13.4. GIDB GML Import and Export
GML represents a continuation of the OpenGIS Consortium's work in interoperable geoprocessing through interface specifications. GML is an XML extension that allows developers to encode geographic information for both transfer and storage. The XML base provides a means to separate the actual geographic data from the representation or visualization of the data, and ensures that the data is accessible by a large variety of software systems. GML is comprised of three base XML schema documents: general feature-property model (feature.xsd), detailed geometry components (geometry.xsd), and XLink attributes (xlinks.xsd). An application schema is needed to declare the application-specific feature types that are derived ...
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