XGMML
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XGMML is an XML application based on GML
Graph Modelling Language
Graph Modelling Language is a hierarchical ASCII-based file format for describing graphs. It has been also named Graph Meta Language.-Example:A simple graph in GML format:graph [ comment "This is a sample graph" directed 1 id 42...

 which is used for graph description. Technically, while GML is not related to XML nor SGML, XGMML is an XML application that is so designed that there's a 1:1 relation towards GML for trivial conversion between the two formats.

Applications supporting XGMML

  • Cytoscape
    Cytoscape
    Cytoscape is an open source bioinformatics software platform for visualizing molecular interaction networks and integrating with gene expression profiles and other state data. Additional features are available as plugins...

    , an open source
    Open source
    The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...

     bioinformatics
    Bioinformatics
    Bioinformatics is the application of computer science and information technology to the field of biology and medicine. Bioinformatics deals with algorithms, databases and information systems, web technologies, artificial intelligence and soft computing, information and computation theory, software...

     software platform for visualizing molecular interaction networks, loads and saves networks and node/edge attributes in XGMML
  • Biomax
    Biomax Informatics AG
    Biomax Informatics is a Munich-based software company specializing in research software for bioinformatics. Biomax was founded in 1997 and has its roots in the Munich Information Center for Protein Sequences . The company's customer base consists of companies and research organizations in the areas...

     BioXM Knowledge Management Environment, a customizable knowledge management system for life sciences, supports export of semantic network
    Semantic network
    A semantic network is a network which represents semantic relations among concepts. This is often used as a form of knowledge representation. It is a directed or undirected graph consisting of vertices, which represent concepts, and edges.- History :...

     graphs as XGMML files
  • JNets, a network visualization and analysis tool.

Other graph file formats

  • GraphML
    GraphML
    GraphML is an XML-based file format for graphs. The GraphML file format results from the joint effort of the graph drawing community to define a common format for exchanging graph structure data...

    , an XML-based graph file format
  • GXL
    GXL
    GXL is designed to be a standard exchange format for graphs. GXL is an extensible markup language sublanguage and the syntax is given by an XML document type definition...

    , graph exchange format based on XML

See also

  • LOGML
    LOGML
    An XML 1.0 based markup language for web server log reports, that allows automated data mining and report generation. LOGML is based on XGMML for graph description.-External links:*...

    , a markup language enabling data mining for web server logs. LOGML is derived from XGMML.
  • XGMML is very closely tied to: Graph Modelling Language
    Graph Modelling Language
    Graph Modelling Language is a hierarchical ASCII-based file format for describing graphs. It has been also named Graph Meta Language.-Example:A simple graph in GML format:graph [ comment "This is a sample graph" directed 1 id 42...

    (GML)
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