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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <parse title="API" displaytitle="API">
    <text xml:space="preserve">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/index.php?title=%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%97%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%A4%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BC%D1%8B_%D0%98%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB:Sandbox&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;База Знаний Фирмы Интеграл:Sandbox (страница не существует)&quot;&gt;База Знаний Фирмы Интеграл:Sandbox&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;!-- 
NewPP limit report
CPU time usage: 0.005 seconds
Real time usage: 0.007 seconds
Preprocessor visited node count: 2/1000000
Preprocessor generated node count: 12/1000000
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Highest expansion depth: 2/40
Expensive parser function count: 0/100
--&gt;
</text>
    <langlinks />
    <categories />
    <links>
      <pl ns="4" xml:space="preserve">База Знаний Фирмы Интеграл:Sandbox</pl>
    </links>
    <templates>
      <tl ns="4" xml:space="preserve">База Знаний Фирмы Интеграл:Sandbox</tl>
    </templates>
    <images />
    <externallinks />
    <sections />
    <iwlinks />
    <properties />
  </parse>
</api>