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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <general mainpage="Biodiversity of India:A Wiki Resource for Indian Biodiversity" base="http://www.biodiversityofindia.org/index.php?title=Biodiversity_of_India:A_Wiki_Resource_for_Indian_Biodiversity" sitename="Biodiversity of India" logo="/skins/common/images/tree_logo.png" generator="MediaWiki 1.22.2" phpversion="7.4.33" phpsapi="cgi-fcgi" dbtype="mysql" dbversion="8.0.28-0ubuntu0.20.04.3" imagewhitelistenabled="" langconversion="" titleconversion="" linkprefix="" linktrail="/^([a-z]+)(.*)$/sD" case="first-letter" rights="Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike" lang="en" fallback8bitEncoding="windows-1252" writeapi="" timezone="America/Los_Angeles" timeoffset="-420" articlepath="/index.php?title=$1" scriptpath="" script="/index.php" variantarticlepath="" server="http://www.biodiversityofindia.org" wikiid="biodiversityofindia_database" time="2025-04-02T21:03:55Z" misermode="" maxuploadsize="104857600">
      <fallback />
    </general>
    <namespaces>
      <ns id="-2" case="first-letter" canonical="Media" xml:space="preserve">Media</ns>
      <ns id="-1" case="first-letter" canonical="Special" xml:space="preserve">Special</ns>
      <ns id="0" case="first-letter" content="" xml:space="preserve" />
      <ns id="1" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Talk" xml:space="preserve">Talk</ns>
      <ns id="2" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="User" xml:space="preserve">User</ns>
      <ns id="3" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="User talk" xml:space="preserve">User talk</ns>
      <ns id="4" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Project" xml:space="preserve">Biodiversity of India</ns>
      <ns id="5" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Project talk" xml:space="preserve">Biodiversity of India talk</ns>
      <ns id="6" case="first-letter" canonical="File" xml:space="preserve">File</ns>
      <ns id="7" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="File talk" xml:space="preserve">File talk</ns>
      <ns id="8" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="MediaWiki" xml:space="preserve">MediaWiki</ns>
      <ns id="9" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="MediaWiki talk" xml:space="preserve">MediaWiki talk</ns>
      <ns id="10" case="first-letter" canonical="Template" xml:space="preserve">Template</ns>
      <ns id="11" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Template talk" xml:space="preserve">Template talk</ns>
      <ns id="12" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Help" xml:space="preserve">Help</ns>
      <ns id="13" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Help talk" xml:space="preserve">Help talk</ns>
      <ns id="14" case="first-letter" canonical="Category" xml:space="preserve">Category</ns>
      <ns id="15" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Category talk" xml:space="preserve">Category talk</ns>
      <ns id="102" case="first-letter" canonical="Property" xml:space="preserve">Property</ns>
      <ns id="103" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Property talk" xml:space="preserve">Property talk</ns>
      <ns id="104" case="first-letter" canonical="Type" xml:space="preserve">Type</ns>
      <ns id="105" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Type talk" xml:space="preserve">Type talk</ns>
      <ns id="106" case="first-letter" canonical="Form" xml:space="preserve">Form</ns>
      <ns id="107" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Form talk" xml:space="preserve">Form talk</ns>
      <ns id="108" case="first-letter" canonical="Concept" xml:space="preserve">Concept</ns>
      <ns id="109" case="first-letter" canonical="Concept talk" xml:space="preserve">Concept talk</ns>
      <ns id="112" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Internal" xml:space="preserve">Internal</ns>
      <ns id="113" case="first-letter" canonical="Internal talk" xml:space="preserve">Internal talk</ns>
      <ns id="170" case="first-letter" canonical="Filter" xml:space="preserve">Filter</ns>
      <ns id="171" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Filter talk" xml:space="preserve">Filter talk</ns>
      <ns id="274" case="first-letter" canonical="Widget" xml:space="preserve">Widget</ns>
      <ns id="275" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Widget talk" xml:space="preserve">Widget talk</ns>
      <ns id="420" case="first-letter" canonical="Layer" xml:space="preserve">Layer</ns>
      <ns id="421" case="first-letter" canonical="Layer talk" xml:space="preserve">Layer talk</ns>
    </namespaces>
    <namespacealiases>
      <ns id="6" xml:space="preserve">Image</ns>
      <ns id="7" xml:space="preserve">Image talk</ns>
    </namespacealiases>
    <statistics pages="2405" articles="840" edits="8712" images="133" users="161" activeusers="3" admins="6" jobs="8" />
  </query>
</api>