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<chapter id="introduction">
<chapterinfo>
<authorgroup>
<author>
&Ben.Boeckel;
&Ben.Boeckel.mail;
</author>
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</authorgroup>
<date>2009-08-08</date>
</chapterinfo>
<title>Introduction</title>
<sect1 id="what-is-sigmodr">
<title>What is &sigmodr;?</title>
<para>&sigmodr; is an editor for <glossterm linkend="gloss-sigmod">
&sigmod;</glossterm> files. It features a user-friendly interface for editing
the various data structures of a &sigmod;.</para>
<para>It provides an easy way to edit and verify &sigmod; files. With <link
linkend="validation"><glossterm
linkend="gloss-validation">validation</glossterm></link>, users can verify that
all of the internal links and references to other data sources are valid. It can
also download &sigmod; files for editing and upload &sigmod;s using the
FreeDesktop.org <ulink url="http://ghns.freedesktop.org/">
<acronym>GHNS</acronym></ulink> specification.</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="sigmod-files">
<title>&sigmod; files</title>
<para>&sigmod; files are &XML; file with all of the information, such as rules,
maps, and species information, and media, including audio and images, necessary
to use the &sigmod; embedded in the file. All binary data is stored in base64
encoding to avoid control characters from disrupting parsing of the file.</para>
</sect1>
</chapter>
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