PQA
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| + | |subcat=Personal Digital Assistant formats | ||
| + | |extensions={{ext|pqa}} | ||
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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 == | ||
| + | ASCII "{{magic|pqa clpr}}" appears at offset 60. | ||
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| + | == Software == | ||
| + | * {{Deark}} | ||
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| + | == Sample files == | ||
| + | * {{DexvertSamples|archive/palmQueryApplication}} | ||
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| + | == Links == | ||
| + | * [http://lauriedavis9.tripod.com/copilot/download/Palm_File_Format_Specs.pdf Palm file format specifications] | ||
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| + | [[Category:Palm]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Palm OS Database]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Web]] | ||
Latest revision as of 03:22, 28 December 2023
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.
