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* Resources

	There are a number of resources available for those of you who
	want to contribute to the Mono project.  Here are a few links.

	If you want to send suggestions for links, address them to <a
	mailto="web-mono@ximian.com">web-mono@ximian.com</a>.

** ECMA Documentation.

	You can get the documentation for the ECMA specs from a number of sites:
	<ul>
		* <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/net/ecma">At MSDN</a>
		* <a href="http://www.dotnetexperts.com">Dot Net Experts</a>
		* <a href="http://developer.intel.com/software/idap/ecma">Intel</a>
		* <a href="http://lightning.csse.monash.edu.au/.net/CLI">Monash University</a>
	</ul>

	These contain specifications for the assembler, the metadata,
	byte codes supported by the CLI virtual machine, the C#
	language and the core class libraries.

	For details on the .NET class libraries, you can
	visit the Microsoft's Developer Network:

	<ul>
		* <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/cpref_start.asp">.NET Framework Class Library</a>
	</ul>

	You can also get this information if you install the Beta2
	release of the .NET Framework.

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** Mailing Lists

	There are a number of mailing lists for Mono

	<ul>
	
		* <b><a
	href="http://mail.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list">mono-list:</a></b>
	The general Mono discussion list.
		* <b><a
	href="http://mail.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-announce-list">mono-announce-list:</a></b>
	Announcements of Mono developments.
		* <b><a
	href="http://mail.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-docs-list">mono-docs-list:</a></b>
	Discussion on the documentation of Mono.
		* <b><a
	href="http://discuss.develop.com/dotnet.html">Dotnet mailing
	list at Develop.com:</a></b> The guys at Develop Mentor run
	this general purpose mailing list.
	</ul>

** Discussion Groups.

	<ul>
	
		* <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com">O'Reilly
		  Network</a> has a <a
		  href="http://www.oreillynet.com/dotnet">section devoted to
		  .NET</a>
		* <a
		  href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups">MSDN</a> also
		  lists various newsgroups related to .NET</ul>
	</ul>

** Other .NET related projects

	There are a number of related projects to Mono:

	<ul>
		* <a
		  href="http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/default.asp">Sharp
		  Develop:</a> an IDE for the C# language written in C#.

		* <a
	          href="http://www.southern-storm.com.au/portable_net.html">Portable.NET:</a>

		* <a href="http://nunit.sourceforge.net">NUnit:</a> A
		testing framework for .NET classes.

		* <a href="http://www.kaffe.org">Kaffe:</a> A popular
		  Free Software JIT engine for Java.

		* <a href="http://www.intel.com/research/mrl/orp">ORP:</a> A research
JIT/VM/GC system from Intel.
	</ul>

** GNOME Documentation

	Documnetation on GNOME, and the GNOME APIs is available from
	the <a href="http://developer.gnome.org">developer</a> site at
	GNOME:

	<ul>
		* <a href="http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/">GNOME
	API documentation</a>

		* <a href="http://developer.gnome.org/doc/books">GNOME
	Online books</a>

		* <A
	href="http://developer.gnome.org/arch/">Architecture Overview</a>
	</ul>