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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<document>
+  <properties>
+    <title>Changes</title>
+    <author email="dion@apache.org">dIon Gillard</author>
+  </properties>
+
+  <releases>
+
+    <release version="1.3" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="dion" type="fix">
+        Bring back pom:validate
+      </action>            
+    </release>
+
+  </releases>
+  
+</document>
+