INSPIRE Theme Version Support

Thanks for asking about the updated INSPIRE version 5 schemas. The short answer is that yes, FME’s INSPIRE GML writer should be able to generate valid / compliant GML for those themes that have version 5 schemas. No need to wait for a new version of the INSPIRE writer. All you need to do is add a new INSPIRE writer then in the writer parameters use ‘Select Feature Types by XSD’ and use the appropriate application schema path such as ‘https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/schemas/ps/5.0/ProtectedSites.xsd’ This will avoid using the INSPIRE schemas that come with FME and instead use the latest EU application schemas from the official INSPIRE repository.

Normally we deliver the schemas with FME since it improves performance and they are not updated very often. But in cases such as this you can override this and use the latest available schemas by referencing them directly. Note that you could also do the same thing with our generic GML writer in app schema mode. While in theory you could change from Theme mode to XSD mode and then update your writer and feature types, in practice its probably cleaner to just add a new writer and new feature types and avoid confusing the 2 versions.

Note that it seems that these themes are being updated on a theme by theme basis. For example PS has a version 5 schema but CP cadastral parcels and GN geographic names still have version 4 as their latest available version. So perhaps only those themes that needed updates got a new version. We will look into whether or not version 5 schema updates are complete yet, and if so we can look into incorporating these latest schemas in our INSPIRE writer so you dont have to point to the schemas on the INSPIRE registry.

Give this a try and let us know if you have any additional trouble with validation.

Hi @deanatsafe , @danminneyatsaf , I rechecked it, and found out that the InspireId.LocalID in the version 4.0 xsd has been replaced by InspireId.LocalId in the version 5.0 xsd, which caused my setup to fail. I corrected this and now it runs fine. Thanks!