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+.classpath
+.metadata
+.project
+.settings/
+/target/
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.scijava</groupId>
+		<artifactId>pom-scijava</artifactId>
+		<version>1.157</version>
+		<relativePath />
+	</parent>
+
+	<groupId>net.imagej</groupId>
+	<artifactId>imagej-common</artifactId>
+	<version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+	<name>ImageJ Common library</name>
+	<description>The ImageJ common library contains ImageJ's core image data model, based on ImgLib2. This is the primary mechanism by which image data is managed internally by ImageJ2. This component also provides the corresponding core image display logic for user interfaces.</description>
+	<url>http://developer.imagej.net/</url>
+	<inceptionYear>2009</inceptionYear>
+
+	<organization>
+		<name>ImageJ</name>
+		<url>http://developer.imagej.net/</url>
+	</organization>
+
+	<licenses>
+		<license>
+			<name>Simplified BSD License</name>
+			<distribution>repo</distribution>
+		</license>
+	</licenses>
+
+	<developers>
+		<developer>
+			<id>ctrueden</id>
+			<name>Curtis Rueden</name>
+			<email>ctrueden@wisc.edu</email>
+			<url>http://loci.wisc.edu/people/curtis-rueden</url>
+			<organization>UW-Madison LOCI</organization>
+			<organizationUrl>http://loci.wisc.edu/</organizationUrl>
+			<roles>
+				<role>architect</role>
+				<role>developer</role>
+			</roles>
+			<timezone>-6</timezone>
+		</developer>
+		<developer>
+			<id>dscho</id>
+			<name>Johannes Schindelin</name>
+			<email>schindelin@wisc.edu</email>
+			<url>http://loci.wisc.edu/people/johannes-schindelin</url>
+			<organization>UW-Madison LOCI</organization>
+			<organizationUrl>http://loci.wisc.edu/</organizationUrl>
+			<roles>
+				<role>architect</role>
+				<role>developer</role>
+			</roles>
+			<timezone>-6</timezone>
+		</developer>
+		<developer>
+			<id>hinerm</id>
+			<name>Mark Hiner</name>
+			<email>hiner@wisc.edu</email>
+			<url>http://loci.wisc.edu/people/mark-hiner</url>
+			<organization>UW-Madison LOCI</organization>
+			<organizationUrl>http://loci.wisc.edu/</organizationUrl>
+			<roles>
+				<role>developer</role>
+			</roles>
+			<timezone>-6</timezone>
+		</developer>
+		<developer>
+			<id>LeeKamentsky</id>
+			<name>Lee Kamentsky</name>
+			<email>leek@broadinstitute.org</email>
+			<url>http://www.broadinstitute.org/~leek/</url>
+			<organization>Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard</organization>
+			<organizationUrl>http://www.broadinstitute.org/</organizationUrl>
+			<roles>
+				<role>developer</role>
+			</roles>
+			<timezone>-5</timezone>
+		</developer>
+	</developers>
+
+	<contributors>
+		<contributor>
+			<name>Barry DeZonia</name>
+			<url>http://loci.wisc.edu/people/barry-dezonia</url>
+			<organization>UW-Madison LOCI</organization>
+			<organizationUrl>http://loci.wisc.edu/</organizationUrl>
+			<roles>
+				<role>developer</role>
+			</roles>
+			<timezone>-6</timezone>
+		</contributor>
+		<contributor>
+			<name>Grant Harris</name>
+			<email>gharris@mbl.edu</email>
+			<url>http://loci.wisc.edu/people/grant-harris</url>
+			<organization>MBL at Woods Hole</organization>
+			<organizationUrl>http://www.mbl.edu/</organizationUrl>
+			<roles>
+				<role>architect</role>
+				<role>developer</role>
+			</roles>
+			<timezone>-5</timezone>
+		</contributor>
+		<contributor>
+			<name>Aivar Grislis</name>
+			<url>http://loci.wisc.edu/people/aivar-grislis</url>
+			<organization>UW-Madison LOCI</organization>
+			<organizationUrl>http://loci.wisc.edu/</organizationUrl>
+			<roles>
+				<role>developer</role>
+			</roles>
+			<timezone>-6</timezone>
+		</contributor>
+		<contributor>
+			<name>Rick Lentz</name>
+			<url>http://loci.wisc.edu/people/rick-lentz</url>
+			<organization>UW-Madison LOCI</organization>
+			<organizationUrl>http://loci.wisc.edu/</organizationUrl>
+			<roles>
+				<role>developer</role>
+			</roles>
+			<timezone>-6</timezone>
+		</contributor>
+		<contributor><name>Jay Warrick</name></contributor>
+	</contributors>
+
+	<mailingLists>
+		<mailingList>
+			<name>ImageJ</name>
+			<subscribe>http://imagej.net/list.html</subscribe>
+			<unsubscribe>http://imagej.net/list.html</unsubscribe>
+			<post>imagej@list.nih.gov</post>
+			<archive>http://list.nih.gov/archives/imagej.html</archive>
+		</mailingList>
+		<mailingList>
+			<name>ImageJ-devel</name>
+			<subscribe>http://imagej.net/mailman/listinfo/imagej-devel</subscribe>
+			<unsubscribe>http://imagej.net/mailman/listinfo/imagej-devel</unsubscribe>
+			<post>imagej-devel@imagej.net</post>
+			<archive>http://imagej.net/pipermail/imagej-devel/</archive>
+		</mailingList>
+	</mailingLists>
+
+	<scm>
+		<connection>scm:git:git://github.com/imagej/imagej-common</connection>
+		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:imagej/imagej-common</developerConnection>
+		<tag>HEAD</tag>
+		<url>https://github.com/imagej/imagej-common</url>
+	</scm>
+
+	<issueManagement>
+		<system>GitHub Issues</system>
+		<url>https://github.com/imagej/imagej-common/issues</url>
+	</issueManagement>
+
+	<ciManagement>
+		<system>Jenkins</system>
+		<url>http://jenkins.imagej.net/view/ImageJ/</url>
+	</ciManagement>
+
+	<repositories>
+		<repository>
+			<id>imagej.public</id>
+			<url>http://maven.imagej.net/content/groups/public</url>
+		</repository>
+	</repositories>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.scif</groupId>
+			<artifactId>scifio</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>net.imglib2</groupId>
+			<artifactId>imglib2</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>net.imglib2</groupId>
+			<artifactId>imglib2-meta</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.scijava</groupId>
+			<artifactId>scijava-common</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>junit</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+					<archive>
+						<manifest>
+							<packageName>net.imagej</packageName>
+						</manifest>
+					</archive>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+				<artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+					<licenseName>bsd_2</licenseName>
+					<inceptionYear>2009</inceptionYear>
+					<organizationName>Board of Regents of the University of
+Wisconsin-Madison, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and Max Planck
+Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics.</organizationName>
+					<projectName>ImageJ software for multidimensional image processing and analysis.</projectName>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
+</project>