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and will be constructed on the back of XML. XML provide an
effective way for open, vendor neutral data exchange, locally
and especially over the Internet. The pieces for XML-based GIS
have existed, especially for technologically open Web-GIS.GML
provides an open data interface for data exchange between
different GIS products from desktop to Internet.
GML is new and exciting technology that will drive the future
of spatial information on the Internet. With GML, spatial data
(cords) encoded with XML, spatial objects encoded with unique
Ids, attribute data (text) encoded in standard XML, Metadata
can be integrated within the same files, spatial data can be
distributed in the net via wired and wireless network. Spatial
data will integrate within the semantic web totally.
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1. Adena Schutzberg, 2000, XML, GIS and You,
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2. OpenGIS Consortium. Geography Markup Language (GML)
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3. Robin Cover, 1998, The SGML/XML Web Page, Extensible
Markup Language (XML),
http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/-xm I.htm I
4. The Web Mapping Testbed Tutorial,
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