Which kind of attributes are specific to a format's schema?

• A. Exposed attributes
• B. Unexposed attributes
• C. Format attributes
• D. FME attributes

Answer: (C)

Format attributes are the data fields defined by a format’s schema. A data format specifies its own set of fields, with particular names and data types, and these fields are the ones that writers and readers map to or from. In FME, these format attributes represent the actual structure your data must adhere to when, for example, writing to a shapefile (the shape of the attribute table), CSV (the column headers), or XML (the defined elements/attributes). Other terms refer to attributes that aren’t tied to the format’s schema—such as internal system attributes FME uses, or attributes exposed or hidden in the UI—so they don’t define the format’s structure.