# Gateway Clip Description

The Gateway .clip is an XML structured file that describes at least the following information.

- Physical location of files, and additional metadata information, such as timecode and keycode
- Clip versions

NoteThis documents to use notation as close as possible to DTD definitions.

- xml-element?: zero or one instance of xml-element;
- xml-element+: at least one instance of xml-element;
- xml-element*: any number of instances of xml-element;
- #cdata: a placeholder for data described in the xml-element description, usually a string of any valid characters;

#### Topics in this section

- clip
- comment
- creationDate
- denominator
- dropMode
- duration
- duration
- feed
- feeds
- name
- nbTicks
- numerator
- path
- paths
- rate
- sampleRate
- span
- spans
- storageFormat
- track
- tracks
- trackType
- userData
- version
- versions
- Creating a Simple Gateway Clip