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+XMPP Extension Protocols (XEPs)
+=========
+
+This repository is used to manage work on XMPP Extension Protocols
+(XEPs), which are the specifications produced by the XMPP Standards
+Foundation (XSF). See http://xmpp.org/ for details.
+
+Please use this repository to raise issues and submit pull requests:
+
+https://github.com/xsf/xeps/issues
+https://github.com/xsf/xeps/pulls
+
+For in-depth technical discussion, please post to the standards@xmpp.org 
+email list:
+
+http://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/standards
+
+To submit a new proposal for consideration as a XEP, please read this
+page:
+
+http://xmpp.org/xmpp-protocols/xmpp-extensions/submitting-a-xep/
+
+Thanks!
+