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+<?php
+
+// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+/**
+ * Strings for component 'qformat_xhtml', language 'en', branch 'MOODLE_20_STABLE'
+ *
+ * @package   qformat_xhtml
+ * @copyright 2010 Helen Foster
+ * @license   http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+$string['xhtml'] = 'XHTML format';
+$string['xhtml_help'] = 'XHTML format enables all questions in the category to be exported to a single page of strict XHTML for possible use in another application.';
+$string['xhtml_link'] = 'qformat/xhtml';