Clearinghouse Summary for:

eXploration and Mining Markup Language (XMML)

• Country, Sponsoring Agency(s):
  Australia (CSIRO, (Federal and State) Government Geologists Information Policy Advisory Committee, Minerals and Energy Research Institute of Western Australia),
  UK (BGS),
  minerals industry (WMC Resources, Placer-Dome, Newmont, Anglo-American, BHP-Billiton), minerals industry service providers (Fractal Technologies, Snowden and Associates, Metech/Acquire, ALSChemex)


• URL for home page:
  http://www.seegrid.csiro.au/xmml


• Contact person:
  Simon Cox, T: +61 8 6436 8639, F: +61 8 6436 8555,


• Standards and guidelines developed, or under development to support geologic map databases (can include links to pertinent glossaries, science language, etc.):
  Geography Markup Language (GML), eXploration and Mining Markup Language (XMML), Assay Data Exchange language (ADX)


• Purpose and justification:
  XMML is intended to provide an XML encoding of information exchanged in the course of mineral exploration activities. Since XMML is designed as a "GML Application Language" it is compatible with Open GIS Consortium Web Service specifications, in particular Web Feature Service. The XMML project was initiated with support from participants in the mineral industry (service providers, mining companies) and subsequently attracted support from statutory data custodians and regulatory agencies (Geological Surveys, Mines Departments). The Assay Data Exchange language (ADX) is a parallel specification being developed in conjunction with the assay lab industry.


• Scope and audience:
  Software and system developers working with the mining industry, regulators, geological surveys; web service developers.


• When was the standards development activity established?
  2000-present