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We refer to the Confluence storage format as "XHTML-based." Technically, it's XML, since the storage format doesn't fully comply with the XHTML definition. For example, Confluence includes custom elements for macros and other features. We use the term "XHTML-based" to highlight that much of the storage format is similar to HTML.

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