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'''PQA''' is a [[Palm OS Database]] 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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'''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. The result is what is known as PQA format (for Palm Query Applications). PQA is an application of [[Palm OS Database|PDB]] format, with some slight differences as to which fields are used.
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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.
  
 
== Identification ==
 
== Identification ==
 
ASCII "{{magic|pqa clpr}}" appears at offset 60.
 
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}}
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==

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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[edit] Identification

ASCII "pqa clpr" appears at offset 60.

[edit] Software

[edit] Sample files

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