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Symbology Encoding

This standard defines Symbology Encoding, an XML language for styling information that can be applied to digital Feature and Coverage data.

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Document title Version OGC Doc No. Type
OpenGIS Symbology Encoding Implementation Specification 1.1.0 05-077r4 IS

Official model files and encoding schemas

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Overview

This specification defines Symbology Encoding, an XML language for styling information that can be applied to digital Feature and Coverage data. This document is together with the Styled Layer Descriptor Profile for the Web Map Service Implementation Specification, the direct follow-up of Styled Layer Descriptor Implementation Specification 1.0.0. The old specification document was split up into two documents to allow the parts that are not specific to WMS to be reused by other service specifications.

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