catch (final URISyntaxException e)
{
throw new ParserException(urlString + " is not a valid URI: " + e,
e);
}
this.geometryInstance = new GeometryInstance(url);
this.geometryInstance.setName(attributes.getValue("name"));
this.geometryInstance.setSid(attributes.getValue("sid"));
enterElement(ParserMode.INSTANCE_GEOMETRY);
}