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# About This Document

Describes Final Cut Pro XML Interchange Format version 5, providing access to contents of FCP projects.

## Organization

This document contains the following chapters and appendixes:

- [Document Export and Import](../Documents/Documents.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30001153-TPXREF101) discusses exporting, importing, and validating interchange format documents. - [Basics of Encoding](../Basics/Basics.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30001154-TPXREF101) reviews the key elements of the interchange format. - [XMEML Topics](../Topics/Topics.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30001149-CH294-SW1) provides information about selected Final Cut Pro XML topics. - [Applications of the Interchange Format](../Applications/Applications.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30001155-BABCDEGE) illustrates some applications of the interchange format to various tasks. - [Elements Catalog](../Elements/Elements.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30001156-TPXREF101) provides reference information about the elements of the interchange format. - [DTD for the Interchange Format](../DTD/DTD.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30001157-BCIHDFGD) lists the DTDs for versions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the interchange format. - [Frame Rates](../FrameRate/FrameRate.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30001158-BCIHDFGD) indicates the values required to specify various types of video and associated frame rates. - [Keyframe Interpolation](../Interpolation/Interpolation.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30001159-BAJGAAJG) explains the interpolation method Final Cut Pro uses to construct Bezier curves in keyframes. - [Apple Events and Final Cut Pro](../AppleEvents/AppleEvents.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30001149-CH292-SW1) discusses using Apple Events to export or import interchange format documents. - [Versions of XMEML and Final Cut](../VersionsoftheInterchangeFormat/VersionsoftheInterchangeFormat.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30001149-CH293-SW1) provides information about various versions of XMEML and Final Cut Pro. - [Document Revision History](../RevisionHistory/RevisionHistory.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30000185-SW1) provides a history of changes to this document.

This document also has an index.

## XML Resources

Here are some recommended XML resources:

- For a general introduction XML and the Final Cut Pro XML Interchange Format, see the section “Using Final Cut Pro XML and QuickTime Metadata” in the *Final Cut Pro 7 User Manual*. - For a comprehensive reference guide to XML-related topics, see *XML In a Nutshell, Third Edition*, published by O'Reilly. ISBN 0-596-00764-7. - For a useful resource of XML-related information, see *XML From the Inside Out* ([http://xml.com](http://xml.com)). - On the Apple developer website, the document [Core Foundation XML](http://developer.apple.com/documentation/CoreFoundation/Conceptual/CFXML/index.html) describes the Core Foundation objects you can use to parse XML. (Cocoa developers please visit this [link.](http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/NSXML_Concepts/NSXML.html))

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