Encoding a GML property <u>inline</u> <u>vs</u>. by-reference shall not imply anything about the "ownership" of the contained or referenced GML Object, i.e. the encoding style shall not imply any "deep-copy" or "deep-delete" semantics. To express ownership over the contained or referenced GML Object, the gml:OwnershipAttributeGroup attribute group may be added to object-valued property elements. If the attribute group is not part of the content model of such a property element, then the value may not be "owned".<br/>When the value of the owns attribute is "true", the existence of <u>inline</u> or referenced object(s) depends upon the existence of the parent object.<br/>
