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Keyhole Markup Language

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Keyhole Markup Language

Summary

Keyhole Markup Language is a XML-based format[1]. It draws 939 Wikipedia views per month (xml_based_format category, ranking #3 of 24).[2]

Key Facts

  • Keyhole Markup Language's instance of is recorded as XML-based format[3].
  • Keyhole Markup Language's instance of is recorded as open file format[4].
  • Keyhole Markup Language's instance of is recorded as file format[5].
  • Keyhole, Inc is named after Keyhole Markup Language[6].
  • Keyhole Markup Language's based on is recorded as XML[7].
  • Keyhole Markup Language's developer is recorded as Keyhole, Inc[8].
  • Keyhole Markup Language's developer is recorded as Google[9].
  • Keyhole Markup Language is a type of markup language[10].
  • Keyhole Markup Language is a type of GIS file format[11].
  • Keyhole Markup Language is used for geographic information system[12].
  • Keyhole Markup Language is used for geospatial dataset[13].
  • Keyhole Markup Language is used for Google Earth[14].
  • Keyhole Markup Language's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Keyhole Markup Language[15].
  • Keyhole Markup Language's media type is recorded as application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml[16].
  • Keyhole Markup Language's media type is recorded as application/vnd.google-earth.kmz[17].
  • Keyhole Markup Language's file extension is recorded as kml[18].
  • Keyhole Markup Language's file extension is recorded as kmz[19].
  • Keyhole Markup Language's standards body is recorded as Open Geospatial Consortium[20].
  • Keyhole Markup Language's has part is recorded as Wikimedia KML file[21].
  • Keyhole Markup Language's derivative work is recorded as Keyhole Markup Language Zipped[22].

Why It Matters

Keyhole Markup Language draws 939 Wikipedia views per month (xml_based_format category, ranking #3 of 24).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Related Entities

geographic information system Google Mathematica XML

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . ogc.org. ogc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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