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Geography Markup Language (GML)

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Encyclopedia of GIS

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GML; Format; Open source; Interoperability; Extensibility; Exchange format; OGC; ISO; Resource description framework (RDF); Properties, simple; Properties, geometric; Reference system, temporal; Reference system, spatial; Features; Schema

Definition

Geography Markup Language (GML) is an open-source encoding based on the eXtensible Markup Language (XML), and suitable for the representation of geographical objects. Organized as a hierarchy of features, collections, and geometries, among other structures, GML objects are modeled after real-world entities characterized by properties and state. In addition, GML has been defined as an information exchange and storage format with which disparate systems can share common geographic data. GML schemas establish a standard blueprint of how geographic objects can be defined by one system and understood by others in a vendor‐independent manner.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA

    Raimundo F. Dos Santos Jr. & Chang-Tien Lu

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  1. Raimundo F. Dos Santos Jr.
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  1. Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Shashi Shekhar (McKnight Distinguished University Professor) (McKnight Distinguished University Professor)

  2. Management Science and Information Systems Department, Rutgers Business School Newark and New Brunswick Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA

    Hui Xiong (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

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Dos Santos Jr., R., Lu, CT. (2008). Geography Markup Language (GML). In: Shekhar, S., Xiong, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of GIS. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35973-1_480

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