A GML Critique
Charlie Savage writes:
In my view, the fundamental premise of GML is wrong. The ability to create custom data models is an anti-feature that makes integration between different computer systems impossible because it assumes that those systems can actually understand the data.
I read, in a very recent GeoRSS mailing list thread, the assertion that GML is the lingua franca of geospatial information on the Web. It's just not true anymore, if it ever was.
Update: Bryan Lawrence has a rebuttal.
Comments
Re: A GML Critique
Author: James Fee
"GML is the lingua franca of geospatial information on the Web" Are you kidding me? Who would say such a thing?Re: A GML Critique
Author: James Fee
Nevermind, I Googled lingua franca and GML and I get Ron Lake, no surprise there.Re: A GML Critique
Author: Sean
James, you should put Charlie back on the Planet Geospatial roll. Maybe give him the slot of the guy who wanks endlessly about Twitter.Re: A GML Critique
Author: Matthew Giger
Even the new WFS simple shows how non-simple this format is to read from and write to. Sadly KML is the only viable option now.Re: A GML Critique
Author: James Fee
@Sean, yea I have no idea why Charlie isn't in there. Making the change now.Re: A GML Critique
Author: Charlie
Sean - thanks for the link and comments. James - thanks for adding me back to planet geospatial.Re: A GML Critique
Author: Bryan Lawrence
Thanks for the heads up, but I don't think it's that straightforward!