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+## DKAN Frontend Module (DEPRECATED)
+
+This module provides support for decoupled frontend apps. It has been deprecated in favor
+of [dkan_js_frontend](../modules/dkan_js_frontend/README.md), please do not enable on new projects. Once we are sure no existing
+sites are still depending on this module, it will be removed from the codebase.