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Learn about the Middleware Gazetteer Integration Architecture and Gazetteer Data Model, including query options with placename or coordinate constraints. Understand the unique naming and spatial restrictions in this comprehensive system.
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has multiple coverage placename name name coordinates may have multiple Middleware–Gazetteer Integration Architecture Gazetteer Data Model query w/ placename constraint middleware gazetteer query w/ coordinate constraint collection driver Restrictions: 1. Names must be unique within a coverage 2. Non-point placenames must be described as regions <!ELEMENT spatial-constraint (bucket, operator, (box | polygon | placename))> <!ELEMENT placename (placename?)> <!ATTLIST placename coverage CDATA #REQUIRED name CDATA #REQUIRED> <placename coverage=“countries” name=“United States”> <placename coverage=“ZIP codes” name=“93106”/> </placename> Greg Janée 3/28/00