This documentation describes the The Mine Action Extensible Markup Language (maXML). The maXML schema was first created 2002 to be an exchange language for the Mine Action Community. Since then maXML has evolved in step with the advances in Information Management in Mine action and with the Information management System for Mine Action (IMSMA). MaXML can be used to exchange data by any system containing Mine Action information, either with {{IMSMANG}} or other systems. The schema syntax conforms to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Recommendation (October 6, 2000) for XML 1.0.
In order to have a clear understanding of the maXML documentation it is essential for the reader to have a basic understanding of XML and XML schema concepts. There are several good sources of information about XML and XML schemas on the Internet. The following links may provide useful in order to learn about XML and XML schemas:
: The document can be viewed [http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2 here].
On the [[MaXML Architecture]] page the maXML is briefly described and on the page [[IMSMA and maXML]] the current '''variation''' of maXML that is used with {{IMSMANG}} 6.O 0 is briefly described. The pages that are describing the parts of the maXML schema have two different user groups:* developers that would like to create maXML files for import into '''{{IMSMANG}}* IMSMA administrators e.g. for troubleshooting a xml import. The base/focus for the pages that are describing the parts of the maXML schema is '''{{IMSMANG}}'s current use of maXML'''.
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