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+    <glosslist xml:id="availableFormats">
+      <glossentry>
+        <glossterm><uri
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+          for (some) tablet readers.</para>
+        </glossdef>
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+        xlink:href="https://freedocs.mi.hdm-stuttgart.de/webhelp/lectures.epub">lectures.epub</filename></glossterm>
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+          rendering.</para>
+
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+            <para>Some older <productname
+            xlink:href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB">Epub</productname>
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+            known to work.</para>
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+
+        <glossdef>
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+
+          <caution>
+            <para>These lecture notes are heavily based both on external links
+            and video resources. Using <productname
+            xlink:href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format">PDF</productname>
+            thus imposes media related limitations.</para>
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+
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+
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+              <para><filename
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+            </listitem>
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     <title>Software development 1</title>
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