XGMML

XGMML (the eXtensible Graph Markup and Modeling Language) is an XML application based on GML which is used for graph description.

Functions

XGMML is an XML 1.0-based markup language based on the Graph Modeling Language. The language uses tags to describe the edges and nodes on a graph. It is primarily used to make the graphs more easily exchangeable and readable by different graphing software.^[1][2] XGMML was created for WWWPal system and was intended for use containing the structural information of websites.^[3]

XGMML is often used for data mining on websites.^[4][1]

Applications supporting XGMML

• Cytoscape, an open source bioinformatics software platform for visualizing molecular interaction networks, loads and saves networks and node/edge attributes in XGMML^[2]
• Biomax BioXM Knowledge Management Environment, a customizable knowledge management system for life sciences, supports export of semantic network graphs as XGMML files
• JNets, a network visualization and analysis tool.

See also

• LOGML, a markup language derived from XGMML