975 Keyhole Markup Language (XML) GIS, Text (Mark-up) KML is an Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) sponsored xml schema file format used to display geographic data in an earth browser, such as Google Earth, Google Maps, and Google Maps for mobile. A KML file is processed in much the same way that HTML (and XML) files are processed by web browsers. Like HTML, KML has a tag-based structure with names and attributes used for specific display purposes. Thus, Google Earth and Maps act as browsers for KML files. Full specifications available at: http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/kml Text 1 Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives 07 Oct 2010 Format description information supplied by the Geospatial Multistate Access and Preservation Partnership (GeoMAPP), a grant funded collaboration sponsored by the National Digital Information Infrastructure Preservation Program (NDIIPP) of the Library of Congress, involving archives staff from North Carolina, Kentucky, Montana, and Utah state archives. 25 Nov 2011 application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml MIME fmt/244 PUID kml File extension 574 Keyhole Markup Language Header: XML declaration and version, followed by kml namespace decalaration. Footer: </kml> 1 Absolute from BOF 0 3 3C3F786D6C2076657273696F6E3D(22|27)312E30(22|27)*3C6B6D6C20786D6C6E733D 1 Absolute from EOF 0 2 3C2F6B6D6C3E Equivalent to 1523 Keyhole Markup Language (Container) Has priority over 638 Extensible Markup Language