GAV schema file

Each line in a GAV schema file begins with a "token" or a "descriptor". These are special keywords used in defining the format of the data. The first line of a schema file must contain only the token "GAV". This identifies the file as a GAV schema file. The remaining lines in the schema file describe the format of the data in the GAV data file.

A GAV schema file can contain comments. Comment lines begin with an exclamation mark (!) character. Comment lines and blank lines are ignored.

The following is a list of GAV descriptors:

    NAME
    CATEGORY
    OFFSET
    SEPARATOR_CHAR
    SEPARATOR_CHARS
    SEPARATORCHARS_ASONE
    HAS_COORDFIELD
    COMMENT_CHAR
    COMMENT_CHARS
    MAPUNITS
    METADATA
    METADATA_SEPARATOR
    LAYER_END
    LAYER_END_REUSE
    DATA
    ROWS

The descriptors SEPARATOR_CHAR and SEPARATOR_CHARS are equivalent, as are COMMENT_CHAR AND COMMENT_CHARS.

GAV descriptors are case insensitive.