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-maven-alfresco-sdk
+# Maven Alfresco SDK
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-The Alfresco SDK based on Apache Maven, includes support for rapid and standard development, testing, packaging, versioning and release of your Alfresco integration and extension projects
+The Alfresco SDK based on Apache Maven, includes support for rapid and standard development, testing, packaging, versioning and release of your Alfresco integration and extension projects. 
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+It is composed of:
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+- An SDK Parent POM which you can use in your projects to enable rapid Alfresco development features
+- An Alfresco Maven Plugin which provides AMP packaging and installation facitilites (a la MMT) and other common goals for Alfresco development
+- A number of Maven Archetypes (sample projects) including:
+	1. Alfresco Repository AMP Archetype
+	2. Alfresco Share AMP Archetype
+	3. Alfresco All-in-One Archetype
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+Full documentation is available at the [Maven Alfresco SDK site](https://artifacts.alfresco.com/nexus/content/groups/public/alfresco-lifecycle-aggregator/latest/index.html).
+Additional documentation for Alfresco Community and Enterprise, tutorials and examples is available in the [Alfresco Docs](http://docs.alfresco.com/4.2/concepts/dev-extensions-maven-sdk-intro.html).
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+## News
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+- Project fully migrated from [Google Code](https://code.google.com/p/maven-alfresco-archetypes), including tags, branches, issues. Allow a little time for a full cleanup of issue labels and to sort repository permissions
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