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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Resource xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+	<ID />
+	<Type>Service</Type>
+	<Profile>
+		<Description>A collection of Encryption utilities</Description>
+		<Class>Common</Class>
+		<Name>common-utils-encryption</Name>
+		<Version>1.0.0</Version>
+		<Packages>
+			<Software>
+				<Description>A collection of Encryption utilities</Description>
+				<Name>common-encryption</Name>
+				<Version>1.0.3-SNAPSHOT</Version>
+				<MavenCoordinates>
+					<groupId>org.gcube.common</groupId>
+					<artifactId>common-utils-encryption</artifactId>
+					<version>1.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+				</MavenCoordinates>
+				<Files>
+					<File>common-utils-encryption-1.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar</File>
+				</Files>
+			</Software>
+		</Packages>
+	</Profile>
+
+</Resource>
+