Klip
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XML
Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
file that contains markup
Markup language
A markup language is a modern system for annotating a text in a way that is syntactically distinguishable from that text. The idea and terminology evolved from the "marking up" of manuscripts, i.e. the revision instructions by editors, traditionally written with a blue pencil on authors' manuscripts...
, styles and JavaScript
JavaScript
JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles....
that provides the Klipfolio
KlipFolio
Klipfolio Inc., is a Canadian Software company founded in 2001 and headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario. The company was originally known as Serence Inc., reserving the Klipfolio name for its software dashboard product...
dashboard platform with rules for the retrieval, interpretation, and presentation of arbitrary information sources such as web pages, RSS
RSS (file format)
RSS is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format...
feeds, databases, and proprietary XML back-ends. The Klip file extension is ".klip".
When opened in Klipfolio
Klipfolio Dashboard
Klipfolio Inc., is a Canadian Software company founded in 2001 and headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario. The company was originally known as Serence Inc., reserving the Klipfolio name for its software dashboard product...
, a Klip is rendered as a small window that displays text and image content. The size, position and visibility of the Klip on-screen is managed by the user. Settings particular to each Klip can be found in a "Klip Setup" dialog.
Klips are considered by most to be widgets, and Klipfolio Dashboard a widget engine
Widget engine
In computer software, a widget engine is a software service available to users for running and displaying applets on a graphical user interface, such as that of the desktop.The widget model in widget engines is attractive because of ease of development...
. Klips provide all manner of information such as weather conditions, news headlines, stock quotes etc.
Example usage
This very simple example can be written using a plain textPlain text
In computing, plain text is the contents of an ordinary sequential file readable as textual material without much processing, usually opposed to formatted text....
or XML editor
XML editor
An XML editor is a markup language editor with added functionality to facilitate the editing of XML. This can be done using a plain text editor, with all the code visible, but XML editors have added facilities like tag completion and menus and buttons for tasks that are common in XML editing, based...
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Saving it as first.klip will allow you to open it using Klipfolio Dashboard.