2.12. Compact Node Type Definition


Compact Node Type Definition (CND) is a file format that defines node type in a compact standardized format. A typical CND file contains series of namespace declarations, node type definitions and comments. CND provides a compact and standard syntax for defining node types and making namespace declarations.
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