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+<reference id="ljp.csp.xml-rpc.protocol">
+  <referenceinfo>
+    <title>XML-RPC Client/Server Protocol Reference</title>
+  </referenceinfo>
+  <title>XML-RPC Client/Server Protocol Reference</title>
+  <partintro>
+    <para>
+      This the <ulink url="http://www.xmlrpc.com/">XML-RPC</ulink><footnote id="csp.xml-rpc.spec-info"><para>For the XML-RPC spec, see: <ulink url="http://www.xmlrpc.com/spec" /></para></footnote> version of the Client/Server protocol.
+      XML-RPC allows programs to make procedure calls over the internet, regardless of differing operating systems and environments.  
+      It's also handy for returning preconstructed libraries of information (instead of having to have your program parse the regular server feedback).
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      In order to use the XML-RPC interface, make sure your client is referencing the <filename>/interface/xmlrpc</filename> section of the LiveJournal site it is communicating with.
+    </para>
+    <note>
+      <title>Method Names</title>
+      <para>
+        The full title of each method is actually <literal>LJ.XMLRPC.<replaceable>foo</replaceable></literal>, where <replaceable>foo</replaceable> is the short name given below:
+      </para>
+    </note>
+  </partintro>
+  &ljp.csp.xml-rpc.protocol;
+</reference>