Format

Keyhole Markup Language (Container)

Summary

Name

Keyhole Markup Language (Container)

Identifiers

• MIME: application/vnd.google-earth.kmz
• PUID: fmt/724

Format type

GIS

Description

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

File extensions

kmz

Source

Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Developed by

Google

Supported by

Google

Relationships

Equivalent to

• Keyhole Markup Language (XML)

Container signatures

Changelog

• Updated in V84

  Release date

  21 January 2016

  Keyhole Markup Language (Container): Corrected MIME.

• Added in V81

  Release date

  18 February 2015

  Keyhole Markup Language (Container): Container signature developed through PRONOM Research.

  Keyhole Markup Language (Container): Full entry added.