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+# inc-mda
+
+## InCommon Federation Aggregator Beans
+
+This project contains a collection of beans supporting metadata aggregation
+for the InCommon federation, based on the
+[Shibboleth metadata aggregator framework](http://shibboleth.net/products/metadata-aggregator.html).
+
+## Copyright and License
+
+The entire package is Copyright (C) 2017, Ian A. Young.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.