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+# Deprecated
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+Caution: This repository is deprecated. It will not be maintained. The project was restructured like described here: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=561698
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+Active development is taking part in the new org.eclipse.mdm repository at https://git.eclipse.org/c/mdmbl/org.eclipse.mdm.git
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