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USGIN Technical Information

USGIN Technical Information

W3C XML

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W3C Extensible Markup Language (XML)

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A markup language framework developed by the World Wide Web Consortium. More...

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  • XML Interchange Formats

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XML is the basis for the specialized markup languages, interchange formats, and schemas used by USGIN; these include GML, GeoSciML, and GeoSciML-portrayal. For more information about XML, see the USGIN XML Tutorial

Funding for the USGIN initiative provided by the National Science Foundation under NSF award number EAR-0753154, as part of the INTEROP initiative. The USGIN initiative is managed by the Arizona Geological Survey (AZGS) on behalf of the Association of American State Geologists (AASG). Some USGIN documents and products were developed for use by the National Geothermal Data System (NGDS), which is powered by USGIN; these materials are supported by the Department of Energy under grants EE-0002850 and EE-0001120 awarded to the AASG and Boise State University, respectively.

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