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   "name": "MediaRich Server",
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   "to": "hypertext-markup-language",
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   "command": "pandoc -f docbook -t html in.dbk -o out.html",
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   "losses": "Document structure is kept; layout, styles and unsupported elements are lost.",
   "url": "https://pandoc.org"
  },
  {
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