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| <h1>Metadata management</h1> |
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| As described in the <a href="p2_overview.htm">overview</a>, p2 provides |
| facilities for software dependency management, and for performing all of the necessary |
| steps to get an application physically installed and configured into an end user's system. |
| The information that describes the dependencies between application components, and the steps |
| required to properly configure a running system is called the <em>p2 metadata</em>.</p> |
| <p>In many cases this metadata can be computed directly from the information in your plug-in |
| and feature manifests, and an extra step is simply required to <em>publish</em> this |
| data into a format suitable for consumption by p2. In other cases, a plug-in or |
| application developer may need to author or customize the p2 metadata for their |
| software. The following sections describe in more detail how to author and publish |
| p2 metadata for your application or plug-in.</p> |
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| <li><a href="p2_publisher.html">Publishing metadata</a></li> |
| <li><a href="p2_customizing_metadata.html">Customizing metadata</a></li> |
| <li><a href="p2_publishingtasks.htm">Ant Tasks for publishing metadata</a></li> |
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