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+xml-commons/java/external/LICENSE.dom-software.txt $Id$
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diff --git a/java/external/README.dom.txt b/java/external/README.dom.txt
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+xml-commons/java/external/README.dom.txt $Id$
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+ http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Style-20001113/
+ http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Traversal-Range-20001113/
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