node

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node

An individual 3-dimensional point in a spatial link

Content Model
    node ::= (#PCDATA)

## Description

A &xml-node; element encodes a single 3-dimensional point in a spatial link.

The character data of this &xml; element should consist of three floating point numbers, representing the `x`, `y` and `z` coordinates of the point.

®ina; writes the individual coordinates using hexadecimal floating point format to ensure no loss of precision; however, any standard floating point format may be used.

### Parents

The following elements contain `node`:

- &xml-component;

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### Children

Element `node` has no children.

## Example

The following &xml; snippet represents the point (-5.00478, -2.20299, 0.670091), using hexadecimal floating point format to represent the individual coordinates.

    <node> -0x1.404e48p+2 -0x1.19fb74p+1 0x1.57163p-1 </node>