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+Manifest-Version: 1.0
+Created-By: 1.2.2 (Sun Microsystems Inc.)
+
+Name: org/apache/xmlcommons/Version
+Comment: @impl.name@ for http://xml.apache.org/ subproject's use
+Implementation-Title: org.apache.xmlcommons.Version
+Implementation-Version: @impl.version@
+Implementation-Vendor: Apache Software Foundation
+Implementation-URL: http://xml.apache.org/commons/
+
+Name: org/xml/sax/
+Comment: xml-commons for http://xml.apache.org/ subproject's use
+Specification-Title: Simple API for XML
+Specification-Vendor: David Megginson
+Specification-Version: 2.0
+Implementation-Title: org.xml.sax
+Implementation-Version: 2.0
+Implementation-Vendor: David Megginson
+Implementation-URL: http://www.megginson.com/SAX/index.html
+
+Name: org/w3c/dom/
+Comment: xml-commons for http://xml.apache.org/ subproject's use
+Specification-Title: Document Object Model, Level 2 Core
+Specification-Vendor: World Wide Web Consortium
+Specification-Version: 1.0
+Implementation-Title: org.w3c.dom
+Implementation-Version: 1.0
+Implementation-Vendor: World Wide Web Consortium
+Implementation-URL: http://www.w3c.org/DOM/
+
+Name: javax/xml/parsers/
+Comment: xml-commons for http://xml.apache.org/ subproject's use
+Specification-Title: Java API for XML Processing
+Specification-Version: 1.1
+Specification-Vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.
+Implementation-Title: javax.xml.transform
+Implementation-Version: 1.1.2
+Implementation-Vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.
+Implementation-URL: http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxp.html
+
+Name: javax/xml/transform/
+Comment: xml-commons for http://xml.apache.org/ subproject's use
+Specification-Title: Java API for XML Processing
+Specification-Version: 1.1
+Specification-Vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.
+Implementation-Title: javax.xml.transform
+Implementation-Version: 1.1.2
+Implementation-Vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.
+Implementation-URL: http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxp.html