurrency control (locking), the 
-  SHP file format is a valid alternative to RDBMS.</li>
+  <li>A single geometry type per file
+  <li>Spatial contexts (determined by coordinate system information in the PRJ file)
+  <li>Auto ID generation
+  <li>Null value constraints
+  <li>These geometry types: point, line string, polygon, multi-point, multi-line 
+  string, multi-polygon, linear ring, and line string segment.
 </ul>
+ 
 <p>
 For more information, see <i>The Essential FDO</i> (FET_TheEssentialFDO.pdf) 
 and the <i>FDO Developer's Guide</i> (FDG_FDODevGuide.pdf).
 </p>
+
 <br>
 </div>
 */