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+##############################################################################
+# Copyright 2019 highstreet technologies GmbH and others...
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+pom.xml.tag
+pom.xml.releaseBackup
+pom.xml.versionsBackup
+pom.xml.next
+dependency-reduced-pom.xml
+buildNumber.properties
+.mvn/timing.properties
+
+*/**/bin/
+
+# Maven
+target/
+
+# Opendaylight yang-tools
+yang-gen-sal/
+
+# Eclipse related
+.project
+.classpath
+.settings/
+target-ide/
+release.properties
+
+# Avoid ignoring Maven wrapper jar file (.jar files are usually ignored)
+!/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
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+# Features
+
+This directory contains code artifacts as [OSGi bundles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSGi) to be integrated into [Apache Karaf](https://karaf.apache.org).
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+# Operation and Maintenance - Model
+
+This directory contains information and data modules in different formats, which should be used for interfacing with the Service Management and Orchestration Framework (SMO).
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+# Solution
+
+Contains assemblys of containers to provide a service.
+
+ * Providing development or integration test environment.
+ * Running on docker/docker-compose or kubernetes.