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Appendix B. Standard Name Table Format Document Actions
Appendix B. Standard Name Table Format  Appendix B. Standard
Name Table Format  Appendix B. Standard Name Table Format  The
CF standard name table is an XML document (i.e., its format
adheres to the XML 1.0 [XML] recommendation). The XML suite of
protocols provides a reasonable balance between human and
machine readability. It also provides extensive support for
internationalization. See the W3C [W3C] home page for more
information.  The document begins with a header that identifies
it as an XML file:    <?xml version="1.0"?>  Next is the
standard_name_table itself, which is bracketed by the tags
<standard_name_table> and </standard_name_table>.   The content
(delimited by the <standard_name_table> tags) consists of, in
order,    <institution>Name of institution here ...
</institution>   <contact>E-mail address of contact person ...
</contact>  followed by a sequence of entry elements which