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+<html>
+  <head>
+    <title>Apache Jakarta POI</title>
+    <style type="text/css">
+
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+a.title { font-weight: bold; font-size: 110%; }
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+                          font-weight: bold }
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+      ul { margin-left: 1em; padding: 0pt; border: 0pt; }
+    </style>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+	<table align="center" height="40" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2">
+	<tr>
+	  <td><img src="src/documentation/images/group-logo.gif"/></td>	
+	  <td align="center" width="100%"></td>
+	  <td><img src="src/documentation/images/project-logo.gif"/></td>		    
+	</tr>
+	</table>
+        <hr hr="hr"/>
+    <div align="center" class="titlepage">
+      <h1>Apache Jakarta POI</h1>
+
+      <p>
+	<strong>Version 1.5-dev</strong>
+	<br br="br"/>
+	<strong><script language="JavaScript">
+
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+</script></strong>
+      </p>
+    </div>
+
+    <table align="center">
+      <tbody>
+      <tr><td>
+	  <ul>
+	    <li> <a href="status.xml" class="title">status.xml</a>
+	      <br br="br"/>(status of the project and community)</li>
+
+	    <li> <a href="module.xml" class="title">module.xml</a>
+	      <br br="br"/>(extended Gump descriptor of the software module)</li>
+
+	    <li> <a href="build.xml" class="title">build.xml</a>
+	      <br br="br"/>(main build file)</li>
+
+	    <li> <a href="layout.xml" class="title">layout.xml</a>
+	      <br br="br"/>(layout of the project directories)</li>
+
+	    <li> <a href="properties.xml" class="title">properties.xml</a>
+	      <br br="br"/>(properties used for building the project)</li>
+	  </ul>
+	  </td>
+	  <td>
+	  <ul>
+	    <li> <a href="build/docs/index.html" class="title">Documentation</a>
+	      <br br="br"/>(run "build docs" first)</li>
+
+	    <li> <a href="build/docs/javadocs/index.html" class="title">Javadocs</a>
+	      <br br="br"/>(run "build javadocs" first)</li>
+
+	    <li> <a href="build/docs/tests/junit/index.html" class="title">Unit test results</a>
+	      <br br="br"/>(run "build test" first)</li>
+
+	    <li> <a href="build/docs/metrics/jdepend/index.html" class="title">Code metrics</a>
+	      <br br="br"/>(run "build metrics" first)</li>
+
+	    <li> <a href="build.number" class="title">Local build number</a>
+	      <br br="br"/>(how many builds have been done locally)</li>
+	      
+	  </ul>
+	  </td>
+	</tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>
+          <br/>
+          <ul>
+            <li> <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/" class="title"
+                >Project Site</a>
+              <br br="br"/>(online)</li>
+          </ul>
+          </td>
+          <td>
+          <br/>
+          <ul>
+            <li> <a href="http://www.krysalis.org/centipede/" class="title"
+                >Krysalis Centipede build system site</a>
+              <br br="br"/>(online)</li>
+          </ul>
+          </td>
+        </tr>
+      </tbody>
+    </table>
+    
+    <br/>
+    
+    <address>
+      <hr hr="hr"/>
+       Copyright &#x00A9;2002 Apache Software Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
+    </address>
+
+  </body>
+</html>

+ + status.xml + (status of the project and community) + + module.xml + (extended Gump descriptor of the software module) + + build.xml + (main build file) + + layout.xml + (layout of the project directories) + + properties.xml + (properties used for building the project) + +	+ + Documentation + (run "build docs" first) + + Javadocs + (run "build javadocs" first) + + Unit test results + (run "build test" first) + + Code metrics + (run "build metrics" first) + + Local build number + (how many builds have been done locally) + + +
+ + + Project Site + (online) + +	+ + + Krysalis Centipede build system site + (online) + +