XML
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Supports the parsing and encoding of geospatial information using XML.

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There are a large number of supporting plugins capturing xml schemas, and "bindings" mapping these ideas into concrete Java objects.

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The Geotools library has spent a lot of time and energy on this problem, this document introduces you to what is available.