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+# Apache Sling OpenID Connect Handler
+
+This module is part of the [Apache Sling](https://sling.apache.org) project.
+
+This project is about creating an OpenID Connect Relying Party implementation for Apache Sling.
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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>
+    <groupId>org.apache.sling</groupId>
+    <artifactId>org.apache.sling.oidchandler</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+</project>
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