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'''PQA''' (Palm Query Application) is a [[Palm OS Database]] (PDB) format used specifically for storing Web content via web clipping applications. The [[HTML]] portions are stored in [[Compressed Markup Language]], a compact binary form of HTML content where the code is converted to a sequence of bytes of a tokenized format.
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In PQA data, the CML code is then combined with other Web content such as images. The bytes of the binary representation are further compressed in a bitwise scheme where fewer than 8 bits are used to encode many common characters.
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== Identification ==
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ASCII "{{magic|pqa clpr}}" appears at offset 60.
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== Software ==
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* {{Deark}}
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== Sample files ==
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* {{DexvertSamples|archive/palmQueryApplication}}
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== Links ==
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* [http://lauriedavis9.tripod.com/copilot/download/Palm_File_Format_Specs.pdf Palm file format specifications]
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[[Category:Palm]]
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[[Category:Palm OS Database]]
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[[Category:Web]]

Latest revision as of 03:22, 28 December 2023

File Format
Name PQA
Ontology
Extension(s) .pqa

PQA (Palm Query Application) is a Palm OS Database (PDB) format used specifically for storing Web content via web clipping applications. The HTML portions are stored in Compressed Markup Language, a compact binary form of HTML content where the code is converted to a sequence of bytes of a tokenized format.

In PQA data, the CML code is then combined with other Web content such as images. The bytes of the binary representation are further compressed in a bitwise scheme where fewer than 8 bits are used to encode many common characters.

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ASCII "pqa clpr" appears at offset 60.

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