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Inventory File Format

The Asset Collector attempts to process any file with the extension .xiu and .xis files.

• .xiu = xml inventory unsigned files.
• .xis = xml inventory signed files.

Important! These files are still text files containing xml.

The invsign tool will also only accept .xiu files for signing, and .xis files for unsigning.

The inventory file has a general header section, hardware section, and software section, as shown in the following example:

<asset translator=”ACBsFmt” version=”1_0”>
<asset>
	<general>    </general>
	<hardware>   </hardware>
	<software>   </software>
	<user>
  		<general>    </general>
		<hardware>   </hardware>
		<software>   </software>
	</user>
</asset>

As shown in this layout, the xiu file can also contain an optional <user> section, which itself can contain hardware and software sections.

Important! The first line tells the Asset Collector how to parse this file and must not be omitted.