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+|BuildStatus|_
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 DataViews
 =========
 
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 `Jean-Luc Stevens <https://github.com/jlstevens>`_
 
 `Philipp Rudiger <https://github.com/philippjfr>`_
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+.. |BuildStatus| image:: https://travis-ci.org/ioam/dataviews.svg?branch=master
+.. _BuildStatus: https://travis-ci.org/ioam/dataviews