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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE language SYSTEM "language.dtd">
+<language name="YANG" version="1" kateversion="3.4" section="Markup" extensions="*.yang" author="Nicolás Alvarez (based on yang.vim by Matt Parker)" license="LGPLv2.1+">
+  <highlighting>
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+      <item>int8</item>
+      <item>int16</item>
+      <item>int32</item>
+      <item>int64</item>
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+      <item>uint16</item>
+      <item>uint32</item>
+      <item>uint64</item>
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+      <item>boolean</item>
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+      <item>binary</item>
+      <item>leafref</item>
+      <item>identityref</item>
+      <item>empty</item>
+      <item>instance-identifier</item>
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+      <item>case</item>
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+      <item>error-app-tag</item>
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+      <item>deviate</item>
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+      <item>import</item>
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+      <item>key</item>
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+      <item>min-elements</item>
+      <item>module</item>
+      <item>must</item>
+      <item>namespace</item>
+      <item>notification</item>
+      <item>ordered-by</item>
+      <item>organization</item>
+      <item>output</item>
+      <item>path</item>
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+      <item>prefix</item>
+      <item>presence</item>
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+      <item>reference</item>
+      <item>refine</item>
+      <item>require-instance</item>
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+      <item>revision-date</item>
+      <item>rpc</item>
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+      <item>typedef</item>
+      <item>unique</item>
+      <item>units</item>
+      <item>uses</item>
+      <item>value</item>
+      <item>when</item>
+      <item>yang-version</item>
+      <item>yin-element</item>
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+      <item>current</item>
+      <item>delete</item>
+      <item>deprecated</item>
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+      <item>min</item>
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+      <item>obsolete</item>
+      <item>replace</item>
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+      <item>unbounded</item>
+      <item>user</item>
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+        <keyword attribute="Statement" context="#stay" String="Statements" />
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+        <comment name="multiLine" start="/*" end="*/" />
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+</language>