Glossary of Terms - X
Definitions:
- XIMA
- XML for Imagery and Map Annotations, OGC Discussion Paper 01-018: 29.XML Linking Language (XLink), Version 1.0, DeRose, S., Maler, E., Orchard, D., available at: http://www.w3.org/TR/xlink/
- XML
- Source: PreANVIL Glossary http://www.anvil.eu.com/find/Glossary-english.htm
- XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is the predominant form for interoperable, self-describing data/content, in combination with XML schema definition language. See http://www.w3.org/XML/. XML has its roots in SGML, the Standard Generalized Markup Language (an ISO standard). The development of XML came about because of perceived limitations in HTML when used as a tool for publishing complex documents on the Web. http://www.w3.org.
- XML for Imagery and Map Annotations (XIMA)
- The means to encode annotations on imagery, maps, and other geospatial data.
- XML for Location Services (XLS)
- The encoding method for OpenLS-based Abstract Data Types.
- XSLT
- "(eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation) A language used to convert an XML document into another XML document or into HTML, PDF or some other format."
