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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <alllinks galcontinue="Bootstrap|6" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1" ns="0" title="MAIN - info2" />
      <page pageid="5" ns="0" title="Application Server" />
      <page pageid="9" ns="0" title="Historian" />
      <page pageid="58" ns="0" title="Admin" />
      <page pageid="77" ns="0" title="TreatAsIcon" />
      <page pageid="190" ns="0" title="Base Template Library" />
      <page pageid="202" ns="0" title="Основные материалы ArchestrA - info2" />
      <page pageid="214" ns="0" title="Глоссарий и сокращения" />
      <page pageid="262" ns="0" title="Основные материалы ArchestrA - info" />
      <page pageid="351" ns="0" title="Vladimir Bazhin" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>