Area features are polygons with attributes added.
The following schema applies for all area features in the Wales folder of the shapefile, MapInfo TAB and GeoPackage data supply.
The following sub-sections provide details about the attributes included with this feature type, their data types in the different output formats, and other important metadata about them.
Feature identifier added by the software.
Attribute Name: fid (GKPG), Not provided (TAB), Not provided (Shapefile)
Multiplicity: [1]
The name of the community ward.
Attribute Name: Name (GKPG), Name (TAB), NAME (Shapefile)
Data Type: char
Size: 100
Multiplicity: [0..1]
The classification of the community ward.
Attribute Name: Area_Description (GKPG), Area_Description (TAB), DESCRIPTIO (Shapefile)
Data Type: char
Size: 3
Multiplicity: [1]
The name of the parish_region that the ward is inside.
Attribute Name: Community (GKPG), Community (TAB), COMMUNITY (Shapefile)
Data Type: char
Size: 100
Multiplicity: [1]
The name of district_borough_unitary_region that the community ward is inside; written in UPPERCASE with underscores.
Attribute Name: File_Name (GKPG), File_Name (TAB), FILE_NAME (Shapefile)
Data Type: char
Size: 100
Multiplicity: [1]