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Building the Configuration
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ESBO-ETC has to be configured by a XML-file. For basic information on XML and how to edit XML-files, have a look at
`this tutorial <https://www.w3schools.com/xml/default.asp>`_. During the initialization of the program,
the configuration is checked and possible errors reported with recommendations on how to fix the errors.
The given attributes are the minimal attributes. This means, that additional attributes like *comment* can be added
without breaking the configuration. This can be helpful to document tags as shown in the example below.
`this tutorial <https://www.w3schools.com/xml/default.asp>`_.
Each parameter of the configuration is defined by a XML-tag which is indicated by
.. code-block:: xml
<tag_name/>
A parameter can contain multiple attributes which are defined as key-value-pairs and some of them may be optional.
All attribute values must be quoted as in the example below. The required types shown in the documentation refer to the unquoted value.
Most numeric attributes require a unit which has to be defined as a second attribute with the suffix *_unit* which is also shown in the example below.
All astropy units defined `here <https://docs.astropy.org/en/stable/units/>`_ can be used.
.. code-block:: xml
<tag_name val="10" val_unit="s"/>
The tree structure of the configuration file is explained below.
During the initialization of the program, the configuration is checked and possible errors reported with recommendations on how to fix the errors.
The attributes in the documentation below are the minimal attributes. This means, that additional attributes like *comment* can be added
without breaking the configuration. This can be helpful to document tags as shown in the :ref:`example_config`.
Basic Structure
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.. _example_config:
Example Configuration
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