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-### Alfresco Content Services Community Distribution
-This project is producing packaging for [Alfresco Content Services Repository](https://community.alfresco.com/docs/DOC-6385-project-overview-repository).
-The artifacts created are:
-* A _war_ file 
-* A distribution zip archive containing the _war_ file and configuration required for deployment to a Web Server.
-
-### Building
-The project can be built by running Maven command:
-~~~
-mvn clean install
-~~~
-
-### Artifacts
-The artifacts can be obtained by:
-* downloading from [Alfresco repository](https://artifacts.alfresco.com/nexus/content/groups/public)
-* getting as Maven dependency by adding the dependency to your pom file (depending on the artifact required):
-~~~
-<dependency>
-  <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
-  <artifactId>artefactId</artifactId>
-  <version>version</version>
-</dependency>
-~~~
-and Alfresco Maven repository:
-~~~
-<repository>
-  <id>alfresco-maven-repo</id>
-  <url>https://artifacts.alfresco.com/nexus/content/groups/public</url>
-</repository>
-~~~
-The SNAPSHOT version of the artifacts is **never** published.
-
-### Contributing guide
-Please use [this guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) to make a contribution to the project.
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