When using an ESRI Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb) reader (or other formats that support aliases as well) set to read the schema it would be great if the alias names of the fields are stored in the list as well.

The Alias Mode now has two options:

Replace Attribute Names With Aliases → this will replace the attribute names in the schema

Expose Aliases as Metadata Attributes → this only works for data and not the schema

If I have an attribute 'ElevationUOM’ with alias ‘Unit of Measurement for Elevation' I would like the schema to have

attribute{0}.name = ElevationUOM

attribute{0}.alias = Unit of Measurement for Elevation