<s>
GeoSciML	B-Application
or	O
Geoscience	O
Markup	O
Language	O
is	O
a	O
GML	O
Application	O
Schema	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
transfer	O
information	O
about	O
geology	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
emphasis	O
on	O
the	O
"	O
interpreted	O
geology	O
"	O
that	O
is	O
conventionally	O
portrayed	O
on	O
geologic	O
maps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GeoSciML	B-Application
project	O
was	O
initiated	O
in	O
2003	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
auspices	O
of	O
the	O
Commission	O
for	O
Geoscience	O
Information	O
(	O
CGI	O
)	O
working	O
group	O
on	O
Data	O
Model	O
Collaboration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GeoSciML	B-Application
is	O
intended	O
for	O
use	O
by	O
data	O
portals	O
publishing	O
data	O
for	O
customers	O
in	O
GeoSciML	B-Application
,	O
for	O
interchanging	O
data	O
between	O
organisations	O
that	O
use	O
different	O
database	O
implementations	O
and	O
software/systems	O
environments	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
particular	O
,	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
geoscience	O
web	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
way	O
,	O
GeoSciML	B-Application
allows	O
applications	O
to	O
utilize	O
globally	O
distributed	O
geoscience	O
data	O
and	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
