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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <links>
          <pl ns="0" title="Administration (admin)" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Architecture 2 Tiers (arch)" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Architecture 3 Tiers (arch)" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Architecture cluster (arch)" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Automates" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Complément Excel (Excel)" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Complément Outlook (Outlook)" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Concepteur d&#039;écran" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Concepteur de modèle" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Concepteur de requêtes (Concepteur de requêtes)" />
        </links>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <links plcontinue="1|0|Console d&#039;administration (admin)" />
  </query-continue>
</api>