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Geography Markup Language

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Geography Markup Language

Summary

Geography Markup Language is a file format[1]. It draws 258 Wikipedia views per month (file_format category, ranking #80 of 297).[2]

Key Facts

  • Geography Markup Language is the creator of Open Geospatial Consortium[3].
  • Geography Markup Language's instance of is recorded as file format[4].
  • Geography Markup Language's instance of is recorded as markup language[5].
  • Geography Markup Language's instance of is recorded as XML-based format[6].
  • Geography Markup Language's instance of is recorded as technical standard[7].
  • Geography Markup Language's instance of is recorded as ISO standard[8].
  • Geography Markup Language's based on is recorded as XML[9].
  • Geography Markup Language is used for geographic information system[10].
  • Geography Markup Language is used for Geography Markup Language Data[11].
  • Geography Markup Language was released on May 12, 2000[12].
  • Geography Markup Language was released on December 5, 2016[13].
  • Geography Markup Language's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Simon J D Cox[14].
  • Geography Markup Language's media type is recorded as application/gml+xml[15].
  • Geography Markup Language's file extension is recorded as gml[16].
  • Geography Markup Language's XML namespace URL is recorded as http://www.opengis.net/gml[17].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include file format[4], markup language[5], XML-based format[6], technical standard[7], and ISO standard[8].

Why It Matters

Geography Markup Language draws 258 Wikipedia views per month (file_format category, ranking #80 of 297).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

geographic information system XML

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . portal.ogc.org. Retrieved . portal.ogc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . portal.ogc.org. Retrieved . portal.ogc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3wbxO9
    Instance of → file format, markup language, XML-based format +2
    Creator → —
    Creator → Open Geospatial Consortium
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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