TXT Grammar (work in progress)
In this section is presented the TXT's syntax rules. EBNF metalanguage is used to describe the grammar.
h5. Search conditions <sequence of search conditions> ::= <search condition> |<sequence of search conditions> <semicolon> <search condition> <search condition> ::= <boolean value expression>
Boolean Predicate
<boolean value expression> ::=
<boolean term>
| <boolean value expression> OR <boolean term>
<boolean term> ::=
<boolean factor>
| <boolean term> "AND" <boolean factor>
<boolean factor> ::= [ "NOT" ] <boolean primary>
Boolean Primary Predicates
<boolean primary> ::=
<predicate>
| <left parent> <search condition> <right parent>
| <left bracket> <search condition> <right bracket>
<predicate> ::=
<comparison predicate>
| <like text predicate>
| <like geom predicate>
| <null predicate>
| <temporal predicate>
| <classification predicate> [1]
| <existence_predicate>
| <between predicate>
| <id predicate>
| <geometry predicate>
Temporal Predicate
<temporal predicate> ::=
<attribute_name> "BEFORE" <date-time expression>
| <attribute_name> "BEFORE" "OR" "DURING" <period>
| <attribute_name> "DURING" <period>
| <attribute_name> "DURING" "OR" "AFTER" <period>
| <attribute_name> "AFTER" <date-time expression>
<date-time expression ::= <date-time> | <period>
Existence Predicate
<existence_predicate> :=
<attribute_name> "EXISTS"
| <attribute_name> "DOES-NOT-EXIST"
Comparison Predicate
<comparison predicate> ::= <expression> <comp op> <expression>
<comp op> ::= <equals operator>
| <not equals operator>
| <less than operator>
| <greater than operator>
| <less than or equals operator>
| <greater than or equals operator>
Like Predicate
<like text predicate> ::= <expression> [ "NOT" ] "LIKE" <character pattern>
<character pattern> ::= <character string literal>
(* pattern examples :
attribute like '%contains_this%'
attribute like 'begins_with_this%'
attribute like '%ends_with_this'
attribute like 'd_ve' will match 'dave' or 'dove'
attribute not like '%will_not_contain_this%'
attribute not like 'will_not_begin_with_this%'
attribute not like '%will_not_end_with_this' *)
<like geom predicate> ::= <relate> [ "NOT" ] "LIKE" <relate pattern>
<relate pattern> ::= <quote>
<relate flag><relate flag><relate flag><relate flag>
<relate flag><relate flag><relate flag><relate flag>
<quote>
<relate flag> ::= "T" | "F" | "*"
Null Predicate
<null predicate> ::= <expression> "IS" [ "NOT" ] "NULL"
Between Predicate
<between predicate> ::= <expression> [ "NOT" ] "BETWEEN" <expression> "AND" <expression>
ID Predicate
<id predicate> ::= "ID" [ "NOT" ] "IN" <id> {"," <id> }
<id> ::= ...(TODO)
IN Predicate
<in predicate> ::= <attribute-name> [ "NOT" ] "IN" <in predicate value>
<in predicate value> ::= "(" <in value list> ")"
<in value list> ::= <expression> {"," <expression>}
Expression
<expression> ::= <term> { <addition operator> <term> }
<addition operator>::= <plus sign> | <minus sign>
<term> ::= <factor> { <multiplication operator> <factor> }
<multiplication operator> ::= <asterisk> | <solidus>
<factor> ::=
<function>
| <literal>
| <attribute>
| ( <expression> )
| [ <expression> ]
<literal> ::= <signed numeric literal>| <general literal>
<signed numeric literal> ::= [ <sign> ] <unsigned numeric literal>
<general literal> ::=
<character string literal>
| <datetime literal>
| <boolean literal>
| <geography literal
<boolean literal> ::= "TRUE" | "FALSE" | "UNKNOWN"
Geometry Predicate
<geometry predicate> ::= <geoop name><georoutine argument list>
| <relgeoop name><relgeoop argument list>
| BBOX <bbox argument list>
<geoop name> ::= "EQUAL" | "DISJOINT" | "INTERSECT" | "TOUCH" | "CROSS" | "WITHIN" | "CONTAINS" | "OVERLAP" | "RELATE"
<georoutine argument list> ::= <expression> | <geometry literal>
<relgeoop name> ::= "DWITHIN" | "BEYOND"
<relgeoop argument list> ::= <expression> <tolerance>
| <geometry literal> <tolerance>
bbox argument list> ::= "(" <attribute>"," <min X>"," <min Y>"," <max X>"," <max Y> ["," <crs>] ")"
| "(" <expression>"," <min X>"," <min Y>"," <max X>"," <max Y> ["," <crs>] ")"
| "(" <expression>, <expression> ")"
<min X> ::= <signed numerical literal>
<min Y> ::= <signed numerical literal>
<max X> ::= <signed numerical literal>
<max Y> ::= <signed numerical literal>
<crs> ::= ... (* default: EPSG:4326. *)
<tolerance> ::=<unsigned numeric literal><comma><distance units>
<distance units> ::= = "feet" | "meters" | "statute miles" | "nautical miles" | "kilometers"
Geometry Literal
<geometry literal> :=
<Point Tagged Text>
| <LineString Tagged Text>
| <Polygon Tagged Text>
| <MultiPoint Tagged Text>
| <MultiLineString Tagged Text>
| <MultiPolygon Tagged Text>
| <GeometryCollection Tagged Text>
| <Envelope Tagged Text>
<Point Tagged Text> ::= POINT <Point Text>
<LineString Tagged Text> ::= LINESTRING <LineString Text>
<Polygon Tagged Text> ::= POLYGON <Polygon Text>
<MultiPoint Tagged Text> ::= MULTIPOINT <Multipoint Text>
<MultiLineString Tagged Text> ::= MULTILINESTRING <MultiLineString Text>
<MultiPolygon Tagged Text> ::= MULTIPOLYGON <MultiPolygon Text>
<GeometryCollection Tagged Text> ::=GEOMETRYCOLLECTION <GeometryCollection Text>
<Point Text> := EMPTY | <left paren> <Point> <right paren>
<Point> := <x><space><y>
<x> := numeric literal
<y> := numeric literal
<LineString Text> := EMPTY | <left paren> <Point> \{<comma><Point >\}...<right paren>
<Polygon Text> := EMPTY | <left paren><LineString Text>\{<comma><LineString Text> \}...<right paren>
<Multipoint Text> := EMPTY | <left paren><Point Text>\{<comma><Point Text >\}...<right paren>
<MultiLineString Text> := EMPTY | <left paren><LineString Text>\{<comma><LineString Text>\}...<right paren>
<MultiPolygon Text> := EMPTY | <left paren><Polygon Text>\{<comma><Polygon Text>\}...<right paren>
<GeometryCollection Text> := EMPTY | <left paren><Geometry Tagged Text>\{<comma><Geometry Tagged Text>\}...<right paren>
<Envelope Tagged Text> ::= ENVELOPE <Envelope Text>
<Envelope Text> ::= EMPTY |
<left paren><WestBoundLongitude><comma>
<EastBoundLongitude><comma>
<NorthBoundLatitude><comma>
<SouthBoundLatitude>< <right paren>
<WestBoundLongitude> ::= <numeric literal>
<EastBoundLongitude> ::= <numeric literal>
<NorthBoundLatitude> ::= <numeric literal>
<SouthBoundLatitude> ::= <numeric literal>
<date-time> ::= <full-date> T <UTC-time>
<full_date> ::= <date-year> <date-month> <date-day>
<date-year> ::= <digit><digit><digit><digit>
<date-month> ::= <digit><digit>
<date-day> ::= <digit><digit>
<UTC-time> ::= <time-hour> : <time-minute> : <time-second> Z
<time-hour> ::= <digit><digit>
<time-minute> ::= <digit><digit>
<time-second> ::= <digit><digit>[.<digit>...]
<duration> ::= P <dur-date> | T<dur-time>
<dur-date> ::= <dur-day> | <dur-month> | <dur-year> [<dur-time>]
<dur-day> ::= <digit>... D
<dur-month> ::= <digit>... M [<dur-day>]
<dur-year> ::= <didit>... Y [<dur-month>]
<dur-time> ::= <dir-hour> | <dur-minute> | <dur-second>
<dur-hour> ::= <digit>... H [<dur-minute>]
<dur-minute> ::= <digit>... M [<dur-second>]
<dur-second> ::= <digit>... S
<period> ::=
<date-time> / <date-time>
| <date-time> / <duration>
| <duration> / <date-time>
Architectural Design
TODO
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