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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<!--
+  Copyright 2009 Nathan Phillip Brink, Ethan Zonca, Matthew Orlando
+
+  This file is a part of DistRen.
+
+  DistRen is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  DistRen is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+  along with DistRen.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+-->
+
+<distren>
+  <!-- is the priority option actually useful? -->
+  <job
+     name="myjob"
+     submitter="normaldotcom"
+     priority="5"
+     >
+    
+    <resolution
+       width="800"
+       height="600"
+       />
+  </job>
+  
+  <!--
+      Additional section:
+      The contents of this section should probably be
+      moved to some central store, as it will be referenced
+      in multiple jobs.
+    -->
+  <submitters>
+    <submitter
+       name="normaldotcom"
+       email="jsmith@ohnopublishing.net"
+       href="http://ohnopublishing.net/~ohnobinki/"
+       />
+  </submitters>
+</distren>