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Category:SQLite based file formats

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{{FormatInfo
|formattype=electronic
|subcat=Web
|extensions={{ext|xowa}}, {{ext|sqlite}}
|released=2013<ref>Earliest files in https://sourceforge.net/projects/xowa/files/support/</ref><ref>Introduction into Wikipedia offline viewers list: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Database_download&diff=next&oldid=548758626</ref>
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'''XOWA''' is a program for viewing of offline copies of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia wikis. These copies are stored in [[SQLite]] files with the extension ".xowa"; they may also have the extension ".sqlite"<ref name="databases/overview">http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Databases/Overview</ref>, although this does not seem to be in current use. Wikis up for download online are always split between several of these files: a "core" (index), "file core" (media index), file data, and media data.<ref>e.g. https://archive.org/download/Xowa_guwiki_latest</ref> XOWA either stores pre-generated HTML, which takes up less space, or raw [[wiki markup]], which is slower to view because of the need for extra rendering.<ref name="databases/overview" />

There seems to be much more activity around the [[ZIM]] format, which has the same purpose (although it can only hold rendered HTML pages), and software that uses it.

== Software ==
* [http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/Download_XOWA.html XOWA downloads]

== Sample Files ==
* [https://archive.org/download/Xowa_enwiki_latest English-language wikis] inside [[ZIP]] files
* [https://archive.org/download/Xowa_guwiki_latest Gujarati-language wikis] likewise encapsulated (smaller file size)

== Links ==
* [http://xowa.org/ Homepage]
* [https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa Github page]
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/xowa/ XOWA SourceForge page] (Unused; development has been moved to GitHub)
* [http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Databases/Overview Information on generating XOWA databases]

== References ==
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-'''XOWA''' is a program for viewing of offline copies of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia wikis. These copies are stored in [[SQLite]] files with the extension ".xowa"; they may also have the extension ".sqlite"<ref name="databases/overview">http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Databases/Overview</ref>, although this does not seem to be in current use. Wikis up for download online are always split between several of these files: a "core" (index), "file core" (media index), file data, and media data.<ref>e.g. https://archive.org/download/Xowa_guwiki_latest</ref> XOWA either stores pre-generated HTML, which takes up less space, or raw [[wiki markup]], which is slower to view because of the need for extra rendering.<ref name="databases/overview" />
+'''XOWA''' is a program for viewing of offline copies of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia wikis. These copies are stored in [[SQLite]] files with the extension ".xowa"; they may also have the extension ".sqlite"<ref name="databases/overview">http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Databases/Overview</ref>, although this does not seem to be in current use. Wikis up for download online are always split between several of these files: a "core" (index), "file core" (media index), file data, and media data.<ref>e.g. https://archive.org/download/Xowa_guwiki_latest</ref> XOWA either stores pre-generated HTML, which takes up more space, or raw [[wiki markup]], which is slower to view because of the need for extra rendering.<ref name="databases/overview" />
 There seems to be much more activity around the [[ZIM]] format, which has the same purpose (although it can only hold rendered HTML pages).

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 '''XOWA''' is a program for viewing of offline copies of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia wikis. These copies are stored in [[SQLite]] files with the extension ".xowa"; they may also have the extension ".sqlite"<ref name="databases/overview">http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Databases/Overview</ref>, although this does not seem to be in current use. Wikis up for download online are always split between several of these files: a "core" (index), "file core" (media index), file data, and media data.<ref>e.g. https://archive.org/download/Xowa_guwiki_latest</ref> XOWA either stores pre-generated HTML, which takes up less space, or raw [[wiki markup]], which is slower to view because of the need for extra rendering.<ref name="databases/overview" />
-There seems to be much more activity around the [[ZIM]] format, which has the same purpose (although it can only hold rendered HTML pages), and software that uses it.
+There seems to be much more activity around the [[ZIM]] format, which has the same purpose (although it can only hold rendered HTML pages).
 == Software ==