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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <namespaces>
      <ns id="-2" case="first-letter" canonical="Media" xml:space="preserve">Media</ns>
      <ns id="-1" case="first-letter" canonical="Special" xml:space="preserve">Special</ns>
      <ns id="0" case="first-letter" content="" xml:space="preserve" />
      <ns id="1" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Talk" xml:space="preserve">Talk</ns>
      <ns id="2" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="User" xml:space="preserve">User</ns>
      <ns id="3" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="User talk" xml:space="preserve">User talk</ns>
      <ns id="4" case="first-letter" canonical="Project" xml:space="preserve">wiki.openmod-initiative.org</ns>
      <ns id="5" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Project talk" xml:space="preserve">wiki.openmod-initiative.org talk</ns>
      <ns id="6" case="first-letter" canonical="File" xml:space="preserve">File</ns>
      <ns id="7" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="File talk" xml:space="preserve">File talk</ns>
      <ns id="8" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="MediaWiki" xml:space="preserve">MediaWiki</ns>
      <ns id="9" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="MediaWiki talk" xml:space="preserve">MediaWiki talk</ns>
      <ns id="10" case="first-letter" canonical="Template" xml:space="preserve">Template</ns>
      <ns id="11" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Template talk" xml:space="preserve">Template talk</ns>
      <ns id="12" case="first-letter" canonical="Help" xml:space="preserve">Help</ns>
      <ns id="13" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Help talk" xml:space="preserve">Help talk</ns>
      <ns id="14" case="first-letter" canonical="Category" xml:space="preserve">Category</ns>
      <ns id="15" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Category talk" xml:space="preserve">Category talk</ns>
      <ns id="100" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Blog" xml:space="preserve">Blog</ns>
      <ns id="101" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Blog talk" xml:space="preserve">Blog talk</ns>
      <ns id="102" case="first-letter" canonical="Property" xml:space="preserve">Property</ns>
      <ns id="103" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Property talk" xml:space="preserve">Property talk</ns>
      <ns id="106" case="first-letter" canonical="Form" xml:space="preserve">Form</ns>
      <ns id="107" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Form talk" xml:space="preserve">Form talk</ns>
      <ns id="108" case="first-letter" canonical="Concept" xml:space="preserve">Concept</ns>
      <ns id="109" case="first-letter" canonical="Concept talk" xml:space="preserve">Concept talk</ns>
      <ns id="110" case="first-letter" canonical="Portal" xml:space="preserve">Portal</ns>
      <ns id="111" case="first-letter" canonical="Portal talk" xml:space="preserve">Portal talk</ns>
      <ns id="170" case="first-letter" canonical="Filter" xml:space="preserve">Filter</ns>
      <ns id="171" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Filter talk" xml:space="preserve">Filter talk</ns>
      <ns id="200" case="first-letter" canonical="UserWiki" xml:space="preserve">UserWiki</ns>
      <ns id="201" case="first-letter" canonical="UserWiki talk" xml:space="preserve">UserWiki talk</ns>
      <ns id="202" case="first-letter" canonical="User profile" xml:space="preserve">User profile</ns>
      <ns id="203" case="first-letter" canonical="User profile talk" xml:space="preserve">User profile talk</ns>
      <ns id="274" case="first-letter" canonical="Widget" xml:space="preserve">Widget</ns>
      <ns id="275" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Widget talk" xml:space="preserve">Widget talk</ns>
      <ns id="310" case="first-letter" canonical="Group" xml:space="preserve">Group</ns>
      <ns id="311" case="first-letter" canonical="Group talk" xml:space="preserve">Group talk</ns>
      <ns id="420" case="first-letter" canonical="Layer" xml:space="preserve">Layer</ns>
      <ns id="421" case="first-letter" canonical="Layer talk" xml:space="preserve">Layer talk</ns>
    </namespaces>
  </query>
</api>