XML formats
The installation package XML descriptors subformat is identified by the dkinstall tag, currently of version 0.3, which is allowed to have the following children containers:
Each child container can contain any number of children (providing that they are of the same type of the parent container).
All XML package descriptors must use the UTF-8 encoding.
Common properties
Some properties are common amongst all package descriptors:
- id - unique identifier of the package, should be in UNIX-style and not conflict with identifiers of core or certified add-ons; must contain a specific prefix (com_, mod_, dra_) in case of component, module or drabot
- version - specific version of the add-on
- creationDate - creation date associated with the version, specified in YYYY/MM/DD format (e.g. 2004/05/28)
- author - author name or nickname
- authorEmail - author email address, can be empty
- description - description of the package content
- requirements - requirements for this package to be installed