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KML has two container element types: <Folder> and <Document>, which in many ways are functionally equivalent. For practical purposes, the KML writer assumes that each KML file has a single <Document> root element, which cannot contain subsequent <Document> elements. Furthermore, the KML writer also assumes that each <Folder> element cannot contain any <Document> elements.