metadataType

Information about the GPX file, author, and copyright restrictions goes in the metadata section. Providing rich, meaningful information about your GPX files allows others to search for and use your GPS data.

Complex Type Information

Model

name{0,1} , desc{0,1} , author{0,1} , copyright{0,1} , link* , time{0,1} , keywords{0,1} , bounds{0,1} , extensions{0,1}

Children: author, bounds, copyright, desc, extensions, keywords, link, name, time

Used By

Element

gpxType/metadata

Source

<xsd:complexType name="metadataType">
  <xsd:annotation>
    <xsd:documentation>Information about the GPX file, author, and copyright restrictions goes in the metadata section. Providing rich, meaningful information about your GPX files allows others to search for and use your GPS data.</xsd:documentation>
  </xsd:annotation>
  <xsd:sequence>
    <!-- elements must appear in this order -->
    <xsd:element name="name" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0">
      <xsd:annotation>
        <xsd:documentation>The name of the GPX file.</xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
    </xsd:element>
    <xsd:element name="desc" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0">
      <xsd:annotation>
        <xsd:documentation>A description of the contents of the GPX file.</xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
    </xsd:element>
    <xsd:element name="author" type="personType" minOccurs="0">
      <xsd:annotation>
        <xsd:documentation>The person or organization who created the GPX file.</xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
    </xsd:element>
    <xsd:element name="copyright" type="copyrightType" minOccurs="0">
      <xsd:annotation>
        <xsd:documentation>Copyright and license information governing use of the file.</xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
    </xsd:element>
    <xsd:element name="link" type="linkType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
      <xsd:annotation>
        <xsd:documentation>URLs associated with the location described in the file.</xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
    </xsd:element>
    <xsd:element name="time" type="xsd:dateTime" minOccurs="0">
      <xsd:annotation>
        <xsd:documentation>The creation date of the file.</xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
    </xsd:element>
    <xsd:element name="keywords" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0">
      <xsd:annotation>
        <xsd:documentation>Keywords associated with the file. Search engines or databases can use this information to classify the data.</xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
    </xsd:element>
    <xsd:element name="bounds" type="boundsType" minOccurs="0">
      <xsd:annotation>
        <xsd:documentation>Minimum and maximum coordinates which describe the extent of the coordinates in the file.</xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
    </xsd:element>
    <xsd:element name="extensions" type="extensionsType" minOccurs="0">
      <xsd:annotation>
        <xsd:documentation>You can add extend GPX by adding your own elements from another schema here.</xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
    </xsd:element>
  </xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>