Database.com Metadata API Developer's Guide - Salesforce.com

Metadata TypesGroupField NameversionField TypestringDescriptionable to access the data source, perform searches, and returninformation. Depending on how you set up access, you may needto provide the administrator username.The version number of the data source you’re using.GroupRepresents a set of public groups, which can have users, roles, and other groups.Declarative Metadata File Suffix and Directory LocationThe file suffix for group components is .group and components are stored in the groups directory of the correspondingpackage directory.VersionGroup components are available in API version 24.0 and later.FieldsThis metadata type represents the valid values that define a group:Field NamedoesIncludeBossesfullNamenameField TypebooleanstringstringDescriptionIndicates whether the managers have access (true) or do not haveaccess (false) to records shared with members of the group. Thisfield is only available for public groups.The unique identifier for API access. The fullName can containonly underscores and alphanumeric characters. It must be unique,begin with a letter, not include spaces, not end with an underscore,and not contain two consecutive underscores. This field is inheritedfrom the Metadata component. Corresponds to Group Name inthe user interface.Required. The name of the group. Corresponds to Label in the userinterface.Declarative Metadata Sample DefinitionThe following is the definition of a group.trueadmintest111