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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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        <patrol cur="3660" prev="3659" auto="1" />
      </item>
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        <patrol cur="3659" prev="2379" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1786" pageid="198" ns="0" title="Installation PostGIS/pdb/de" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Belger" timestamp="2023-10-21T14:15:39Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="3658" prev="2380" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1785" pageid="750" ns="6" title="File:Verlinkung Overlays.jpg" type="upload" action="upload" user="Sandra" timestamp="2021-11-15T12:40:39Z" comment="Schritte zur Verknüpfung von Overlay Elementen über die Modellierer Perspektive." />
      <item logid="1784" pageid="748" ns="6" title="File:ErstellungNetzelemente Modellierer.jpg" type="upload" action="upload" user="Sandra" timestamp="2021-11-15T11:41:28Z" comment="Schritte zur Erstellung neuer Netzelemente über den Modellierer." />
      <item logid="1783" pageid="742" ns="6" title="File:Plugin active txt Example 2.jpg" type="upload" action="upload" user="Sandra" timestamp="2021-11-09T11:11:20Z" comment="Plugin_active.txt: Beispiel des Pfades zum Plugin Ordner mit definiertem Pfad." />
      <item logid="1782" pageid="741" ns="6" title="File:Plugin active txt Example.jpg" type="upload" action="upload" user="Sandra" timestamp="2021-11-09T11:02:17Z" comment="Plugin_active.txt: Beispiel des Pfades zum Plugin Ordner über drei Ebenen. " />
      <item logid="1781" pageid="740" ns="6" title="File:Kalypso.ini Example.jpg" type="upload" action="upload" user="Sandra" timestamp="2021-11-09T10:47:41Z" comment="Beispiel einer Konfiguration Datei mit angepasstem Pfad für das temporäre Verzeichnis, indem auch der Plugin Ordner abgelegt wird." />
      <item logid="1780" pageid="53" ns="0" title="Main Page/de" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2020-04-17T14:52:14Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="3558" prev="2664" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1779" pageid="0" ns="2" title="User:BhawaniRegmi1" type="newusers" action="create2" user="Admin" timestamp="2016-09-13T08:12:14Z" comment="">
        <param>24</param>
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2016-09-07T08:47:13Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>