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+====== Q3D Query File ======
+The .q3d file format is an method of storing query definitions as XML, ensuring that they are both human- and machine-readable. Inspect3D allows users to save query definitions from the {{:I3DGroups.png?20}} **[[Other:Inspect3D:Documentation:Dialogs:Advanced_Query_Section|Group Definition]]** dialog. Previously-saved query definitions can be loaded and applied to the CMO library to populate groups in the Group Definition dialog or from the Group Definitions drop-down menu's {{:I3DOpenGroupDef.png?20}} **Load Group Def & Compute Groups** option.
+==== Format ====
+As an XML document, a .q3d file is made up of hierarchical elements that are demarcated by tags, indicated by the < and > characters. An element consists of a start tag, <//elementname//>, and end tag, <///elementname//>, and all of the characters in between. Alternatively, an element can be defined by a single tag, <//elementname ///>.
+Tags can also contain attributes in the //name="value"// format, further describing the associated element.
+. The top-level element in a .q3d file is //queries//. It contains an arbitrary (1-n) number of //query// elements.
+. The second-level element in a .q3d file is //query//. A //query// element has a //name// attribute (the corresponding group's name) and contains an arbitrary (1-n) number of //Definition// elements.
+. The bottom-level element in a .q3d file is //Definition//. A //Definition// element consists of a single tag and encodes a single sub-group via a number of attributes.
+==== DTD ====
+Formally, a .q3d file respects the Document Type Definition (DTD):
+<code>
+<!DOCTYPE queries [
+  <!ELEMENT queries query+>
+  <!ENTITY query Definition+>
+  <!ATTLIST query
+    name CDATA #REQUIRED
+  >
+  <!ENTITY Definition>
+  <!ATTLIST Definition
+    condition CDATA #REQUIRED
+    query CDATA #REQUIRED
+    workspace CDATA #REQUIRED
+    type CDATA #REQUIRED
+    folder CDATA #REQUIRED
+    name CDATA #REQUIRED
+    component CDATA #REQUIRED
+    max_elements CDATA #REQUIRED
+    negate_result CDATA #REQUIRED
+    events CDATA #REQUIRED
+    exclude_events CDATA #REQUIRED
+    has_tag_ref CDATA #REQUIRED
+    tag_logic CDATA #REQUIRED
+    tag CDATA #REQUIRED
+    has_subject_ref CDATA #REQUIRED
+    subject CDATA #REQUIRED
+    normalize_info CDATA #REQUIRED
+  >
+]>
+</code>