- Google KML Reader/Writer
- Google KML Quick Facts
- Resource Traversal
- Reader Parameters
- Writer Parameters
- Feature Types
- Writer Pipelines
- Atom Metadata
- Style Management and Common Styles
- Document Element Omission
- Raw Text
- Update Mode
- Feature Representation
- KML Dataset Structure
- File Structure
- Identifying Elements
- Documents and Folders
- Tours
- Extended Data
- Layers and Feature Type Fanout
- Feature Attributes
- Geometry
- 3D
- Common Element Attributes
- Common Format Attributes
- NetworkLinkControl
- Document
- Folder
- Placemark
- ScreenOverlay
- GroundOverlay
- PhotoOverlay
- NetworkLink
- Style
- StyleMap
- Tour
- AnimatedUpdate
- FlyTo
- SoundCue
- TourControl
- Wait
Root <Document> Element
It is often desirable for a kml file to either contain a <NetworkLinkControl> element or a <Document> element, as such, the writer will omit the root <Document> element unless it receives features that lack the specification of an update mode.