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 # Changelog
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 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
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-### Removed
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+# Jargon Extensions JWT
 
-Jargon Extensions API for irods-ext
-
-
-# Project: Jargon Extensions JWT
-### Date: 12/15/2022
-### Release Version: 4.3.3.0-RELEASE
-
-## Description
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-Supports JWT creation and decoding for iRODS related microservices t
-
-## Requirements
-
-* Jargon depends on Java 1.8+
-* Jargon is built using Apache Maven2, see POM for dependencies
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-## Libraries
-
-Jargon-core uses Maven for dependency management.  See the pom.xml file for references to various dependencies.
-
-Note that the following bug and feature requests are logged in GitHub with related commit information [[https://github.com/DICE-UNC/jargon-extensions-jwt/issues]]
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+Supports JWT creation and decoding for iRODS-related microservices.