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Canadian Avalanche Association MarkUp Language

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Summary

Name
Canadian Avalanche Association MarkUp Language
Version
6.0.3
Identifiers
  • PUID: fmt/2092
  • MIME: application/xml
Format type
Text (Mark-up)
Description
Canadian Avalanche Association Markup Language (CAAML) format represents information that is relevant to avalanche safety operations. It is based on two existing standards: Extensible MarkUp Language and the Geographic Markup Language, and provides the file structure to facilitate the exchange of avalanche related information.
Note
http://caaml.org/
File extensions
caaml
Submitted by
Digital Research Alliance of Canada - FRDR / Alliance de recherche numérique du Canada – DFDR

Internal signatures

Canadian Avalanche Association Markup Language

Description
BOF; Offset:38; Magic Bytes: '<caaml:SnowProfile xmlns:caaml="http://caaml.org/Schemas/SnowProfilelACS/v6.0.3"

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
38
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
3C6361616D6C3A536E6F7750726F66696C6520786D6C6E733A6361616D6C3D22687474703A2F2F6361616D6C2E6F72672F536368656D61732F536E6F7750726F66696C65494143532F76362E302E3322
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V123

    Release date
    9 June 2026

    • Added format

      Canadian Avalanche Association MarkUp Language 6.0.3: Full entry added. Submitted by Digital Research Alliance of Canada - Federated Research Data Repository / Alliance de recherche numérique du Canada - Dépôt fédéré de données de recherche.

    • Added signature

      Canadian Avalanche Association MarkUp Language 6.0.3: Signature researched and samples provided by Digital Research Alliance of Canada - Federated Research Data Repository / Alliance de recherche numérique du Canada - Dépôt fédéré de données de recherche.