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What is a XML file?

2 MIN BEGINNER XML FILE, WHAT IS AN XML

An XML file, also known as a Extensible Markup Language, is a markup language that defines a set of rules. This format is made to be human-readable and machine-readable. That makes this format with a high usability across the internet. The XML format is often used for webservice data calls (API). AN XML is a good format language for just data purposes. For geographical purposes we recommend using a GML or a KML.

Specifications

An complete XML dataset contains the following specifications when exporting from Spotzi:

• The first part contains the information about the xml and the opening tags of the data that you are exporting;
• The second part contains the geometry which contains the information to draw features on the map;
• The third part contains the data attributes;
• The last part includes the closing tags.

Associated filename extensions

• .xml
• .kml
• .gml