GPX

[iannesbitt]

Format Metadata

Provide the standard metadata for the proposed format, ensuring that the id and name are unique and appropriate to the version of the format being proposed.

• formatId: application/gpx+xml
• formatName: Global Positioning System XML 1.1 (GPX)
• formatType: DATA
• mediaType : application/gpx+xml
• extension: gpx

Format description

This format is produced by many handheld GPS devices and can be read by GIS and other location-reliant software. It is an open format and its schema has been active since the early 2000s.

Specification / Namespace documentation

Schema document: https://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1/gpx.xsd
Documentation: https://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1/

Checklist

• The format is not a duplicate of another in the list under a different name or identifier
• Format Identifier is unique
• Format identifier is the commonly-used identifier for the namespace, or the best URI for the namespace, or the best Media type
• Format identifier is same as the MIME media type if the mime type is specific to only this format (e.g., image/png is specific to one format, whereas text/xml is not specific to one format)
• Format Name is recognizable and sensible
• Format includes version info where applicable in formatName and formatId
• formatType is the correct type from the values: DATA, METADATA, or RESOURCE
• MediaType is the most specific MIME media type that applies to the format

Considerations

I think application/gpx+xml is correct but it could be considered application/xml more broadly if that specific MIME type won't work.

[mbjones]

I did a little poking around, and I agree that application/gpx+xml is the right MIME type.

[mbjones]

I did not find it registered at IANA, but it is configured in Firefox, and Wikipedia lists it as the correct media type. I read through the mailing list archives, and they reached consensus on the media type, but it seems like nobody registered it.