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Name	Keyhole Markup Language (XML)
Version
Other names
Identifiers	MIME: application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml PUID: fmt/244
Family
Classification	GIS, Text (Mark-up)
Disclosure
Description	KML is an Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) sponsored xml schema file format used to display geographic data in an earth browser, such as Google Earth, Google Maps, and Google Maps for mobile. A KML file is processed in much the same way that HTML (and XML) files are processed by web browsers. Like HTML, KML has a tag-based structure with names and attributes used for specific display purposes. Thus, Google Earth and Maps act as browsers for KML files. Full specifications available at: http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/kml
Orientation	Text
Byte order
Related file formats	Equivalent to Keyhole Markup Language (Container) Has priority over Extensible Markup Language (1.0)
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	Google
Supported by	Google
Source	Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date	07 Oct 2010
Source description	Format description information supplied by the Geospatial Multistate Access and Preservation Partnership (GeoMAPP), a grant funded collaboration sponsored by the National Digital Information Infrastructure Preservation Program (NDIIPP) of the Library of Congress, involving archives staff from North Carolina, Kentucky, Montana, and Utah state archives.
Last updated	25 Nov 2011
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