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# Path

A Path feature is a link set which represents a collection of PathLink features that share the same name (for example, Church Walk). A Path will reference the complete collection of RoadLink features irrespective of which authority boundary it falls within. A PathLink feature may be referenced by multiple Path features.

The context diagram shows how the Path feature has been inherited from INSPIRE and the attribution held on the Path.

<figure><img src="/files/Hl4v5yTnDyB9ql2k6smH" alt="Figure 11:Context diagram: Path"><figcaption><p>Context diagram: Path</p></figcaption></figure>

## Path attributes

A compound feature that represents a path with a name. This references a collection of PathLinks.

### id

Unique identifier; for Path, this is a TOID.

* **Attribute name**: gml\_id (GML), toid (GeoPackage), toid (Vector Tiles)
* **Type**: CharacterString
* **Size**: 20
* **Multiplicity**: \[1]

### identifier

Uniform Resource Identifier.

* **Attribute name**: identifier (GML), identifier (GeoPackage), Not provided (Vector Tiles)
* **Type**: CharacterString
* **Size**: 37
* **Multiplicity**: \[1]

### inspireId INSPIRE

External object identifier of the spatial object.

* **Attribute name**: inspireId
* **Type**: Identifier
* **Multiplicit**y: \[0..1]

### beginLifespanVersion «lifeCycleInfo» «voidable» INSPIRE

Date and time at which this version of the spatial object was inserted or changed in the spatial data set.

{% hint style="info" %}
The time part is always set to zero.
{% endhint %}

* **Attribute name**: beginLifespanVersion
* Type: DateTime
* Multiplicity: \[1]

### validFrom «voidable» INSPIRE

The time when the transport link set started to exist in the real world.

{% hint style="info" %}
The time part is always set to zero.
{% endhint %}

* **Attribute name**: validFrom
* **Type**: DateTime
* **Multiplicity**: \[1]

### reasonForChange

The reason for a change made to a feature.

* **Attribute name**: reasonForChange (GML), reason\_for\_change (GeoPackage), Not provided (Vector Tiles)
* **Type**: [ChangeValue](/os-downloads/products/transport-network-portfolio/os-mastermap-highways-network-fundamentals/os-mastermap-highways-network-code-lists/changevalue.md)
* **Size**: 32
* **Multiplicity**: \[1]

### pathName

The name assigned to the feature which all the referenced links have in common.

{% hint style="info" %}
Where a feature has more than one name, the language of each name is provided as a 3-digit ISO 639-2 code (‘eng’, ‘cym’, ‘gla’).
{% endhint %}

* **Attribute name**: pathName (GML), path\_name (GeoPackage), path\_name (Vector Tiles)
* **Type**: LocalisedCharacterString
* **Size**: 255
* **Multiplicity**: \[1..2]

#### link INSPIRE

The reference to the PathLink features which builds up the Path feature.

* **Attribute name**: link
* **Size**: 20
* **Multiplicity**: \[1..\*]


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