Jeff Lane wrote:
Does anyone know the importance (if any) for the <id>value</id> in XML files imported into Mediawiki?
The page's id is the page_id, the revision's id is the rev_id.
importDump.php does not preserve these; it's meant for importing pages into an existing wiki.
mwdumper does; it's meant for reproducing a complete wiki.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)