gml:TimePeriod acts as a one-dimensional geometric primitive that represents anidentifiable extent in time. The location in of a gml:TimePeriod is described by thetemporal positions of the instants at which it begins and ends. The length of the period isequal to the temporal distance between the two bounding temporal positions. Both beginningand end may be described in terms of their direct position using gml:TimePositionType whichis an XML Schema simple content type, or by reference to an indentifiable time instant usinggml:TimeInstantPropertyType. Alternatively a limit of a gml:TimePeriod may use theconventional GML property model to make a reference to a time instant described elsewhere,or a limit may be indicated as a direct position.
Database handle for the object. It is of XML type ID, so is constrained to beunique in the XML document within which it occurs. An external identifier for the object inthe form of a URI may be constructed using standard XML and XPointer methods. This is doneby concatenating the URI for the document, a fragment separator, and the value of the idattribute.
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<element name="TimePeriod" type="gml:TimePeriodType" substitutionGroup="gml:AbstractTimeGeometricPrimitive"><annotation><documentation>gml:TimePeriod acts as a one-dimensional geometric primitive that represents an identifiable extent in time. The location in of a gml:TimePeriod is described by the temporal positions of the instants at which it begins and ends. The length of the period is equal to the temporal distance between the two bounding temporal positions. Both beginning and end may be described in terms of their direct position using gml:TimePositionType which is an XML Schema simple content type, or by reference to an indentifiable time instant using gml:TimeInstantPropertyType. Alternatively a limit of a gml:TimePeriod may use the conventional GML property model to make a reference to a time instant described elsewhere, or a limit may be indicated as a direct position.</documentation></annotation></element>