# Quick Starter Guide

This is a quick guide page to explore on the capabilities of inQuiry. 

The following section explains about the components of inQuiry on a high level and references to the respective areas of this microsite.

InQuiry has 3 components as stated below,

* Question & Question Set Editor (QuML Editor)
* Question Set Player (QuML Player)
* Question & Question Set Service (Micro-service)

The specification that enables all these 3 components work in tandem is a standard called [QuML](https://quml.sunbird.org/) (Question Markup Language)

## inQuiry components

The section below gives a high level overview of how the inQuiry components functions together. More details [here](/learn/technical-architecture.md).

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## What is QuML?

QuML defines a standard format for representation of questions, tests and their results, supporting the exchange of this material between authoring and delivery systems, repositories and other e-learning systems.

More details on QuML is available [here](https://quml.sunbird.org/).

QuML is a specification for storage, rendering and distribution of Questions and QuestionSets.

Key advantages are,

* Interoperability
* Longevity
* Reusability

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## Different types of questions supported

As part of the standard offering, inQuiry supports the below questions out of the box

* Multiple Choice Question
* Multi-select Multiple Choice Question
* Subjective Question

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Examples of adopter implementation of question types are as follow,

* Fill In The Blanks
* Date
* Slider
* etc.

## Technology stack used in inQuiry Components

Editor is build using: Angular / HTML5 / CSS

Player is build using: Angular / HTML5 / CSS

Service is build using: Play Framework / Scala


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://inquiry.sunbird.org/learn/product-and-developer-guide/quick-starter-guide.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.