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| <chapter id="cha-typing"> |
| <title>Typing and Properties</title> |
| <para> |
| A type system is used to ensure that the data passed between elements is in |
| a recognised format, and that the various parameters required to fully |
| specify that format match up correctly. Each link that is made between |
| elements has a specified type. This is related, but different, to the |
| metadata in buffers which describes the type of data in that particular |
| buffer. See the next chapter of this document for details of the available |
| types. |
| </para> |
| </chapter> |
